The Problem of Evil Jessica Kelley, a mom who has experienced deep loss, offers some thoughts regarding theodicy. She writes, …it seems the majority of Christians consider evil and suffering to be part of God’s “perfect plan.” They believe God specifically allows things like sexual abuse, the Holocaust, and Henry’s cancer for an unknown “greater […]
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Musings
May 17, 2013Musings
May 10, 2013Finding the Good Stuff: A Tribute to Dallas Willard The world lost an amazing Christian writer this week in Dallas Willard. Willard has challenged numerous Christians over the years to take discipleship and being a Christian seriously. Many tributes to Willard have been written this week. I enjoyed this one by Brian Zahnd. Check out The […]
7 Ways to Kill a Church
March 19, 2013Be Immature – Gripe, complain, nitpick, and criticize others. Find faults with every worship service. Remind the leadership that you could do a better job than they are doing. If someone offends you, get revenge. Spread rumors, gossip, and talk bad about the church to outsiders. Tell inappropriate jokes, preferably ones that are racist or sexist. When […]
Musings
March 1, 2013Here are some links, resources, stories, etc. that I have found helpful. A Preacher Goes to Sunday School Check out this great post from my friend Shane Alexander entitled Teaching Children at Church. It is an interesting read about a minister who decides to give up his regular adult Bible class and teach the younger […]
Commanded to Encourage
February 28, 2013And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Heb. 10:24-25) This passage is probably most famous for […]
More Than a Spectator
February 8, 2013Anyone who has grown up in America has been introduced to spectator sports. This is any sport where people come for the sole purpose of watching. Although spectator sports are not unique or original to our culture we seem to have taken them to another level. The Colosseum in Rome seated 50,000 spectators. We have […]
N.T. Wright on the Whole Sweep of Scripture
November 25, 2012Psalm 100
November 7, 2012Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his, we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his […]
Psalmfest 2012
January 11, 2012For more information go to http://www.timelesspsalter.com/
Some Collected Quotes on Worship
June 28, 2010“Christian worship is the most momentous, the most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place in human life.” Karl Barth “When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure sign that we haven’t yet really understood who […]
