3. It is not the church’s job to bring you to spiritual maturity. Almost every Sunday afternoon my family and I would come home from church and have lunch together. My dad was always ask what we remembered from his message. Test time!!! Eek. I probably had a 50% rate of remembering something valuable. I…
Things I've Learned about Church as a PK .2 of 5
2. There are a lot of people leading double lives (post 1 is here) Inevitably there is the person who you see outside of church and you hardly recognize their personality because they are acting completely different. In some way we are all leading double lives. We all have sin natures and are always fighting…
Things I've Learned about Church as a PK .1 of 5
I have been a pastor’s kid (PK) my whole life. My dad was working at a church and finishing seminary when I was born and has been a pastor my entire life. For the part of life I can remember he has worked here, here, and here. Without even working at a church I have…
Big News?
The talk today on so many blogs has been about this new survey that came out today saying that more people than ever are leaving their faith from childhood. Beyond this, Protestant Christianity is barely the #1 religion of choice right now. Another survey out of UCLA says that college students are more likely to…
Right or Left .3
You can check out the first two posts here and here. I read two posts by Tony Jones on the God Politics blog run by Jim Wallis. It is fair to say that both of these guys are fairly liberal, although some would say they are really liberal. I think they both have a strong…
Obama-Nation's Worst Nightmare
While it seems a foregone conclusion that it is going to come to Obama and McCain this November, there is a new wrinkle today. Every Obama supporter went from being confident to worried when they read about Nader running for President. The last 2 elections he has taken votes from people who would otherwise be…