The Last Twelve Verses of Mark: Original or Not?
I am sitting here, waiting for a conference to start. This is my first conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This particular conference is about whether or not the last…
On Senior Pastors
There is a common practice found within the organizational church – the practice of paying someone a salary to fulfill the role of pastor. Usually there is one man, considered…
Ordaining a Pastor
The other day I was listening to some preaching on the radio. The preacher made an off-handed comment about ordaining a pastor. From what I know, there are a couple…
What is Your Ministry?
The other day, after my graduation ceremony, Kati (my wife) was waiting in a line outside of a bathroom. She started talking to the wife of another person who had…
Rahab… a Liar and a Whore!
Yet, God still found her faithful. In my previous post, Jealous?, Heather from 1 Free Heart made an off-handed comment about Rahab receiving good for her lie. Heather’s comment was…
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”…