Christians and Voting – Part 3
In the Roman Empire only Roman citizens had the right to vote. Usually you had to own land and had to be a male to vote in the Comitia Tributa…
Christians and Politics – Part 2
The United States of America was essentially formed by Protestant Christians who fled from Europe because of the persecution they were suffering from mainly the Roman Catholic church and the…
Christians and Government – Part 1
As I stated in my final question of the week, I am writing a series on Christians and Government. I have some ideas about how much Christians should be involved…
Accountable to Who?
Over the past couple years I have been involved in many conversations about accountability. Accountability is usually spoken of in broad and specific terms. Sometimes an individual is said to…
Money and the Church: A Fulltime Story
Today’s post is part of a synchroblog dealing with money and the church. It is a pretty broad topic, and many people are writing about different aspects of “money and…
Consistency in our Convictions…
*NOTE*As I finished writing this I realized that this post goes along really wellwith my conviction series I did last week. I did not intend for that at all. I…
Welcome to the Family…
I found this in a church bulletin: Request from the Deacons In reverence to God and respect for others, please do not get up during the sermon (unless there is…
Convictions – Part 2 of 2
Introduction: Yesterday I discussed the things we know about convictions from scripture. Jesus is the cause of some of our conviction. There is a legal aspect to our conviction. There…
Convictions – Part 1 of 2
Introduction: Over the past week or so I have been involved in a conversation related to Halloween. One of the participants said this, “There are various reasons for not participating,…
The Pastor’s Wife’s Husband
This post is not really about the pastor… nor is it really about the pastor’s wife. It’s about what we as Christian men expect from our wives… which I personally…