After a Crossroads membership class, I had a friend ask to meet with me about some concerns he was having. In a nutshell, he had some doubts about the historicity of some parts of the Bible, like Jonah and the early parts of Genesis. Because of these doubts, he was questioning his entire view of […]
Weekend Cheese…Jesus the Mountie
I don’t know if the Weekend Cheese will become a weekly post on Cut the Religious Cheese or not, but I did post one last week on Stuff Christians Say and feel the need to post another today. After a week of writing on the deep and difficult topics of how to affair proof your […]
The Secret of Affair Proofing Your Marriage
When you are dating, engaged, and newly married, you never think you’ll have an affair. You hear stories about other people who had them, sometimes prominent Christian leaders, and typically a feeling of both condemnation and heartbreak sweep over you. But the thought that you’d be capable of such a thing is as foreign as […]
Problems with the Protestant Reformation
This is a follow-up post to a question I asked last week, Is the Bible like Candy? The Protestant Reformation is the historical event that Protestants look back on with celebration and where we draw many of our theological distinctives from. One of the biggest achievements of the Reformation which caused a huge shift within […]
Weekend Cheese…Stuff Christians Say
I ran across this “Stuff Christians Say” video today and needed to pass it along to you, in case you needed some lighter religious cheese to get you through your weekend. Hilarious job by Worship House Media — and yes I am guilty of almost all of the swear words at the end–too funny.
Best Ways to Kill a New Church Plant
I spoke at a church planting luncheon at Riverview Church today on “duh moments” as a church planter. Most of what I shared is based on mistakes I made sometime during my 7-year church planting journey: (these tips are for those looking to pastor a new church as their full-time paid vocation) Sometimes the church […]