This is Side 2: see Side 1 here! It is interesting to me that the majority of things we (as Christians) argue vehemently over are personal preferences. Many Christians spend their lives arguing for things not in scripture while denying things that are in scripture. I think
Picture a mirror. Now picture that mirror with thousands of little cracks in it. Cracks that distort your reflection as look at yourself. This is what denominations do to the body of Christ. Extreme statement? Maybe, but Christ’s prayer was that we (His Church) were
This is Side 1: See Side 2 here! I know right? How can a person who claims to be a follower of Christ say such a terrible word! Beer is evil! So is anything else that contains alcohol! How dare Christians drink! If this is your mentality, buckle up. Alcohol! Not many things
Condescension: (n) 1: voluntary descent from one’s rank or dignity in relations with an inferior 2: patronizing attitude or behavior I think this is a word we are all familiar with. A word we are all disgusted with? Perhaps. A word we are all plagued with. More
“When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
If I sound like a broken record too bad. Ok that sounds mean. I realize that sometimes my posts might come across as redundant, but when it comes to the Church, to the body of Christ, nothing (besides the work of Christ) can be more important. After all Christ believes in
Happy Valentines day everyone 🙂 I have especially been enjoying the thought of Christ’s love for us this week. Think of Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the
Often times i get constructive criticism after a post. I have some great friends who give me great feedback. One of the criticisms a friend gave me was that I often speak from a standpoint of ideas and thoughts more than narrative and stories. He suggested that I use stories
In my last post, I brought up the idea of youth groups. Some of my thoughts regarding what seems to not be working and an alternative solution to our current youth group models. I realized as I started writing that my thoughts could not be contained in one post. So I wanted
I have many good friends who are youth pastors. This post is not about bashing them, or anyone else who has been called to work with youth. This post is about looking at what’s happening in our youth groups in churches and how we need to adjust quickly to save the next
Originally, I was writing a post about absolute truth and how it exists and how important it is. But then I realized that I don’t know nearly enough on the subject to articulate myself well enough for a post. But as I began to write, another topic emerged. The more I
This past week I had an amazing opportunity to fly down to the Dominican Republic with an organization called The Initiative. The Initiative is a leadership based program that helps students put their faith in to action. We took a team down to the Dominican to teach a school