Category Archives: Guest Bloggers

Matthew B. Redmond: I Am Not Excited about Church, but…

Matthew blogs at Echoes and Stars. * * * Where’d you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break? She said, “It’s sad enough to break.” – Brian Fallon The two pastors of the church we have been attending, took me to lunch this past week. We talked aboutContinue reading “Matthew B. Redmond: I Am Not Excited about Church, but…”

Lee Adams: A Dirt Road Defense of Infant Baptism

Lee blogs at Homilies, Prayers, and Bread for the Journey. * * * August 23, 2012. This post is written in honor of my baby girls, Addie Lee and Reagan.  At ages 19 months and 10 weeks, respectively, they will both receive the sacrament of baptism this weekend at Gordon’s Chapel United Methodist Church.  TheContinue reading “Lee Adams: A Dirt Road Defense of Infant Baptism”

Randy Thompson: If it seems like your pastor is crazy…

Note from CM: Randy Thompson is one of our faithful readers and commenters. Randy and his wife Jill have served churches in New England for over twenty years and are now running a retreat in New Hampshire called Forest Haven where they minister to other ministers. Today’s post will help you understand why they feel this isContinue reading “Randy Thompson: If it seems like your pastor is crazy…”

Roger E. Olson: “God, Guns, and Guts”

Note from CM: I have long thought that many American Christians have a moral blind spot when it comes to violence. Last week’s horrific attack in Colorado has brought the specific matter of gun violence to the front pages once again. Though numbers have been declining in recent years, the FBI reports that there wereContinue reading “Roger E. Olson: “God, Guns, and Guts””

Daniel Jepsen on The Meaning of Genesis 1

Note from CM: This is the third and final post in Pastor Dan’s series. Read the first two posts HERE and HERE. Dan blogs HERE. * * * The meaning of Genesis One: The Universe as God’s Temple by Daniel Jepsen What does creation mean? Don’t skip over that question. It is at the veryContinue reading “Daniel Jepsen on The Meaning of Genesis 1”

Matthew B. Redmond: The God of the Mundane

Note from CM: Today, I’d like you to meet another new friend. Please welcome Matthew B. Redmond, who blogs at Echoes and Stars. Matt has been a pastor and now works in banking in Birmingham, AL. He has a book coming out later this year, published by Kalos Press, called The God of the Mundane.Continue reading “Matthew B. Redmond: The God of the Mundane”

Ryan McLaughlin: How the Sacred Heart Healed Me from Sovereign Grace Ministries

Note from CM: One of the writers I met on our Writers’ Open Forum a couple weeks ago is Ryan McLaughlin. He blogs at The Back of the World. He describes his own spiritual journey like this: “It’s taken me a decade to finally come to this. I walked away from a Charismatic/Evangelical upbringing, ranContinue reading “Ryan McLaughlin: How the Sacred Heart Healed Me from Sovereign Grace Ministries”

Dan Jepsen: Do some interpretations of Genesis 1 deny creation ex nihilo?

Note from CM: This is part two of a three-part series by Pastor Dan on Genesis 1. You can read part one HERE. * * * Do Some Interpretations of Genesis 1 Deny Creation ex Nihilo? by Daniel Jepsen As I have tried to argue in a previous post, creation ex nihilo is in manyContinue reading “Dan Jepsen: Do some interpretations of Genesis 1 deny creation ex nihilo?”

Jon Henry: Already Compromised: Moon Edition

Note from CM: Earlier this week I found this brilliant satirical piece by Jon Henry that exposes the kind of thinking that gets Christians in trouble with regard to Bible interpretation. Is it “biblical” to believe that the moon emits its own light? Read the following, and come to your own conclusion. * * *Continue reading “Jon Henry: Already Compromised: Moon Edition”