Hope and Disappointment from the AMAs

Did anyone else watch some of the AMA’s last night? I was encouraged by the popularity of Taylor Swift. She seems pretty wholesome. Then there was Lady Gaga. She seems like a living piece of artwork. As you watch her, as strange as it is, there is something intriguing about it all. You wonder what [...]

Two Free E-Books for Men Struggling With Pornography and Sexual Addiction

Pornography and sexual addiction is the elephant in the room in many congregations around the country. I heard one statistic that as many as 50% of Christian men in America struggle with some form of sexual addiction. How many men is that in your congregation if that statistic is true? That adds up pretty quickly. [...]

Tim Challies on Sexual Detox

Tim Challies has an excellent blog and is one you should subscribe to if you aren’t already. Tim offers up an excellent series of blog posts on sex, pornography, addiction, etc. These are excellent and should be read by all the guys/anyone in ministry. Nice work Tim! We need to encourage our young people before [...]

Where We Exist vs. Where We Belong as Christians

“In the world but not of the world” is a popular phrase used by Christians to describe how we fit into the world around us. You often hear people say that we are citizens of another kingdom. And yet, here we are right in the middle of the world. There is a distinction in scripture [...]

What Makes You Valuable?

The world is loud and clear that what makes you valuable is your ability to help or advance the person assigning value. If you can advance their career, benefit their family, or assist someone in something valuable to them, then you have value. Bottom line – your value is based on my perception of your [...]

My Take on America’s Position in the World

I am no economist, historian, or political scientist or a conspiracy theorist but it seems to me that one of our most fundamental problems right now is that it is hard to continue the momentum of success in our country. The generations of the past were producers. They worked hard with their hands and built [...]

Fascinating Emerging Church Discussion on Facebook

If you are on facebook, have a look at the discussion we are having regarding the Gospel Advocate’s recent issue on the Emerging Church. Feel free to comment there if that interests you. Here is the link.

Shoe Throwing, Insults and Christianity

If you remember back to the invasion of Iraq when the Iraqi people were toppling statues of Saddam Hussein and tearing down his image all over Iraq one thing you probably noticed over and over again was that the people would beat the image with their shoes. This sends the message, “You are worth less [...]

Detroit Church Fasts and Prays for a Bailout for Automakers

The Greater Grace Temple in Detroit had a Sunday service devoted to God moving Congress to grant a bailout to the auto industry. With 3 SUV’s on the stage Charles Ellis organized a service to encourage members, many of whom have pensions from the auto industry and to pray that God would work things out. [...]

We Can Learn a lot from Non-Christians and Former Christians

I think it is important to give an honest listen to both non-Christians and former Christians. We are discussing Dan Kimball’s They Like Jesus and Not the Church with our 20s and 30s and one of the things I like most about it is that you actually hear unfiltered comments and explanations of what non-Christians [...]