Category Archives: Christians and culture

Miley’s New Tattoo

For the past several years, Miley Cyrus has been a rising star, and a role model for young girls. More recently, however her value as role model has grown increasingly questionable. I do not know where Miley really stands with … Continue reading

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Giving The Church A Checkup

This post is part of a series introduced last month (click here  for 1st post) As we start a New Year, it is traditionally a time  when people not only make resolutions, but many of them begin to think about … Continue reading

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Do You Speak Christianese? Please Don’t

Have you ever noticed the lingo that flies around in some Christian circles?  I challenge you, the next time you find yourself in a group of Christian people, step back and listen to the words and phrases that are used when … Continue reading

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Thoughts About Christmas, part 2

In the first part of this post, I stated that the proper response to the contemporary assault on Christmas, for believers, would be to figure out how to bring Jesus back to the forefront of Christmas. I suggested we might  begin … Continue reading

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Thoughts About Christmas, part 1

I was just thinking this past Sunday……I have been a follower of Jesus Christ since 1991, and studied for 4 ½ years in seminary, and have been in full time ministry for 9 years. But despite all that being true, … Continue reading

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America’s Talking Heads: Hot Air and Clanging Cymbals

A friend of mine sent me this link  today and wanted to know my thoughts on it. I can only say that I wish I had written it, because it reflects my views and convictions almost dead on (with a … Continue reading

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Bush and Obama – America’s Failed Saviors

Although politics fascinate me, I don’t spend enough time studying in that area to qualify as a political analyst. Like every other American, I have my own opinions, but am glad its not up to me to produce solutions. What … Continue reading

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Would Jesus Organize a Koran Burning?

As I hear the buzz about the outrage over the plans of a small church in Florida whose pastor made plans for his congregation to gather on September 11 to burn copies of the Koran, that is the question that … Continue reading

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What I DO like about what the Emerging Church says

 What I do like about what the Emerging Church says Much like Kevin DeYoung, I can relate to Emerging Christians who are wary of slick marketing gimmicks, how-to sermons, watered-down megachurches, and the effects of modernism. I fully agree that the … Continue reading

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The Christian Sub-culture We’ve Become

I was just thinking about the word “Christian” and how often you seem to hear it used. Living in the middle of the Bible belt (the southeastern part of the U.S.) I certainly hear the word used alot, but sometimes … Continue reading

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