Ask yourself the following: Am I someone who has an air of arrogant condescension about me? Do I give the impression that only my perspective is important? Is my speech fraudulent or crooked in its pattern? Do I aim to deceive people for my own benefit? For more, see: Do We Hate What God Does?.
Weekend Musings The JW’s are out in the neighborhood today with literature that looks surprisingly evangelical, in an evangelical cheesy kind of way. Oh, when you look closer it is clearly JW literature, the bad paper quality, the Watch Tower publishing info, the style (sic) of the coats and ties on the men and the … More Jehovah Witnesses Poison and What We Can Learn
Weekend Links Some very provocative links this week and one very funny one! As with every other week, I can’t vouch for all the content. Whimsy and Humor Ultra Condensed Book Reviews (Book a Minute.—-Too funny) Engaging with Culture How Many Are Gay? Reality and Myth (The Atlantic—no matter what our policy, shouldn’t it be … More A Potpourri of Annotated Links on Culture, Doctrine, Churches and Praxis
A Monday Discussion for a Friday in June But wouldn’t it be fantastic if every Christian family in America made it a three year goal to …so love.so serve,so initiate,so help,so demonstrate compassion,so celebrate their neighbor’s joys,so care for their neighbor’s sorrows, … For more, see: Starting Parties for Jesus and Your Neighbor’s Joy.
Thursday is for Discipleship I admit it. I love history. And I love reading the history of previous believers with the guts to live for the Savior. Here’s one of my ancient heroes from the annals of Christian history. Diognetus reminds us of where our true citizenship lies and where our true power is derived … More Lovers of the World for the Joy of Heaven
Missional Leadership It’s A.D. 51 and a month or two ago the Apostle Paul had planted the church in Thessalonica. Now he’s in Corinth and he pens 1 Thessalonians to encourage the saints in their new faith in Christ. What this means is that when we look at 1 Thessalonians, we are looking at what … More Churches are Doing Much and Accomplishing Little
All the hub-bub about the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth ascension to the throne of England got me thinking about Kingdom, and pomp, and celebrations, and honor for royalty. One day the rightful King will return for His bride and he will receive all honor and glory and majesty.. It got me thinking of a … More There is a Bigger Royal Wedding Coming
Monday Discussion My son is the third “Marty” in the family. I am the junior and my Dad is the leader of the band. Dad lives in heaven now but his son and his namesake, my son, still roam the earth and seek to honor the Lord my Dad now sees face to face. Marty … More How Poets Change the World–They Inspire Us toward Passion
If we judge Christians by the superficial criteria of the world—titles, clothes, bank balance—we have missed what really matters. Our calling to serve Christ is likely to be very different. It might cost us … For more see: The Prosperity Gospel is Killing Christian Living.
Weekend Musings For the last few days I have been carrying on a correspondence with and atheist/skeptic off line. He contacted me via email and the banter began. It has been fun and I might post the full correspondence thread some time in the future but in my research to answer some of his questions … More N.T. Wright and the Power of the Resurrection Witness
