I’ve been hearing a lot about the cool things the LifeChurch.tv people are up to, and one of them is launching a new blog called swerve. They recently asked people to comment on their blog and submit links to blogs they like to read (or their own blogs), so I figured I’d throw my hat [...]
I’ve had a “humor” category on my blog here for a while, but I haven’t used it yet. I’m a reasonably funny guy off-the-cuff, but I’m horrible at telling jokes. Believe me…if I’m about to tell a joke, you should just shut me up ahead of time before I completely embarrass myself.
Rather, I’ll [...]
Just a quick follow up to my post earlier about doctrinal disagreements and Biblical study: I truly don’t want to sound prideful or arrogant and dismiss the very important aspect of friendly theological debates in the Christian life. Doctrines are important to us…otherwise we blow every which-way anytime someone comes along with a new idea, [...]
One way you know that God is moving powerfully in your life is when you receive prophecy from different sources that really resonate within you and confirm that which you already suspected or believed. It can be a prophetic utterance from someone operating in the Spirit, or it can be a word or phrase in [...]
Have you ever met Christians who shoot Bible verses like they’re six-shooters? “Aha, your doctrines are wrong! BAM! BAM! Take that! Let’s see you top that!” And then the other Christian whips out their trusty six-shoo…I mean Bible, and says “Oh yeah? Well I can do better! BAM! BAM!” Whoa, that’s some mighty fine shooting! [...]
I’m aware of all of the ramifications of using the word enlightenment, but I choose to use it here in the context of its purest meaning: what was once dark, or hidden, unknown, not understood, has now become light, or clear, known, understood. That concept came to mind right away as I read the following [...]
Hint: you’re not going to find it on cable TV.
Would you like to see a view of the Iraq war that is, quite frankly, boring? Boring in a good sort of way? A side of things not heroic, glamorous, terrifying, or chaotic? Then watch this on-the-ground look at an American/Iraqi army patrol in a relatively [...]
I went on The Maker’s Diet by Jordan Rubin in early 2004, and it completely changed my life. I’ll post much more on health issues at a later time, but today I want to comment on one of the important aspects of his diet. Of course, it’s hardly anything he invented…in fact, many Christians and [...]
I haven’t blogged for a couple of days because I’ve been having a very interesting discussion with some folks on and offline regarding the Sovereignty of God and our relationship with Him. This encompasses some pretty heady topics: salvation, predestination, spiritual gifts, intercessory prayer, and all that good stuff. Some people content that God is [...]
Just read an excellent point by DaveScot over at Uncommon Descent, and it basically goes like this:
If evolutionists were forced to adhere to truth in advertising, they’d have to rename random mutation and natural selection to random degradation and natural deselection. (my wording, not DaveScot’s…)
I’ve been saying this for years. The concept of natural selection [...]
