The Misguided Theology of Ray Lewis
There is a reason that I typically don’t write about current events. First of all, the truths we can learn from the events occurring in our world are truths that have been openly touted for centuries....
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Grace and Megan Phelps-Roper
Dear Megan and Grace, I understand, in I’m sure a merely limited way, you have left Westboro Baptist Church behind. I also understand that this means, for both of you, that you have left your family...
View ArticleRelevance: The Youth Minister’s Questions (Part 1 of 2)
Youth ministry is a tough needle to thread. It requires a lot of personal commitment and patience, an expectation that your target audience is going to show a general lack of interest and enthusiasm...
View ArticleCassandra Parkin, “Lighter Shades of Grey”– Part One
E. L. James “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy has sold millions upon millions of books. Her success has been accredited to all sorts of things. She has critics as well as fans, an upcoming movie and just...
View ArticleCassandra Parkin, “Lighter Shades of Grey”– Part Two
R: I was interested about your take on how the BDSM community was angry at the book. You said, “The whole point is that both parties are supposed to enjoy the act itself.” (Loc. 956, Kindle)....
View ArticleIs Your Pastor Holding Your Church Back?
Imagine yourself and a group of people in a meeting with your church’s pastor. The church has been changing and seeing new life as people explore what it means to be a church in the early 21st century....
View ArticleRelevance: A Youth Minister Answers (Part 2 of 2)
My first experience in youth ministry while in college was in a poor, rural community in Alabama at a Baptist church where the overwhelming majority of the 50 or so regular attendees were over the age...
View ArticleOn Sexism, Patriarchy And Strange Ways To Lose Body Parts
There is a remarkable statement in the Hebrew Bible about two men brawling: If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to the rescue of her husband from his assailant, and she reaches...
View ArticleNew Reality Show Pitch: Church Rescue
I cannot stand reality television. Well, I take that back. There are a few shows I like. I can handle Storage Wars, Pawn Stars and Auction Hunters (before they added the pawn shop.) But my favorite...
View ArticleGay And Christian: Believers Speak
Recently at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids, Mathew Clark of The Gay Christian Therapy Center hosted a panel discussion called Homosexuality and Christianity: A new approach in a polarizing debate....
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