The day(s) I wanted to end my life…
Disclaimer: this post is raw, in it’s emotion and language. Read at your own discretion… This is difficult. Difficult because it can be interpreted wrong by some readers. Difficult because it churns up high emotions within me. Difficult because talking about such things makes us confront our own stuff, our own thoughts, our own questions. Our culture talks at great length about issues like bullying, especially bullying towards specific groups of people (different sexual orientations, different color, different religion,...
read moreCall me what you will…
The internet world has been abuzz the last week on the heels of President Obama’s remarks concerning gay marriage. Both sides have taken to the social media realm and blog posts, online news reports and other resources have been inundated with both sides “defending” their position. Realizing what I’m about to write may inspire some to label me a heretic, a liberal, or a hatemonger, I nonetheless reserve my right (since that’s what this whole argument is about – preserving/giving individual rights) to...
read moreWhat is the main goal of your life?
The Westminster Catechism asks this question, “What is the chief end of man?” The answer, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” The Catechsim suggests the following scriptures as support for this answer: Psalm 16:5-11, Psalm 86:9, Isaiah 60:21, Romans 11:36, Luke 2:10, 1st Corinthians 6:20, Philippians 4:4, Revelation 4:11, and 21:3 & 4. For anyone claiming to be a Christian, this should really be the center of our decision making. Are the decisions that I am making, both big and...
read moreYa gotta read this…
Let me preface this blog entry with this disclaimer – I know God’s blessings are not always money or materially related. In fact, I am of the philosophy/theology that money/material blessings are in the small percentage of the way He blesses us. But sometimes, when He does bless in this fashion, it’s a story worth telling… Our grand plan in 2012 was to fly back to Kentucky the entire month of June. I was going to take a mini-sabbatical, and really take some time to enjoy being with my family – we...
read moreI promise…
I will get back to blogging regularly very soon – it’s just been a crazy few weeks lately in my life. So for all my devoted readers, or reader, stay tuned…haha. Share this:FacebookEmail
read moreManic Monday
Pastoring a church is such a roller coaster ride. There are some Monday’s you wake up feeling on top of the world, and others where you wake up wishing you were doing something else for a living. I realize this is not limited to pastors – somewhere today, there was a person who fixes appliances who probably woke up wishing they were doing something else for example. I think for pastors there is a little bit of a difference… Our lives are spent engaging people with the truths of Scripture and the persons of God, Jesus...
read moreFriday is for Family
I’m cheating a little bit today and re-directing you to my guest blog today at Family Matters… Rebel With a Cause Share this:FacebookEmail
read moreThursdays are for Theology
I have a lot going on today, so this is a short question and I’m looking for discussion from ya… I just watched a video where a well-known Southern Baptist preacher stated that the story of Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5 “illustrates” what will happen to Christians who don’t tithe. Read Acts 5, the first section, and tell me – what was the sin that cost A & S their lives? Share this:FacebookEmail
read moreTopical Tuesday – the fragile nature of life
Last night in the town where I live, 2 sixteen-year old young men lost their lives in a car accident. One of the young men was a regular attendee in my home on Thursday evenings as part of a Bible study I do in association with Young Life. It has been a heart-breaking and gut-wrenching morning as I have remembered his presence in my home, and witnessed on social media the long reaching effect this loss has had on others in the community. As a pastor, inevitably questions arise with events like this, especially when those affected are so...
read moreManic Monday-loving Jesus, hating church
An independent film made by some college students has caught some internet fire. “Beware of Christians” is a film based upon a storyline that is being repeated constantly in film, on blogs, and in books – love Jesus, but hate church/religion. This is a dangerous movement that is underway in our culture. I do understand it – we have generations that are tired of churches that think inwardly instead of outwardly, that build monuments and building unto themselves, and being known more for what they are against than...
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