Traitors for Christ
“Dan, we’ll wait for you…” I think most parents have moments where their child makes them proud—where their youngster’s act or accomplishment confirms the thing that every other parent should realize—that there kid is the absolute greatest. 🙂 And I have been blessed by God with four awesome children including what was a surprise addition…
A new Twitter friend posted an article which showed that prayer had no effect on the success of heart bypass surgery (and that, actually, those who knew they were prayed for fared worse). For her consideration I shared my article, "A God that Does Not Want to Be Measured Will Not Be Measured." Although she…
Bad Compliments What is the worst compliment you've ever gotten? Does that seem like a strange question? Doesn't it seem like I should be asking, "What is the best compliment you've ever received?" Well, before I did some quick research on compliments I didn't realize just how many categories of bad compliments there are. For…
It’s the time of year where on one hand some Christians bemoan “the war on Christmas” while on the other hand others insist it is a sin to celebrate the holiday. Ignoring the first concern (at least for now), is it okay for those who follow Jesus to celebrate Christmas? Instead of answering that directly,…
“Man Will” Versus “God Will” We’ll start off this sermon with a disconcerting set of verses from James…James 4:13-16 to be specific: 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know…
If you take the time to read (or listen) to my sermon from today, "Ya Got Trouble," then you'll agree that this article from August 31 (that I only saw today) is fitting: "If the Devil had to invent a game, it would be this one" It starts off like this: If the Devil had…
Here's something that probably won't surprise most men (or women)… "Brain scans find porn addiction" COMPULSIVE users of pornography show the same signs of addiction in their brain activity as alcoholics or drug addicts, a study has revealed. In the first research of its kind, scans showed that a central portion of the brain which…
Navy Yard Quoting from USA Today’s “Moment by Moment: How the Navy Yard Shooting Unfolded”: For more than 30 agonizing minutes, Aaron Alexis stalked his human prey with a 12-gauge shotgun, eluding several attempts by law enforcement officers to gun him down, police said Tuesday. Details emerging about the chaotic morning of violence at the…
Happy Birthday President Taft! According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, today is the birthday of our 27 President, William Howard Taft. If he were still alive, he’d be a spritely 157 years old. Not only that, but it’s the birthday of: Tommy Lee Jones (66) Oliver Stone (66) Dan Marino (51) Prince Harry (28) Agatha…
Escaping Is anyone here that also has felt that a perfect life would be a log cabin in the middle of nowhere—a million miles away from the hustle-and-bustle of modern times? Totally unplugged and just communing with nature and God? Go ahead and throw in space in your cabin for your loved ones…that is, if…
There is someone on Twitter who I have grown to greatly appreciate (Evan Welcher). I feel like he and I have quite a bit in common thought-process wise, even if he is on the other side of the pond. He is suffering through something right now that is outside my experience. His "Resplendent Bride" is…
Before I loved the Lord I loved math…and one of the most difficult high school math courses I had dealt with logic and proofs. As such, it is also fair to say before I loved the Lord I loved logic. Which is good. Sound biblical interpretation and the formation of reliable doctrines require it. One…
I may cringe at some other things he has been quoted as saying, but… Admitting that he's never played a video game before, televangelist Pat Robertson said Friday morning that murdering someone online in a video game is no different than committing the act in real life. (From "Pat Robertson: 'Murdering someone in cyberspace' is…
As I continue reading through the New Testament this year, I recently ran into this: Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo…
Ray Charles Preaching back in Antrim, New Hampshire I was famous for quoting songs in my sermons…and sometimes having them be the actual inspiration for the talk. Or perhaps it might be more accurate to say I was infamous for it 🙂 In either case, don’t worry…I’m not going to start singing up here. I…