Wayne Jacobsen, author of So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore has written a few other books. I recently had the opportunity to read his, He Loves Me. Both of these books are available as a free PDF download from his website, Life Stream (or the links above go directly to the books). [...]
Why do we collect tithes and offerings, solemnly, and in fancy plates?
Erin Word, Cindy Bryan, and Lyn Hallewell have started a synchroblog with the topic of prayer called How Do You Pray? - They have invited everyone and anyone to participate, so I decided to take part.
I recently wrote a post over at Life… in the Journey about prayer called What About Prayer? hopefully I will [...]
My father-in-law is the vocational pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Covington, GA. Sunday, August 11th, he resigned from his position. Paraphrasing, he said, “Due to my health I am unable to pastor a church of this size… or so I’ve been told.” In this weeks weekly newsletter, the Zion Trumpet, a letter from the [...]
Turner Broadcasting System’s Adult Swim plays a rather crude, but often hilarious claymation called Moral Orel. Moral Orel is a creation of Dino Stamatopoulos. As described on their site, “Orel is an eleven-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation [...]
Why do we wear ties on Sunday mornings?
Today my lovely wife turned 26!
Happy Birthday Kati!
And many mooooooooooooore!
I recently read Prof argues against expanded gambling in the BPNews. Hershael York, a professors at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary argued against Kentucky’s proposal for “expanded gambling.” York purports that gambling is sin, plain and simple.
After being saved I was told that gambling was a sin. Why? For many reasons, some of which York claims, [...]
I just posted Homosexuals and the Church over at Life in the Journey. As always, we encourage you to comment and discuss the things we talk about over at LitJ.
This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit with my grandfather. Unfortunately he is not doing well and I am not sure how much longer he has here. The good news is that his family is very good to me and has given me the chance to see him whenever I want. So I [...]