Let The Chips Fall Where They May…
This post is inspired by a recent post of Alan’s from The Assembling of the Church called Grace to be Wrong. Alan’s post is about having the attitude of grace…
A New Addition!
No, Kati and I are not pregnant (although feel free to pray for that to happen). Sunday morning we discovered a new addition to the building that the church meets…
They are just words… aren’t they?
Have you ever been listening to a sermon or some sort of Bible teaching and the speaker said something like, “This is where we get the English word _____ from…”?…
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…
Power in the WHAT? – Part 1
For my Bible Exposition class we have to read Power in the Pulpit by Vines and Shaddin. Reading this book has really thrown some full-blown tradition in my face. I…
George Orwell, Language, and Words
“Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena compels the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of…
The Bible Talks More About Money Than Hell
Over the past several years as a Christian I have heard many sermons. I have started to notice a trend, teachers often cite the “fact” that the Bible talks more…