ICYMI: Tip of the Spear on the Radio
Had a great chat with Kathy Emmons on Pittsburgh’s 101.5 WORD-FM last Tuesday on The Ride Home with John and Kathy. Below is the link to their Sound Cloud. At 9:38 the segment begins wherein I discuss...
View ArticleTwo Years After Strange Fire: Reflections on Deception, Paranoia, and...
I have never forgotten the season during my freshman year in college when I learned that there were self-proclaimed Christians who believed that the resurrection of Christ was a metaphor, that the...
View ArticleThe Power of Active Gratitude
Great and timely words from the American Enterprise Institute’s Arthur Brooks in yesterday’s New York Times. This article hit home for me down to the smallest details. It was quite an endeavor for the...
View ArticleOur Hymnology Is Usually Better Than Our Theology
I’m a hymn lover. While there are some wonderful anthems and songs of adoration being produced today, most (but not all) hymns of old are besotted with profound revelation about the character of God,...
View ArticleWhen God Renames Us
To follow up on my post from two weeks ago in which I contended that the phrase “just a sinner saved by grace” proves futile and untrue, I thought I might elaborate a little more. A few commenters...
View ArticleWhat to Do About Gullible Charismatics
I’ve outed myself several times here on Patheos as one speaking-in-tongues charismatic Christian. If my writing is not evidence enough, my bio at the end of each post states that I am a graduate of a...
View ArticleWhat Jesus Accomplished at Calvary and Why It Matters
Christians are people of the cross and that befuddles many, especially that “of the cross” part. Most non-Christians have their ways of dealing with believers in Jesus; dealing with the cross of Jesus...
View ArticleCheering for the Anti-Smut Backlash and Heralding a Renaissance of Intimacy
In recent weeks TIME magazine, the Washington Post, and the New York Times have all published articles critical of pornography. It appears that our society has finally reached the climax (pun intended...
View Article5 Beliefs That Produce Hope
Proud to welcome this guest contribution from one to the most of the joyful, inspiring men of God I know. Steve Backlund is particularly gifted in helping Christians develop victorious mindsets....
View ArticleEngaging the Tension of the Kingdom
The Kingdom of God is at hand. It is right now, in this very present moment. Just as it was in the now-moment two millennia ago in the ancient Near East when Jesus first announced it, this Kingdom has...
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