This Sunday sermon contains the following points: Why we avoid silence Scriptures on silence The Benefits of Silence To download The Practice of Christian Silence, please…
How Hard Work Leads to Satisfaction This sermon starts off the new year by fanning our passions, helping us overcome obstacles, and instructing us on…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has written what some consider a balanced, conciliatory, if not condemnatory piece in the New York Observer on the whole Duck Dynasty…
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Was researching this today, thought you all might enjoy. PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIES 4 Steps to Problem Solving Simple processes for problem-solving and decision-making TRIZ –…
For many, the life of faith is a life of burdensome works to earn or keep salvation. That is totally backwards. Listen and understand why.…
This sermon, first delivered in 2012, is a good boost around the holidays, which can often be stressful and depressing for many of us. Enjoy.…
Former Christian and now atheist Cara has a blog at Think Atheist, and posted this list of questions (questions originally posted by Thomas Swan) and…
This series is made up of the following articles: Scrupulosity 1, How Catholicism and Arminianism Obscure the Gospel and Create Neuroses Scrupulosity 2, How Sola…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I introduced the idea that both Catholicism and hyper-Arminianism (hyper-Calvinism’s brother) make the deadly mistake of…
This post is part of a series. I have previously catalogued my exodus from the bondage of Arminian Holiness to the peace of Reformed Theology,…
I’m not talking about eros, I’m talking about being passionate for accomplishing something worthwhile in your life. Most of us are not – we’ve lost…
When we think of planting a church, what’s typically the first thing we may do? We typically do something like this: Start a small group…
When we think about communicating the truths of scripture to one another, and especially to the outside world, we often focus on only one of…
All good visionary organizations have not only a vision statement, mission statement, and value statement, they also have a motto that encapsulates them all in…
In church growth circles, there’s always some new trend that promises to revitalize and grow our churches in size, and sometimes in maturity. Conferences are…
In this examination of Nicodemus’ nighttime visit with Jesus (John 3:1-9), we discuss the main steps to True Spiritual Awakening, from a Christian perspective. Feel…
This series is made up of the following posts: Midlife and other Life Transitions 1 – Introduction Midlife and Other Life Transitions 2 – Dissatisfaction…
This post is part of a Series. In Part 1, I discussed the phases of adult life according to Levinson, and ‘revealed’ that I am…
This series is made up of the following articles: Molinism, The Solution to the Calvinist-Arminian Standoff Molinism – ROSES instead of TULIPs
This article is part of a series on Molinism. Calvinism has been summarized in the acronym TULIP, while Arminianism has been summarized in The Five Articles of…
Ever since the Protestant reformation began, Christian theologians have been arguing about one of what I call The Two Great Mysteries of the Bible –…
The Christian faith claims to answer a lot of tough questions about life, the universe, and everything. For most of life’s dilemmas, the bible seems…
Life is tough, and when it gets overwhelming, we lose hope that the future will ever get better. How do we restore a positive expectation…