On a cold Sunday morning, I took a Lyft to a church I’d never attended in a city I’d never been to. The driver was listening to some pretty raunchy rap and wasn’t interested in small talk. She dropped me off in what I thought was the parking lot and, despite my initial desires, I... Continue Reading →
A Poem: The Way of Calvary
"God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong." (I Corinthians 1:27) In weakness keep me Quell pride that I may see In sorrows call Man of Sorrows my all My boast is not in mine Glory alone belongs to Divine In weakness show me Let not knowledge... Continue Reading →
The Legalism Behind the Attractional Church Model
Often, the terms seeker-sensitive or attractional are used to describe a certain church model approach. Jared Wilson defines an attractional church as a “church ministry whose primary purpose is to make Christianity appealing.”1 This does not mean that it is or isn’t contemporary, or even that it is or isn’t a megachurch. Rather, it describes a... Continue Reading →
Short Devotional: Love as You Have Been Loved
Be patient, for God is patient with all those He has chosen so that not one will perish (II Peter 3:9). Be kind, for it was and is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance (Romans 2:4). Do not be jealous, for how should we consider ourselves more important than another when our... Continue Reading →
Six Mormon Teachings Antithetical to Historic Christianity
I vividly remember when two members of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (often known as Mormons) showed up on my doorstep. Right off the bat, they made it very clear that they didn't want to argue or debate about religion. Rather, they wanted to know if there was anything that we... Continue Reading →
Christians Must Tell the World They Are Guilty Before God
Why did Jesus say that the world would hate Christians? (John 15) What would cause Him to declare that the world would not like our message, or even us? There is so much peace, service, humility, kindness and grace filled within Jesus’s teachings, why would the world reject it? I believe that the explanation is... Continue Reading →