Wednesday, April 25, 2007

This would be funny if there wasn't truth in it

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Granted it is hyperbole, but there is enough truth there to make it hurt. Many churches have fallen into an insular world where it is all a...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

The newest enemy of the planet

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I don't watch the news any more simply because they cover stuff like this. I am still trying to figure out when the moment celebrities ...
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Monday, April 23, 2007

Churches are to airports...

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No, this isn't an SAT question. But if you take a listen to Reggie McNeal's presentation to the M7 Conference I attended in Febr...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Every Parent's Nightmare

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The massacre at Virginia Tech this week is every parent's nightmare. You send your child off to college knowing that the world is a sca...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

How long must we sing this song?

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That is the plaintive cry of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 . It is a cry born in the pain of the IRA/Britain struggle, but it reso...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Unimaginable Horror

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By now most of you have seen the stories about the carnage at Virginia Tech University on Monday. I cannot imagine the horror of what happ...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Hateful Boys

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My former pastor used to playfully accuse me of being a hateful boy because of some of the things I said. This week I was able to see what ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Perish the thought

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The idiot lawmakers who proposed buying IPods for Michigan students were recently back from a junket to California funded in part by Ap...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Using your noggin

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I know all of you have heard the recent hysteria over global warming and how we are all going to die in hell-like fireball here on earth. O...
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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Will the last one out please turn off the lights?

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Here is a Detroit News editorial from April 6, 2007. Read it and shake your head. This is a state where you can't sell a house right n...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

Consumerism

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I have to confess that this stings a little. I too have gotten caught up in the "what's in it for me" church shopping mentali...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Wreck the Roof

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This recent article in Leadership Journal really struck a chord with me. It is about being willing to be like the friends in Mark 2, and I...
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Friday, March 30, 2007

Damage Control

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Evidently James Dobson felt the sting of his comments and the arrogant clarification of his spokesman. Today, the damage control party was ...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Evangelical Arrogance

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Check out this recent US News & World Report story . What struck me is this exchange which follows James Dobson's assertion that h...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

A surefire way to improve your gas mileage

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No, it isn't a gadget you attach to your car or an additive in your gas or oil. Here is the big secret. LOSE SOME WEIGHT. Read this...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

A book worth reading

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If you are looking for a way to integrate spiritual disciplines into the daily rhythm of your life, you might want to consider " Sacred...
Friday, March 23, 2007

Here's an idea

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Maybe Detroit World Outreach Church could learn a little something from this guy. Rather than spending nearly $4 million on a parsonage, the...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

God of Wonders

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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of...
Monday, March 19, 2007

The Devil's Dictionary

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Years ago I came across Ambrose Bierce's masterpiece of cynical thought, aptly titled " The Devil's Dictionary ." If you...
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Sola Scriptura (Sort of)

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It seems that some of the Protestant church has fallen victim to tradition at the expense of Scripture. Read this to see what I mean. Quot...
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