Happy Rosh Hashanah

This is an exciting day.  This morning I started writing my morning devotionals again.  They have been kind of hit and miss for the last two months after I got sick and then recovered and then went on a two-week vacation.  But today was worth writing about and I want to expand on my thoughts [...]

The Prosperity Mirage

I absolutely love reading the Internet Monk site.  He often provokes and challenges me on things and/or says something that I have thought for years but never considered verbalizing or writing down.  He has a post now called The “Real” Prosperity Gospel that absolutely nails something that has bothered me.  It is something I tried [...]

Watching for Signs in the Stars

In a continuation of a running theme here on the blog, I have a new and interesting observation to pass along.  I owe much thanks to my good friend Eric for pointing me in the direction of this little tidbit.  It turns out that a couple of years ago, the Hubble telescope spotted a strange [...]

Inoculated Christianity

A few years ago, I preached a sermon with this title.  Lately, I have been thinking more about this.  I have been reading a lot of blogs discussing what is wrong with the modern church and what we can do to fix it, and I think one of the problems that is the most troubling [...]

Seek and Save the Found???

Lately, I have run into a few examples of a Christian behavior that must surely puzzle the vast majority of people who are not followers of Jesus Christ.  It is the tendency of some Christians to fervently seek to convert other Christians to their beliefs about ______________(fill in the blank).  Can we find any Biblical [...]