I recently read a Facebook post (yes, this is often what stokes the fires of a blog entry, I confess) by a pastor whose stance on many things I’d genuinely appreciate, but whose stance on some...
On Compromise And the old time religion
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On AI
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In many ways, the rise of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a great asset to humanity. Functioning as a fully-featured web trawler, it can navigate vast swaths of the worldwide web in seconds...
On Hard Times
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You’ve heard the following adage, surely: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Though recently...
On The Dark Side Of Success
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There is a dark side of success, you know. In fact, here’s my opening salvo, my abstract, my thesis statement, if you will: The very traits that enable stellar achievements and great success...
On Competence
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I don’t think anyone with even a nominal appreciation for sanity or safety would offer a rebuttal to the following postulate: for high-stakes professions, particularly for jobs where other...
On the Song of the Sword
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There is nothing wrong with a barbecue, a gun range, a cool beard, or a bench press. Not even close. I like all of these things, to be sure. But I confess that when I see churches hosting...
On Churches Near Me
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I hadn’t done it in about 10 years, but yesterday I did — I spent quite a bit of time taking in the ecclesiological landscape around me in my neck of the woods. I wanted to learn more...
On planting new churches
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My late father was a church planter, both in the United States and in Zambia, Africa. One of the things I most admire about my dad’s church planting and missionary endeavors is that he was a...
On Counterfeits
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In this entry, I’d like to speak about two different kinds of counterfeits. First, I’ll address a counterfeit Christianity, and then we’ll move to discuss a counterfeit God/Christ...
On Extremes & Packed Churches
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Speaking broadly: extremes aren’t generally a good thing. But my, how we humans are attracted to them like moths to a flame, or — more accurately — like flies to rotting meat. I...
