Churchless Christianity

I read this book a few years ago and have been struck by how well its thesis has held up since the book was written in 1991.  In fact it might have been ahead of its time.
The book deals with Hindu’s in India who become Christians but go on practicing Hinduism in regards to houses [...]

Hard Truths: Election

When most of us think of the word election we think of a democratic process in which we decide who we want to vote for and select for office.
The Bible also speaks of election and it has historically been one of the hardest truths for Christians to wrestle with.
The truth is no Christian who seeks [...]

On The Other Side Of Repentence Is Joy

I have been obsessed with Psalm 74 for the last month or so.  I literally cannot get it off of my mind.  In a good way the Holy Spirit is haunting my soul with attempting to deeply live out and grasp what it is trying to say.  Let me share two verses with you and [...]

Why We Repent

The Gospels constantly call us to repent.  Why?  Some feel it is as if God wants to rub our noses in our sin so that maybe we will not do it again, hardly.
The call to repent is how we ongoingly reaffirm our devotion to Jesus as Lord.  Jesus is Lord and the source of my [...]

Charismatic Church Service

I post this not to just for an easy laugh, but out of curiousity.  What is a church service this chaotic really like?  Is there any concern for orderly worship that builds up each other?  Or is some of the service organized and then the rest of it is “spirit-filled time?”
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Grace And Other Religions

This photo is on Justin Taylor’s blog and ties in with a conversation I had tonight with a friend about God’s grace.  Grace is fundemental to the entire message of the Bible.
Rather than walk away when rejected, betrayed, and offended as many of us do in when sinned against; God at great expense continued to [...]

What Kind Of Church Is This?

David Platt talking about what kind of culture is being built up at his church around The Word.  And most beautiful about it is the transformation in life and lifestyle that is being fostered there.
I go to other places, such as house churches in Asia, and they study for 11 or 12 hours, knowing they [...]

Why Animal Abuse Is Bad

Small Church v. Big Church

My friend Lee Coate posted this list of the 10 benefits of a smaller church. Now laying the subjectivity of that statement aside I decided to go through each benefit and see who really is better.

Alright, I will respond to each. Giving a point to the winner (big church v. small)
10.) You don’t need earplugs [...]

Gov’t insurance would allow coverage for abortion

I saw this article this morning on Yahoo that Obama’s health care plan will inculde abortion as a covered medical benefit.
Tragic that we as a nation are now moving in a direction in which abortion is a right.  A right that our government will be obliged to fund and support.
It is grieving to think that [...]