Why Worry About Atheists?

I have been getting into a lot of discussions lately with atheists and about atheism in general.  Between the recent surge in book sales of the “new atheists” like Dawkins and the recent iMonk uptick in atheist commenters after the ARIS study articles and the Drudge exposure and even my own post here which drew [...]

News from the Flood Zones

We are at the Pulse Evangelism conference in Fargo right now and we spent the afternoon session going out to the areas that were under the mandatory evacuation orders last month to hand out packets that had gift cards for people to use for necessities.  There is no cost to those who get them, our [...]

A quick update

Just a few words.  As my regular readers can see, there hasn’t been a whole lot of new content.  We are traveling to Fargo tomorrow and will be there through Saturday morning, so I am not sure that any blogging will get done in the next few days either.  I have managed to get ahead [...]

Springtime Rush

When you live in a state where winter tries to drag on forever, any sign of spring is a subconscious call to action.  The need to get stuff done that has sat undone all winter is amazing.  Add to that the workload with my classes and the other extra stuff I have put on my [...]

Dealing with the Evil Question

I have run into the argument plenty of times in various forms and I am sure many of you have as well.  If God is absolutely good and all-powerful, why is there evil in the world?  The question takes many forms, including the most unusual one I have seen recently, “why won’t God heal amputees?”
I [...]

A Collection of Good Friday Thoughts

I have been reading the blogs of many of my blogging friends today and have been consumed in the remembrance of Christ’s crucifixion on a hill far away.  I don’t often do linking posts, in fact I am never sure that I have done one for just that purpose, but this is a day of [...]

It’s Like We Were There

Tonight at church we did a Passover Seder in place of our normal Bible study on Thursday night.  I have participated in a seder before, but this night was special.  We are hosting the community Good Friday service tomorrow night to commemorate the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) and tonight we played the parts of his [...]

Reason #354 for Separation of Church and State

There is a reason that our founding fathers wanted to protect the church from the powers of government (by the way, they didn’t intend for the wall to protect government from the influence of the church).  Actually, there are a lot of reasons.  Tony Blair just provided the most recent example of one in an [...]

Putting On the Armor of God

I have heard lots of people teach about the armor of God in Ephesians 6.   Do a search for this topic and you will find analogies and comparisons with Roman soldiers and their armor along with insights that there is no armor protecting the back to show that we never retreat and on and [...]

Just Do It

I have had this parable in front of me for several days now.  It is the story of two sons in Matthew 21:28-32:
28“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29” ‘I will not,’ he answered, but [...]