Archive for Culture
Why the Church was Anti-Bullying B4 it was Hip
Disclaimer, I am annoyed by the word bully. This word covers everything from calling someone a name to actually physically hurting someone in a big way. Now GLBT community practically owns the word and every time the church stands up against homosexuality it gets labeled as being intolerant and pro-bullying, but the truth is the [...]
HOMOSEXUALITY, THE BIBLE, AND SOULFORCE #6
Let’s take a few minutes and consider the preponderance of the Biblical evidence that homosexuality is indeed a sin. Even though it is a sin there is no Biblical evidence that this sin has any different eternal consequences than any other sin. This is not a salvific issue and it is not the most important issue for [...]
HOMOSEXUALITY, THE BIBLE, AND SOULFORCE #5
We are almost done with this series of posts. I think we may have a couple more to go. This is the last one that will deal directly with Scripture. The author of the Soulforce article again tries to claim ambiguity in this passage. As in all the posts so far I am summarizing and [...]
HOMOSEXUALITY, THE BIBLE, AND SOULFORCE #4
For those who were anxiously awaiting my third post in this series, I’m sorry. Life has been a little crazy. Even now I am currently transitioning to a new position at my church and preparing to go back to school at Denver Seminary this coming August. I also recently participated in a debate with a [...]
HOMOSEXUALITY, THE BIBLE, AND SOULFORCE #3
For those who were anxiously awaiting my third post in this series, I’m sorry I didn’t have it done on time. In case you missed the first two posts, you can find them here: Post 1 – Post 2. Finally we get to dig deeper into the passages in scripture that deal with this issue. [...]
Homosexuality, The Bible, and Soulforce #2
Homosexuality and same sex marriage has become a very hot topic and those who believe the Bible says it is a sin or that the government should not recognize same sex marriage have become reluctant to speak out. There are several reasons for this, but one of them is not being able to deal with [...]
Why I Love Religion and Jesus
This video echos the mantra of so many people today. Saying, “I hate religion, but I love Jesus” doesn’t say what people think it does. What people don’t understand is that as soon as you say you believe in something…like Jesus…you have dogma which means you have religion. Jesus was not anti-religion, he was anti-bad [...]
What Students Want vs. What they Need
Recently Rick Lawrence of Group Magazine published the results of a survey of 20,000 plus teens answering the following questions: What would you like to do More of in your church’s youth ministry? (these results were published in the latest print version of Group) What is your biggest challenge in growing deeper in your relationship [...]
Homosexuality, The Bible, and Soulforce
Not to long ago I had a long Facebook discussion about the issue of homosexuality. That particular discussion was more political in nature and did not address (at least not in depth) what the Bible has to say on the issue. An organization called Soulforce has, as one of its resources, an online article that [...]
What Christians should B4
I have been often told that Christians would be viewed in a more positive light if they were for things, not against them. This has often been said to me by Christians and non-Christians alike. So here are some things Christians should be for: Christians should first and foremost be for loving God. What it [...]
