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Some Questions for Christian Conservatives

Christia It’s election season, which means the Republican candidates and voters have me scratching my head yet again. You like to claim that yours is the party of Jesus and that democrats are ungodly. Brace yourselves… I have some questions for you to consider before you claim Christ’s views as those of your political ideology. Do you think Jesus would fight for your right to fly the confederate…

How to draw more men to your church

Lately, it seems like every time I talk to a church leader, they mention the struggle they are having with getting men to come to church. Countless men’s ministries are constantly looking for that thing that will finally give the men’s ministry a much needed shot in the arm. In sermons, pastors will either theme an entire series to relate to sports, or they will have individual sermons with…

Are You Pro-Life or Pro-Birth?

Food for thought from a Catholic Nun: “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life.…

How to Talk Like a Christian

This is just a quick and humorous reminder that we are called to follow Christ. All too often, Christians are on a mission to convert people to Christian culture.

Your Own Personal Bible

Remember when you were in Vacation Bible School and the teacher would have you take out an index card and write out John 3:16, substituting your name for “The World?” Now, there’s an app for that. You just enter your name and gender, and the entire Bible is personalized for you. ToYouBible instantly populates thousands of applicable Bible passages with the user’s name and also customizes them to…

The End Is Coming (again)

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Again. Marshall Swing, the world’s foremost gold and silver futures trading and price analyst, is the latest prognosticator of the end times. The newest date of the beginning of the end of days from well-meaning Christian doomsdayers is— drumroll please– September 11, 2015.  That’s right, September 11. Actually, it’s September 12, but that doesn’t grab as…

Why I Have A Hard Time Paying Attention in Church

This video sums up one of the reasons I have a hard time attending church services. I’m a bit of a music snob when it comes to worship music. I’ve been told that if I’m not enjoying the music, someone else in the congregation might be being blessed by it, so I should just keep my mouth shut… I’m glad to see that other people “get it” though.…

Christian Copycats: Do we really need a Christian Facebook?

For followers of a man who instructed us to go into all the world and make disciples, it seems like so many Christians want to just hole up in a Christian cave with a bunch of their Christian friends and spend the rest of their lives doing Christian things. Well, I take that back. They actually want to hole up in a Christian cave that looks a lot like a secular cave, with a bunch of Christian…

Someone Finally Said It: Four Things Jesus Didn't Die For

The so-called “culture wars” have been picking up again and sometimes it is easy for Christians to get caught up in a set of political issues. Caleb Flores at The Gospel Coalition wrote an excellent blog post last year entitled “4 Things Jesus Didn’t Die For.” It is a good read, especially in light of recent events. Among the list of things, Flores points out that Jesus didn’t die to be the…

Four American values that aren’t Christian values

Since we so often confuse The Fourth of July with a religious holiday, and mistake The United States for a theocracy, it is appropriate to mention a few ways in which true Christian values differ from the American way of life. Materialism: America is a materialistic nation. We love our stuff. We spend our lives trying to get more stuff and finding new ways to acquire stuff. The Bible tells of a…

Gluttony: The sin we forget

In the last week, we’ve been deluged with talk from Christian conservatives about the horrors of homosexuality and the consequences gay marriage will have on our society. They point to some Bible verses about homosexuality and call it a sin. Well sir, I’m not going to argue about whether or not one thing or another is a sin. Quite frankly, I believe it’s all sin because we live in a fallen world,…

A father’s love

Pastor John Pavlovitz has gotten a lot of attention for his recent blog post about what he would do if he found out one of his kids was gay. Spoiler alert: He would love them just the same way a, father is called to love his child. This is how it should be. Hats off to you, Mr. Pavlovitz. You’re doing it right.  

My fellow Southerners, please get a grip. Take the flag down, denounce the burning of churches. #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches

My fellow Southerners: Please get a grip. I cannot believe that in 2015, we are arguing about the Confederate battle flag. I also find it unfathomable that black churches are being burned down throughout the South. With regard to the flag, this “heritage” wasn’t worth fighting for the first time and it isn’t worth fighting for again. With regard to the black churches being torched, please speak…

Here’s a roundup of some of the most ridiculous reactions from conservative Christians to the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage. According to these nice folks, many of whom aspire to be president, The Supreme Court has the power to bring about the end of the world and God is powerless to stop it. Source: Mass Hysteria on the Right After Supreme Court’s Progressive Rulings — 6 Biggest…