Dogmatic Ignorance

You get the government you deserve.
A democracy mandates an informed and involved public.
The only thing worse than a fool is a fool with strong convictions.
Great Depression II?  Might not be hyperbole.
An uninformed and lazy citizenry handcuffs elected officials
Where our are great “Profiles in Courage” leaders, who put the nation’s well being above their political necks?
The [...]

Gospel of Matthew

Matthew finds Jesus interfacing with three groups of people.
1.  Jewish leaders:  The religious folk who are also the power brokers.  They are almost always hostile toward the mission of Jesus and the unfolding of the Kingdom of God.  Their hearts are hard and they are unwilling to repent of their majoring on the minors and [...]

Desiring God Conference Audio

Here is the website where you can hear all the sessions.  It is worth you time.  I listened to the message by Ferguson on James and was deeply enriched by it.  Partly because I had studied the book of James more in depth than any other book of the Bible, and also because it is [...]

Total Church

In the middle of reading a really good book entitled Total Church.

What makes the book really interesting is that the authors are advocating for church models that combine a holistic, house church, community centered understanding of church, with strong theology.  Up to this point, house church and strong theology have gone together like an NFL [...]

I’m John McCain And I Approve This Message

Well I wrote about Sarah Palin last week and how crazy feminist liberals were viewing her as somehow not a real woman because of her political convictions.  Well Professor Wendy Doniger of the University of Chicago just came out and spewed a whole bucket of hate and craziness; claiming that Palin is hypocritical for thinking [...]

Good To Be A Bronco Fan

“If your town could save one sports team—college or pro—and the others had to relocate to Vladivostok, Russia, which one would stay?
In Denver, for instance, the fans would keep the Broncos and happily drive all other teams to the airport. Proof: If you added your name to the season-ticket waiting list now, it’d be nearly [...]

John Owen and Spiritual Growth

Spiritual formation has become as trendy as Twitter.  During seminary I had participate in a two and half year spiritual formation track.  In many ways though spiritual formation is really just good old fashioned discipleship with a dusting of mystical/monastic influences.  Sadly, one of the biggest ingredients that seems to be missing from the modern [...]

Sarah Palin

Well this a swing for the fences type selection.  John McCain is truly going for broke by picking her as his running mate.  All of a sudden there is more interest in the bottom half of the Republican ticket than the top half.  Makes you wonder if Palin is the cure to the cancer of [...]