This is so good that I wanted to share it: The earliest disciples didn’t believe in Jesus because their Scripture (the OT) proved to them that he was the Son of God. They were rather convinced by Jesus’ claims, his unique life of love, his distinctive authority, his unprecedented miracles, his self-sacrificial death, and especially
Major Announcement: Website Relaunch!
I’m very excited to announce my new website! (Or depending upon how you look at it, the redesign of my old website.) I wrote my previous website, including the CMS, from scratch seven years ago. Since then, a lot has happened on the web. There have been a number of features I wanted to add
The Gospel is Jesus
The Gospel is a topic I’ve addressed on a couple of occasions. But it is important enough to revisit. I have some new insights since I last wrote about it. Many of us are aware that “gospel” means good news. This is true, but there is more to it that just this. One specific and
Respect Women, But…
OK, so I don’t think there should be any exceptions to respecting women, it’s just challenging to come up with a good title. I read “Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son”, a blog post which has been circulating on the web recently. The basic thrust is “don’t objectify women”. I fully
Miley Cyrus
Do the VMAs reflect worse on Miley or on us? I don’t follow celebrities but with the popularity of Hannah Montana, I’m guessing people wanted Miley to stay a cute little girl forever. So is what she did at least partially about forcing people to recognize her as an adult? (Because after her performance, people
Book Giveaway!
Today I am pleased to have the opportunity to giveaway a copy of a new book to one of you, my readers. “Open” is a new book by Craig Gross. I gave a positive review to one of his previous books, “Pure Eyes”. He is probably best known as the founder of XXXchurch.com. “Open”, which
Church vs. Scouts – East 91st St. Christian to Cut Ties
(Note: I attempt to be respectful here and recognize the point of view of those whom I disagree with. I would like for this to be constructive criticism, not malicious criticism. However I don’t know how I would say what I said in a nicer way so I don’t know if I succeeded.) Yesterday afternoon
My Blog Featured on Modesty Misunderstood
I am pleased to announce that my recent post on modesty is one of a dozen being featured on the website Modesty Misunderstood. It encourages me and makes me think that my writing may be doing some good in the world. I spent a lot of time working on that post about “modesty”. In certain
How the Church is Failing Men
A couple of paragraphs from this article jumped out at me. I think the author really nails a major problem in how the church engages men. (I think the author may have done this without fully realizing it’s importance or full depth.) Here’s what I’ve observed: a lot of men avoid men’s ministry because they
Defending “the Truth”
There is significant division among Christians. The main dividing line today (as I see it) is in our beliefs in how we engage with non-Christians. How does God want us to engage with the world? What message does he want us to communicate through our actions and words? These are important questions because they are