Do the rules for church discipline apply to the impersonal, disembodied world of blogging? My answer might surprise you. What do these six people have in common? Euodia. Syntyche. Hymanaeus. Alexander. Philetus. Diotrophes. If you said, “People in his letters,” then you are correct. Here’s why I bring this up. Recently I’ve been listening to a…
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This is abundantly clear to me: Left-brained intellectuals can school me in sophisticated arguments–whether scientific or philosophical–just about any day of the week. That’s one of the reasons why I’m not that great at debate… I wasn’t born to wrestle with nuances. On the fly. Neither do I care. Why am I telling you…
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What are the payoffs to working through your doubts about Christianity? One is you won’t base your faith on half-baked ideas. There are more. I’m out of the office today. Either tromping around the with the girl and boy or fingering dusty binders on some old books at . My wife? She’s on the lam in Colorado Springs…
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Manage to balance job, family, friends and blog using the 5 A.M. secret. I have a FULL-time job. A family of four. A close-knit group of friends. And a robust blog writing schedule. That seems to impress some of you. What’s my secret? Simple. Call me at 5 in the morning… Or 9:00 P.M. on…
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Where I summarize each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament into a couplet. I hate poetry. It’s blue-collar work. Like a bricklayer, poets grind out an existence one word at a time. Words become sentences, sentences become stanzas, stanzas become poems…over a period of days. Weeks. Even months. One fourteen-line can demand fourteen hours…
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Where I summarize each Old Testament book into a couplet. Long ago I was a poet. Born and bred to be obscure. Eventually, I got my clock cleaned as an advertising copywriter…and learned the trade of clear, concise and compelling copy. Shortly before that happened, though, I bent over my desk…Bible in hand…and summarized each…
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Okay, here’s what I need from you: Describe an event that you would consider to be the defining moment in your life. It could be a nasty break up. A botched fishing trip. A leaf fire gone awry. What I’m looking for is a dramatic experience that towers like a mountain in the landscape…
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In which I write. A lot. And love it. In a journal. That’s why I’m a writer and not a waiter. A writer and not a salesman. A writer and not a pastor. I like people. But I like words more. [Pray for me. Seriously.] And that’s why it’s natural for me to keep a…
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On Sunday atheist blogger Daniel Florien capitalized on the murder of a pastor to promote his perennial case against the non-existence of God. Hardly surprising coming from a person who’s built a following on flushing out the circus acts of Christianity…declaring them normative…and then condemning Christianity in its entirety. Neither is it surprising coming from one who has…
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I’m nothing but a sadist. And a blogger. Let me explain. Last night I got a great comment on this post Know the Difference Between Religion and the Gospel?: “I got a great story. It starts like this: F*CK your GOD. Let the consequences BEGIN. ps. Got a tip for U: read more BOOKS>” Fortunately, his comment ties…
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