Religion
Dangerous Questions: Is God Proud?
I remember when I was younger, probably 12 years old or so, I asked my first “dangerous question”. I had been in church all my life, and in a Christian school since I was five. For a kid, I knew a lot about Christianity, and through that process, I started to question things. One of [...]
Weekend Reflections
This weekend was probably one of the best I’ve had in a while! Meredith and I spent Saturday with some friends of ours in the mountains by a waterfall. We picnicked there at the base of the waterfall and talked about all kinds of stuff. The night before, Meredith and I baked some “mini apple [...]
Group Dynamics
I just got back from attending Grouplink, NewSpring‘s way of connecting members of the church with other members of the church to meet together and study the Bible. I was challenged tonight as to the importance of this particular part of the church. I’ve had people tell me that NewSpring is just too big for [...]
More On Love
Thinking over my earlier post on how certain online ministries redefine love, I failed to employ one of the greatest stories and examples of Christian love out there. And it comes from the greatest book ever written, the Bible In Luke 10, Jesus encounters a man who an “expert in the law” … someone who [...]
Redefining Love
As is typical in the darker shadowy sections of the Christian blogosphere, something disturbing is becoming more and more prevalent. Here’s the situation …There are some Christian ministries that are experiencing tremendous growth, and inexplicable salvation numbers. Because of this, there is another group of Christians that are taking notice of these ministries. The church [...]
How NOT To Answer a Dangerous Question
The question was simple… Wow… you mean to tell me you think the Bible is perfect? 2 things we can gather (or at least should be considerate of) from this question… This person is either one of those “liberal” emergent types who (according to some) don’t believe anything at all, or This person is not [...]
HowTo: Avoid Distractions in Church
I remember a few months ago being in a church service and running the “sound board”. The layout of the chapel was such that the sound board was next to the stage, instead of in the rear of the chapel (that has now been remedied … kudos to that church). But it gave me a [...]
Dangerous Questions – Copycat?
A few weeks ago, I was browsing the video section of digg.com (one of my favorite things to do), and noticed and interesting video in the queue. The title indicated that the video had been banned from youtube (marked inappropriate … by Christians I’m sure), not because it was untrue or slanderous … but because [...]
Weekend Reflections
Being that I am still on a diet, this weekend I tried to maintain that diet as much as possible. I’m running low on food from my Nutrisystem boxes, so I’ve had to supplement it with other healthy foods. So Friday night I had a veggie burger. I told Meredith that they could use this [...]
Dangerous Questions – Freewill or Coercion?
If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you are fully aware of the fact that I regularly expose myself to contradictory information concerning religion and/or Christianity. And it’s no secret that I’m opposed to the isolationist mentality that most Christians embrace. I simply can’t stand it when people choose to remain in [...]