Jealous?
Throughout Scripture we are told to stay away from jealousy. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. – James 3:16 Now the deeds…
So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore?
In my last post, The Journey, I linked to a post by Wayne Jacobsen over at Lifestream.org. Jacobsen is not a unfamiliar name to me. A few years ago Jacobsen…
The Journey
Currently there are a lot of Christians that are on The Journey. I call it the journey because I know of no other name to call it. It seems to…
The Ten Commandments?
As I was studying the Ten Commandments (impress your friends by referring to them as the Decalogue) I realized something… I have no idea which commandments are the ten commandments….
Hurry Up and Fast
Scot McKnight at Jesus Creed writes a blog entitled, Fasting: From What? where he asks the question: What happens when we shift the word fast from “denying our body food”…
The Kingdom of Heaven is like… – Part 11
This is the last Kingdom of Heaven (KoH) parable in Matthew… “For it is [the KoH] just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own…
Experiencing the Church… – Part 2
This is kind of a dual post. Feel free to respond to which ever part of the post you want, even both (or none, I guess). Last Thursday I read…
Power in the WHAT? – Part 3
This is the final post I plan on writing about from Power in the Pulpit: Once a congregation gets accustomed to systematic exposition through books of the Bible, they will…
Power in the WHAT? – Part 2
Here is another excerpt from Power in the Pulpit. Disciplined study habits will be enhanced greatly if the preacher’s time and location for study are protected…. Well-meaning members of the…