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Osama’s Death: A Christian Perspective
I hear that Osama Bin Laden was dead last night. My first reaction was simply to pause. I didn’t know what to think. My emotional response to things is often delayed as I try to figure out what I should be feeling. I went to bed after seeing a few shots of people celebrating outside [...]
Must Have iPad Apps
Since I bought my iPad I have been scouring the app store to find those apps that will help me be more productive and possibly provide some entertainment. After trying a bunch out, here are my favorite: Penultimate: This is a great app for taking notes in meetings. You can draw, write, change colors of [...]
Marriage and Teens
We must teach kids and teens about marriage. No, I’m not from some back hills county where it is okay to marry 14 year olds (or younger). That said, there is this casual approach to relationships as if they are not a big deal. Not that long ago I had a conversation with a 4th [...]
Judgmental Church
This probably isn’t what you think…I know it has been in vogue to attack the church from within, calling it judgmental, irrelevant, and out of touch. I’m not going to do that. Actually I am tired of being labeled “judgmental” and I believe it is largely unwarranted. So this post will be a short defense [...]
Creating the Big MO
It is difficult to create momentum in ministry. In this video John Byrne talks about what he is doing to create and maintain momentum.
My Top Five Podcasts
These are non-youth ministry podcast I listen to almost every week, and some of them every day. I have found them to be helpful in life, faith, and ministry. Perhaps they will be beneficial to you as well. You can find them all on iTunes: Stand to Reason is a radio show with Greg Koukle. [...]
Does Love Win When Sin Goes Unpunished? Final Chapter
Mike Chapter 4-7 basically run together and repeat the same theme: God will win in the end. Or, as Bell puts it, “Love wins,” meaning God’s desire is that no-one will perish and spend eternity in hell; love will prevail in the end. Bell says, “No one can resist God’s pursuit forever, because God’s love [...]
Are women who have had abortions Murderer’s?
In my recent debate at Metro State University in Denver, I was asked this question during the Q & A time. “Are women who have had abortions Murderer’s?” It was a setup question. The person asking the question knew the answer and wanted me to commit so he could press me on some other related [...]
Does Love Win When Sin Goes Unpunished #3
Mike Chapter 3 is about hell. I can go on forever about how unbiblical, lacking Christian history and tradition, and thin his arguments are in this chapter. Bell’s main point is that hell is not a physical place that people go forever to be punished for their sins. Hell is what people experience now while [...]
Does Love Win When Sin Goes Unpunished? #2
Mike Chapter 2 is about heaven, mainly that heaven is not just another place that we go to when we die, but in fact heaven is at least partially here and now. Bell is arguing the Amillennalism view of the end times. This view does not believe in a literal one thousand year reign of [...]
