My Second Round with Depression
Depression. I hate it. I can’t think of many things in this life that are worse. Oh, how different I would be if I were never introduced to this dark shadow which...
Are you “on the wrong side of history” (and should you be worried)?
It’s time to take a closer look at a phrase you’re probably tired of hearing by now. Words and phrases come into and go out of style just like everything else. I remember when...
Fundamentalists, Liberals, and Evangelicals Charted
Tuesday night, at “Coffee and Theology” at the Credo House, I taught what might very well be the most important lesson I have ever taught for “Coffee and...
Five Views of Tradition’s Role in the Christian Life
“If it ain’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it.” Have you ever heard said that? How about this one: “The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it.” You might have that...
Do Charismatics Deny Sola Scriptura Due to their View of Prophecy?
While I am not a charismatic, I am around them all the time. In fact, I think that I have more charismatics that work for me than non-charismatics. It’s quite a bit of...
Are Sermons Too Few or Too Many?
Say the word “sermon” and the average person doesn’t get too thrilled. In fact for a lot of people the word is only used as a pejorative (as in, “You can spare me the sermon,...
Why the Name “Jesus” Means Very Little
The name, “Jesus”, means very little. What I mean to say is that the actual handle J-E-S-U-S does not carry too much value in my opinion. When someone says that...
Tolerance Has No Clothes
In 1837 Hans Christian Andersen published a Danish fairy tale called The Emperor’s New Clothes (originally known as Keiserens Nye Klaeder). Here’s how the story...
Seven Reasons Why Christians Doubt
I want to briefly give you some of the more “mundane” causes of why we, as Christians, might experience doubt, whether it be doubt in the existence of God, doubt in his love...