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Things I Heard In Church: “Following Jesus Is Like Drafting The Fastest Guy In The Peloton”

Things I Heard In Church: “Following Jesus is like drafting the fastest guy in the peloton. The closer you are to the oneĀ in front of you, the greater the benefit.” –Ben Herr From Ben Herr‘s excellent presentation: Fishers… Read More

I Don’t Know Who Jesus Is (I Just Did What He Said)

I Don’t Know Who Jesus Is (I Just Did What He Said)

Religious Bigots

The Definition Of A Bigot I want to begin by saying I struggled with using the word bigot. The first definition that comes up when I Google it is, “a person who is intolerant toward those holding different… Read More

I Really, Really, Really Liked This Music Video by Keiren Mitchell

I really, really, really liked this music video by Keiren Mitchell.

You Are Not Condemned

Last postĀ on the book of John we saw how God so loved us, that He allowed His Son to suffer a horrible death, to pay the price for our sins, so we could be reconciled to Him in… Read More

The Grace/Truth Equation: John 1:14

Never Bored Again I was talking with a thirty-something last night and he and I both concluded we never feel bored. Maybe that’s not surprising. There’s Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. There’s podcasts, blogs, and Google searches. There are… Read More

Easter And Your Fear Of Death

The Fountain Kathy and I just finished watching The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.Ā IMDB describes the movieĀ this way: “As a modern-day scientist, Tommy (Jackman) is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will… Read More

My Experience With Christians (and why it’s so hard to leave the Rogue Valley)

Kathy and I are moving away from the beautiful Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. There will be more on that a little later but first I want to look at how some people view Christians. Why Do So… Read More

The Control Freak And Jesus

There’s This Thirty-Something There’s this thirty-something in my life who is always asking me these great questions about the Bible: provocative questions, hard questions, but very interesting questions. And it’s caused me to look at the Bible differently…. Read More

Jesus Christ Exiled From Most Christians

The title of this post is a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer came from a family of geniuses. His father was a professor of psychiatry and neurology. His brother Karl Friedrich was a professor of physical chemistry andĀ discovered… Read More

Patriotism, God, and the 4th of July–Does God Want Me To Be A Patriot?

AndĀ they sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people… Read More

Why Is That Christian So Annoying?

Today I read about a Christian man who claims to have the ability to teleport, cure cancer, and repair avionics problems in flying airplanes–while he’s standing on the ground. He was eventually convicted of fraud for taking money… Read More