Do You See The Glory?

This is a continuation of the series I started in December called “Bible Brackets”. Please read the following 4 first if you haven’t already. These 4 entries have been leading up to this current entry.
Filling Out Your Theological Bracket - Part 1
Decisions, Decisions - Bible Brackets Part 2
What Did Jesus Say? - Bible [...]

This is a continuation of the series I started in December called “Bible Brackets”.  Please read the following 3 first if you haven’t already.
Filling Out Your Theological Bracket - Part 1
Decisions, Decisions - Bible Brackets Part 2
What Did Jesus Say? - Bible Brackets Part 3
When it comes to the inerrancy of Scripture, Christians often act [...]

This is a continuation of the series I started in December called “Bible Brackets”.  Please read the following 2 first if you haven’t already.
Filling Out Your Theological Bracket - Part 1
Decisions, Decisions - Bible Brackets Part 2
This is a very intriguing subject to me.  We’ve all read the red-letter words of Jesus in our bibles [...]

This is Part 2 in a series.  You can read Part 1 here: Filling Out Your Theological Bracket - Part 1.
We have a lot of decisions to make in order to fill out our theological bracket.  Some of them can be very confusing.  Some of them, you may not have even realized were in question.  [...]

Even if you are not big sports fans, I’m sure you’ve heard of an NCAA Tournament Bracket.  We are a little early for that this year, because it happens in March every year, but we can still talk about it.  College basketball has a 64 team tournament at the end of their season, and all [...]

The Building Campaign
Our church is in the middle of a building campaign.  You know what what means, lots of talk about money and finances.  While I know its not a very popular topic, I don’t mind it too much.  It’s a topic that Beth and I embrace and try to really seek what God is [...]

I’ve realized recently that I am a rare entity and becoming more rare each year.  I’m on the endangered species list.  I am one of few Christian parents that still believes in Santa.  I would not be surprised if we start seeing Santa clauses (not Claus, but clause) in church doctrinal statements saying something like [...]

First, my wife has told me that my previous entry about the sin of overeating might offend overweight people, and that I might come across as critical.  Since I myself am overweight, and have struggled with my weight for most of my life, I just assumed everybody would understand that I was talking about myself [...]

Churches today have a wide range of approaches to dealing with sin.  Some churches just ignore sin in hopes that it will go away.  Some churches go on the offensive and try to scare or guilt it out of people.  I think most churches fall somewhere in between.  They claim to take a hard stance [...]

“Same Kind of Different As Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
A friend gave my wife this book, and they both suggested I read it.  I didn’t really want to, and don’t have much time to sit and read, so they gave me the audiobook version.  I listened to it whlie driving to work.  Once [...]

OK, imagine you are watching a stand-up comic and he gives the old line, “My friend is soooo worthless…”  And of course the crowd responds in their monotone shout, “HOW - WORTH-LESS - IS - HE?”  And then the comic comes back with something like, “My friend is so worthless, he has to pay his [...]

You might find it hard to believe, but I do have more in common with Tony Romo than just good looks, mad skills, and having to deal with man crushes and chicks digging me.  We have both recently broken the pinky finger on our throwing hands.  This is very problematic for both of us, considering [...]

I’ve never done this before, and it probably won’t be the last time, but here’s a link to a post in another blog that I’ve found to be very entertaining.  For those of you that have spent many years in church, I think you will too.  The blog is titled, “Stuff Christians Like”.  I’ve also [...]

There are quite a few scary verses in the Bible.  Here are a few off the top of my head that I would think would have to be considered:
James 3:1
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
Only scary for teachers I guess.
Matt7:23
“And then I [...]

If you asked 100 people on the street who Lucifer is, you’d probably get about 99 of them responding with, “the devil”. Lucifer is the devil’s real name, right? Like when he was an angel in heaven, everybody called him Lucifer?
Actually, there are some misconceptions, rumors, and myths that Christians believe about the [...]

Being a parent can be frustrating. You tell your kids not to do something, and they do it. So you discipline them. You tell them not to do it again, and they do it again. You discipline them again. You tell them not to do it again. And they [...]

Politics just frustrate me. It’s just a game of lies and blame. The best liars and manipulators are the most successful politicians. The “good” guys, regardless of political party, never make it very far. And corruption runs rampant in our political system with the deep pockets of the lobbyists and special [...]

For those of you asking, I wanted to update the status of a friend of mine that was hit in the head with a softball and suffered a fractured skull, referring to this previous Post. Nick was in ICU for a couple days, and was released from the hospital on Thursday. The Dr. [...]

Ross King is one of my favorite people. I guess most would describe him as a worship leader/song writer. While that is very true, I would consider him equally a teacher/preacher. His songs are really Bible lessons. One of may favorite songs he wrote is titled “Go Away”. It’s written [...]

Is there a job or talent that you’ve long desired to have, but know that it’s just never going to happen. For example, say I always dreamed of being a jockey. No matter how badly I wanted it, that’s just something I have to accept is not going to happen. Actually, I [...]