Husband of One Wife

What about female deacons… that’s a no no right? Sorry. The qualification given for deaconship listed as ‘husband of one wife’ cannot mean what many denominations have tried to...

How to be offended in three easy steps

If everything in your life is good and everyone is being nice then do you feel like there must be something wrong that you don’t know about? When it is quiet do you start suspecting that people...

To Halloween or Not to Halloween

Don’t The following is a false analogy to make a point: Capitalism is a false god, right? All of the meat we eat purchased from the store is sacrificed to that false god, right? To eat the meat ...

Against the Doctrines of Grace

This is what gotquestions.org says to the question what are the Doctrines of Grace: “The phrase “doctrines of grace” is used as a replacement for the term “Calvinism,” in order to remove...

Insecurity and Positive Thinking

There is no power in positive thinking to correct or help with insecurities. I just want to get that out of the way, right off the bat.  The answer to insecurities is much simpler than that. We all i...

Life Friends

I asked the kids at school this morning what are some traits of good friends and this is what they said: trustworthy, uplifting, encouraging, humorous, reliable, kind. Then I asked if anyone has ever ...

How to Break Generational Curses

Generational “Curses” We tend to want to blame every sin and problem on some sort of generational curse. This, however, is not biblical. God’s warning to “visit iniquity on future...

The Friendly Lie

Love Your Enemy We are to love and pray for our enemies. But just as all the good principles of the bible, the post modern culture has twisted this simple idea into impossible and impractical forms. ...

What is #expectmore about?

The “#expectmore” movement is a call for the lay christian to hold his church accountable to the purpose for which it was called. Not to leave a church because they are not being fed or are unha...

Turn the other Cheek vs 2nd Ammendment

Turn the other Cheek God is not a pacifist nor does he encourage it in his children. The phrase of ‘turn the other cheek’ has long been used out of context to suggest this very thing however.  Mt...

Jesus is Offensive

    “You are offensive and that is not christlike.”   oh really?  In Mt 12:34 Jesus called the Pharisees’ mothers snakes. In John 8:6-11 he offended a group one by o...

Modern Love

David Bowie, on his ground breaking “Let’s Dance” album, sang of his disillusionment of the modern concept of love. He complained about the shallowness of romantic love on the title...