There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. - G.K. Chesterton
This season marks the first time I have ever observed lent in any fashion. I’m not sure why such times on the church calendar where totally ignored growing up, except that as coming from a die hard Southern Baptist tradition I can only guess that perhaps they were seen as too “Catholic.” This [...]
Recently I read C.S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy, the autobiography of his early life up until his conversion from atheism to Christianity around the age of 30. As I mentioned to several people, this book made everything in my life seem to me to be utterly trivial. Whereas my childhood was filled with [...]
Today I was asked the question: How is your walk with Christ?
For a moment, I hesitated to answer for several reasons. First, I’m rarely asked that question. Second, That’s one of those areas where I managed to slip through the Christian sub-culture without being programmed with the Christianese response. Consequently, the question [...]
Note: So this is how I work through things. I have to think and write and verbally process. I could be wrong, but it’s not going to be because I’m not working through the issues.
I know I have a tendency to post on the things that don’t sit well with me. I’m [...]
One last thought about the Jehovah Witnesses that came to my door and I’ll be done with it. It dawned on me in the shower yesterday that I missed a golden opportunity to make my point, and I’ll definitely be looking for the opportunity to make it next time…feel free to use it in [...]
Yesterday I had the privilege of being visited by two fine representatives from the Jehovah Witnesses. I spent about 45 minutes talking with an older gentleman and his son (who was probably in his early twenties) as they slowly became more and more agitated. In fact, the older guy eventually started winding the [...]
A few people said that statement 2 reveals a lack of desire to plant churches. That’s not something I’m going to disagree with, necessarily (I don’t know that it’s occurred to them as an option) instead I’m going to point out the philosophical problem that seems to exist beneath the surface of the statement.
2) [...]
In my last post, I had mentioned two brief statments that seem to have problems associated with them. I wanted to see what other people thought of them even though I’m lifting them somewhat out of context. So let me give you a little more information and the sense I always get when [...]
Dr. Ben Witherington recently blogged about the current relationship between evangelicals and the government. I agree with some of this points, such as from a Biblical perspective, it’s the role of the church to take care of the poor and needy, not necessarily the government. The government helping the poor is good and [...]
A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a couple of guys from church when the subject turned to deeper theological matters. We hadn’t been treading those waters very long before one of the men said, “I don’t know. All that deep theological stuff is over my head. I’m like [...]
Behind the row of houses across from our cul-de-sac ran a small creek. It was surrounded by small woods that followed the creek’s winding path behind the row of houses, until at one end it opened up into a clearing behind the townhouses, and at the other joined the larger woods outside of the [...]
There are certain anchorpoints in my memory that I always go to when I think of phases in my life. Watching my grandpa load the tiller up onto the blue pickup just as the rain starts…bringing tadpoles for show and tell in the third grade only to find out that they had grown legs [...]
Ever find yourself formulating what you think will be something interesting to write on? Only to find that after a paragraph or so, you’ve pretty much said all there is to say, so you leave disappointed that it wasn’t the masterpiece that you felt like it was going to be?
I do that quite a [...]
And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape [...]
I sat next to the wall at the end of the back row. Our small group leader’s meeting was well underway as the pastor outlined a new plan for the small group ministry and took questions. I listened. “I’m pretty sure everyone has asked a question except for me”, I think. [...]
I used to wonder how people could refuse to believe the gospel. Even when presented with evidence of its fundamental differences from every other belief as well as logical defenses of its truth. But now I see more and more the reason you cannot convince someone to a belief in Christ [...]
I was always taught that Christians were supposed to witness. “Share your faith” my church would tell me, and then follow it up with methods to awkwardly fit a gospel presentation into a conversation. They weren’t meant to be awkward, but there was no getting around it. It always was. [...]
The inspiration to write has suddenly come upon me. Unfortunately the inspirtation for subject matter has not. So let’s see where this goes shall we? Your guess is a good as mine.
Three doors up from me there is a two story house, with a four or five foot wooden fence chasing [...]
A year ago today I was lying on the floor, wallowing in pain and disbelief that the human knee wasn’t in fact indestructable. However, if not for that injury I wouldn’t be where I am today. At home, typing into my blog.
I’m the kind of guy that has a hard time letting go [...]
This is a bit of a diversion from my usual kind of posting. But this is often the kind of thing I find myself thinking about. The following was one such unexpected surge of thought when I was close to the keyboard. Come along as we dive into Brian’s head…
The function of [...]