2011
April
14
No I’m not blogging about politics. One of more controversial doctrines held by many Christians is election, which is essentially that God in his sovereignty would chose some to become his children. It would be fair to say many embrace this belief, while others run far away from it. I’ve been reading The Gospel in [...]
2010
November
30
Now and then I come across the negatives aspects social media can have on our culture. Often it gives people who have a bone to pick a voice. Or it gives people who should not open their mouth (keyboard) a voice. Or people say things they shouldn’t say out loud. Or they say things to [...]
2010
March
16
You ever notice how many Christians are quick to attack others when it means keeping their ideological opinions “right”? And sadly, with social media I believe this problem has taken a whole new level. It doesn’t take a leadership position to be able to speak into a crowd of people with various opinions anymore, it [...]
2010
February
17
Spend some time on Facebook and look at the religious views of many and you will quickly learn that there is a trend to be a “Christ Follower,” “Follower of Christ,” or “Follower of Jesus” rather than a “Christian.” You might be asking why… I think this is something common in the younger generations who [...]
2010
February
01
Have you read the cover story for the February issue of Christianity Today? It is a piece adapted from Shirl James Hoffman’s book Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports. The article covers a wide range of issues within the topic of sports and Christian faith, but I’ll focus on these specific areas quoted [...]
2009
October
30
I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. Growing up, sure, I loved it. What kid didn’t? But ever since high school or so I’ve always hated the dark side of Halloween and how its promotes evil things as ok if only for a day. So this year I’m going to focus my attention on [...]