Part 1 A Better Way to Stand Out While there are few direct commands to evangelize in the new testament, there is plenty of directing to live a christian life. There is plenty of teaching about loving one another and practicing all of the virtues, while at the same time warnings for believers not to
Category: Christian Living
Effective Evangelism? (Part 1)
Introduction Evangelizing is a popular issue among Christians. In fact, it is the word used for the particular tradition from which I come (evangelical). If it is so important, it would follow that we should be interested in understanding and studying it. It’s interesting how often a conversation among christians will turn toward an evangelical
How Christianized do Ordinary Activities Have to Be?
A question along these lines came into my head at bible study last night. Some one was talking about how they got together with one of their friends to play video games, but before they started the guy prayed to thank God for the opportunity to hang out. He was making the classic point of
A Modern Parable
A man was walking downtown one day, and as he was going along his way, he was attacked, beaten badly and robbed. The assailants fled the scene and, unfortunately for the man, no one had witnessed the incident, so there was presently no one to help the man and call for further assistance. The man
Why Don’t Intelligent People Believe in Christianity?
In his first letter to the church at Corinth, Paul tells them, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.” (1:18) It’s true, if you take a step back and look at it, it is crazy—claiming to follow an executed criminal, and saying that he’s not actually dead. And that’s just
My Theology
Letter to those who believe in the God of the Bible, but who are not living accordingly (This is an excerpt from a longer letter I wrote to a friend. Please keep in mind that because of this, the beginning and ending may seem a bit abrupt.) It would be easier, at least perhaps in
Quotes from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
(St. Clare talking about northerner’s feelings towards blacks) “You would think no harm in caressing a large dog, even if he was black, but a creature that can think, and reason, and feel, and is immortal, you shudder at; confess it cousin. I know the feeling among some of you northerns well enough. Not that
Christians’ Media Intake
I recently ran across an article and some comments (I think there had been more, I’m not sure where they went) regarding movies in light of our Christian faith. While I certainly imagine it to be somewhat controversial, I think it’s something that’s good to discuss: http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/2005/02/blog-post.html I now offer some of my thoughts. People
Christian Band Sues Rossford Schools
Christian band sues Rossford schools This to me is another example of how christians seem to be off track. While I think it’s ironic, and perhaps deserving that the school’s is getting sued because they were afraid of getting sued, but at the same time I don’t really know if this should be the christian
Church and Politics Question
Question posed by Shane Fuller, one of the ministers at College Park: “Do we vote for the person who claims to be a born again christian, or do we vote for the person who is most likely to help the poor and under-privileged?”