“Jesus Loves You!” — Enough, Already
I don't know about you, but I am tired of being told, at every store I enter or order from online, that I am receiving the lowest prices -- ever! The statement is made so much and so sweepingly, that I...
View ArticleThe Purposeless, Driven Life
Christians come in all shapes, sizes, and maturity levels, and the more honest we are, the more fun we are to be with, even if what we're saying or working through is painful. The other day, someone...
View ArticleFree Yourself from Bible Study Myths
"Why won't you attend Bible study?" a man asked me once. "Do you hate studying the Bible?" Seriously, when you get a question framed like that, it's best to just talk about the weather. The person...
View ArticleChristians: Let’s Admit That We Don’t Know It All
I have to be in a certain mood to read the book of Proverbs, which consists, primarily, of pithy -- yet wise, and true -- statements in couplet form. Part of me always thinks, "Most of these were...
View ArticleWhy Ordinary Christians Can — and Should — Speak up
When you live in a small town with a major employment base being the school district, you're not particularly popular when you speak against the party line. But since the friends you make by constantly...
View ArticleGrasping the Goodness of God
For many years of my young middle adulthood, life was smooth. Not perfect, obviously -- when you raise a family of six on one ridiculously modest income, there's always the stress of making the...
View Article5 Things to Know about Forgiveness
The first time I heard this sentence: "Jesus talked about hell more than anything else," I knew it was inaccurate, but hadn't read the Bible enough to say so with confidence. Now that I have grown up,...
View ArticleAre You in the Process of Leaving Church?
Leaving church -- whether a specific fellowship or the industrial model altogether -- is not a decision people make lightly. Nor is it one that others take well, and if you are in the process of...
View ArticleThree New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
The problem with New Year's resolutions isn't that they're easy to make and difficult to keep -- which is true on both counts -- it's that we feel like such failures when we fall, and give up,...
View ArticleFour Important Men You’ve Never Heard of
Depending upon our interests, those of us who live in the world of mass media can rattle off names of note in the sports arena, TV land, cinematic Fantasia, network "news," political affront, musical...
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