Month: March 2014

Why This Issue Is Different

Homosexuality isn’t the only sin in the world. But I know of no Christian leader or Christian community promoting theft or championing idolatry as a special blessing from God. It is not an overstatement to say solemnizing same-sex intercourse is in danger of leading people to hell. The same is not true when it comes to sorting out the millennium.  In tolerating the doctrine which affirms homosexual behavior, we are tolerating a doctrine which leads people farther from God, not closer. This is not the mission Jesus gave us when he told us to teach the nations all that he has commanded.

–Kevin DeYoung in Why Is This Issue Different?

A Biblical Worldview or a Worldly View of the Bible

I like this definition of biblical worldview: A Christian worldview or a biblical worldview refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs, derived from the Bible, through which a Christian individual, group or culture interprets the world and interacts with it.  A biblical worldview necessarily involves application of the whole Bible and not merely the parts that …

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World Vision’s Public Declaration of its Theology

I’ve compiled a short list below of responses to World Vision’s recent announcement that they would no longer prohibit homosexuals from employment.  I do not feel that I can add much to the debate beyond what has been said in the articles below, but one thing concerns me greatly that I do not see others …

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Baseball and Christ…The Conversations That Matter

Since yesterday I wrote about what we are learning from our daughter, today it is appropriate for me to write about what I am learning from and through my son.  Wyatt is all boy.  He loves baseball, basketball, football, bike riding, and dirt.  He is just like his daddy which can make for frustrating interactions …

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What A Broken Leg Taught Me About Church Attendance

As a pastor, I’m committed to church attendance.  That goes without saying, but many people assume that my commitment to regular church attendance is based primarily upon the fact that I’m a pastor–more of a “well, of course you think it’s important,” rather than an understanding of why regular church attendance matters. The reality is …

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Four Habits of Spiritually Immature People

I lift weights.  I don’t do crossfit, I don’t bodybuild, I don’t run marathons. I get funny looks in the gym because plates clang together and chains are loud. I like to lift heavy weights and I like getting stronger. As a result, I am a student of weight-lifting and power-lifting. I read and study …

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Centering Your Family Life Around Christ

Occasionally, I read something and think, “wow, that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking, but didn’t know how to say” (it happened in this book recently on evangelism and discipleship).  This morning I read a quote in a blog article that said exactly what I’ve been thinking, but couldn’t really put into words.  The article/post was …

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The Pride of Humility

I once read that humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking about yourself less. I find that the times in my life when I struggle most with pride are not the times when I’m confident and satisfied in my accomplishments (thinking of myself) but rather when I’m focused on me, on what I …

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