I recently read an article addressing the apparent exodus of young people from churches. Of the ten reasons the author gave one of them stood out as an ironic danger. “The church is ‘Relevant’”. The author rightly ridiculed the attempts of churches to package things as ‘cool’. Truth be told when churches try to be…
Tag: Christ
Reducing the ‘If I Coulds’
Harriet Beecher Sowe said, “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.[i]” And what a bitter yet true saying that is. The idea of ‘if I coulds’ came up in conversation the other night with a group of newly marrieds. We were all reflecting on the importance of…
Malawi, Human Rights and Peer-Pressure
Recently Malawi has been highlighted in the media for placing two homosexual in prison for 14 years for “gross indecency and unnatural acts”. My point in this article is not to discuss the ‘gay issue’- I love people who label themselves ‘gay’, because they are made in the image of God, and as humans have…
Where Moses Failed, Christ Prevailed! ~An Easter Meditation
I was meditating today about the whole point and message of the death and resurrection of Christ. Have you ever thought about what it means? Or why Christ died for sinners? How can the whole idea of atonement (two parties being brought together) be so linked to sacrifice? My mind went back to a passage…
Calling Christians to Glorify God
I was reading through the Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards this week, and I must say I found them inspirational to say the least, and also very very convicting. Hard to believe he began writing them when he was only 19. I guess we live in a far less profound and thoughtful time. I want to…
The Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24
It has been on my mind for awhile to deal with the whole issue of eschatology, and to be honest, as I approached the issue, I began to realize how little I understand. The more I read various views (which initially seemed rather convincing) the more I began to realize that none really answers all…
When mere wonder (how we feel about God) becomes idolatry.
It has come to my attention lately that this whole issue of theology and doctrine being bad is again an issue, Post-moderns who seem to only read a bit of early Christian writing and have not followed the historical debate in the 19th century regarding the idea of doctrine, have made the same mistakes as…
Meditations on James 1:18
Although salvation is all God’s work, God in His wisdom integrated us Christians in the process. The way the gospel is heard is through men and women you you and I. Roman 10:13-15 says, “`Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then shall they call upon Him in whom…
Emergents, Reform and Band-aids on Bear Bites: What is this Gospel?
It’s been a while since I have written, but alas I have been busy, however, the time off has allowed me to think and get a better grip on some issues facing the Church and relating to the Church. One of the major problems of our time is that people no longer understand what the…
The Knowledge of God- Implanted in Every Person
I have been considering lately the idea of knowing God. And I would love to just throw out three things about knowing God, (1) Everybody has the knowledge that God exists, (2) Arguments given against God that claim the idea of God was just made up to control people actually gives proof to the fact…
