How do I describe myself as a Christian? Am I an Evangelical? Can I call myself anything else? Let me give you a bit of background. I have attended seventeen different churches in my life. Each for a period of at least one year. Sixteen of them I attended since the age of eleven. FourteenContinue reading “Am I an Evangelical?”
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The Prophets Speak!
After reading this morning’s post and participating in the discussion, alert reader Randy sent a link to the following article in Charisma, dated yesterday: “Rick Joyner Predicts Destruction of Republic, Third Great Awakening.” The article includes this breathtaking passage: As Joyner sees it, no election is going to fix America’s problems because the system is broken.Continue reading “The Prophets Speak!”
Breaking News: RIP Pastor Chuck
UPDATE: Michael Newnham at Phoenix Preacher has a nice list of links to articles reflecting on Pastor Chuck Smith’s death. * * * While we’ve been discussing Pentecostal/Charismatic/Third Wave theology and its influence on politics this morning, I saw this breaking news from Christianity Today: Chuck Smith, the evangelical pastor whose outreach to hippies in theContinue reading “Breaking News: RIP Pastor Chuck”
Mixing It Up, Feathers and All
They have swallowed the Holy Spirit, feathers and all! – attributed to Martin Luther The past couple of weeks have shone a bright spotlight on Texas Senator Ted Cruz, his opposition to the Affordable Care Act, and the government shutdown. Methodist pastor Morgan Guyton has written a fascinating portrayal of the theological roots of Cruz’s viewsContinue reading “Mixing It Up, Feathers and All”
Winning The War, Part VI: He Who Proceeds From The Father
One of the first tasks you face after converting to Orthodoxy is to decide what stance to take towards the West and towards Western Christianity. There is a real temptation to despise the West, or even worse, to let the whole West just simmer in all the heresies you had to renounce when you wereContinue reading “Winning The War, Part VI: He Who Proceeds From The Father”
Musical Pews
A man spent several years stranded on a desert island. When he was finally rescued, the sailors, looking back at the shore, asked him, “You say you were all alone here?” “Yup, all by myself,” he replied. “Then why are there three buildings?” “Oh, that’s easy,” the man said. “That one there is my house,Continue reading “Musical Pews”
A Description of Heaven and Hell?
The story of the rich man and Lazarus has long been a fire-and-brimstone preacher’s dream. The reality of the afterlife in black and white terms. The issue of salvation in sharp perspective. The urgent necessity of making a decision for Christ before death, when a “great chasm” will be fixed between the blessed and theContinue reading “A Description of Heaven and Hell?”
The Homily
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? (Ecclesiastes 7:13, KJV) Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time. Then coming to the bordersContinue reading “The Homily”
Saturday Ramblings 9.28.13
Oh, what to do? What to do? I am a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. But I am also preparing for confirmation into the Catholic Church. So who do I have to root for today? I want to pull for the Sooners, but “Sooner” is a term for a law-breaking line jumper. And IContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 9.28.13”
This Is Your Heart On Music
When we speak of “pop” music, we are using shorthand to describe “popular” music. Yet I cannot help but think of “pop” as in soda pop, the teeth-rotting sugar water we guzzle by the barrel. St. Paul Harvey once said, “The best thing you can say about soda pop is that it is worthless.” IContinue reading “This Is Your Heart On Music”
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