it packs a punch! Within this small letter, there’s a wealth of doctrinal content. It’s often overlooked within the New Testament letter because it has some taglines reaching back into Jewish history, and non-biblical texts. This can leave some scratching their heads and even sermons are hard to come by.
Read More
The teens before us (in the 80s) had broken through a lot of the legalism regarding playing cards, pool halls, going to movies and best of all, listening to rock music! By the 90s, Christian rock options were coming out of every major city faster than we could memorize lyrics. Christian artists were coming out of the woodwork, creating sounds that drove teen culture; yet carried positive or at least neutral messages with every note.
Read MorePosted January 10, 2012. Yesterday, AllFacebook.com released its “Facebook’s Most Engaging Pages” list. Here are the top five results: Name Fans Interactions 1. Jesus Daily 10,793,374 4,654,504
Read More
Christian culture has definitely not been sustained and preserved like the churches and cathedrals have. After spending some time in British culture, my perspective is that England is definitely showing the signs of a people who are caring less about God nor the church.
Read More
“Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.” (Eph. 4:28)
Read More
Level 3:16 recently put out this video titled “Tell ‘Em”. They could have left out the verbal banter at the beginning of the video, but they were trying to set the stage for the content of this song, which is amazing! The conversational style of this artist’s rapping really pulled me in and clearly points to Jesus.
Read More
When I was a youth pastor, I led a group of students from conservative, semi-rural Alaska on a missions trip to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC. The first part in Seatlle was fairly familiar for them, but Vancouver was a different story. Considering their home environment, our students received the full brunt of religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic culture shock!
Read MoreBack when I was a youth pastor, I remember one youth night when we had a bonfire. We were sitting around, talking about music. Specifically, we were discussing the fact that no matter what genre of music receives current popularity, there always seems to be a vein of pop rock that drifts through and remains in culture.
Read More
The birth of a child is an extremely exciting time. It is almost always followed by great emotion and celebration first by the parents as they gaze into the eyes of the child for the first time, then by jubilant family members who have been pacing in the waiting room for hours. For the Christian, do we engage in this kind of excitement with rebirth? And if not, why not?
Read More
Are pandemic restrictions the extent of Western church suffering? Do you believe the Western church will experience further suffering in the future? If so, what do you believe that suffering will look like?
Read More
Bible, Discipleship, Family, Gospels, NT
A wife’s submission to her husband is a touchy subject these days. Even in the Church! Living in this moment, in a post-Christian Western culture, it’s hard to hear words like those found in 1 Peter 3. How do we teach this Biblical principle in a post-Christian culture?
Read More
I’ve been writing for years. Mostly in a physical journal as part of my devotional time. Then a couple of years ago, my desire for writing got dry and I quit all together. Then recently, the desire gripped me again. This time I have chosen to write my thoughts and lessons learned, into a blog. I may not write everyday; but when I do, I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Read MoreView More