I imagine most people contemplate what happens after this life. Some folks daydream about reincarnation, others about some blissful paradise beyond the grave where we lay on a cloud served by angelic waitresses or waiters that bring us sweet tea. Yep, I said sweet tea. Sweet tea should be served in the southern part of the New Jerusalem and better be on the dollar menu at the local Chick-fil-a.
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Life after death, sweet tea in Heaven and other things we ponder
Is it ok for the Church to do fundraising?
They seem to be everywhere these days, you know the type, the cute little kid selling the candy bar, trying to wash your car or even attempting to peddle pizza, donuts, mugs or calendars. Fund raising seems to be on the rise with a down economy and non profits, church’s and club’s taking a sharp drop in financial support. On top of that there is a looming threat from our church friendly government to take away tax benefits for giving. (In case you don’t know me well there is some sarcasm in that last sentence.) Then there are so many great programs the church wants to fund, children’s programs, missions, special events and trips. The question begs as budgets are cut and we desire programs to continue or new programs to be funded, “should we do some fundraising to cover cost?” Continue Reading…
Is it trendy for Christians to drink wine?
Yep, and many older Christians would attest to this newer perspective. Gone are the days where preaching against liquor from fiery pulpits was common practice. Today’s trendy latte sipping preacher encourages congregants from his Sunday bar stool to take a drink , after all Jesus turned the water into wine. Ok, maybe there is some excessive stereo typing in that last sentence, but in my unscientific survey there certainly seems to be more preachers that talk about the liberty of drinking rather than the warnings and dangers. So what is a Christian to do? Continue Reading…
What Christians think about Sunday Football and Tebow top 10 list
What Christians think abo
ut Sunday Football and Tebow top 10 list
I have been pondering several topics for months to write about on my blog but they all seem deep and time consuming to come around to. I have ideas in my head to write about work, giving to the poor, Tim Tebow and a few other things. I figured to break up the ice that I would go with something light hearted that can eliminate some stress . Please don’t take this seriously or be offended if one of these is your view on the topic, try to have some fun with it. So here goes a first ever top ten list for this blog on what Christians think about Sunday Football.
10. Watching Tebow play is like going to church or a substitute for it
9. Sunday football is a ploy of the devil to keep people out of church Continue Reading…
Was last week’s earthquake a sign the world is ending?
I really don’t know. But I thought that question would cause you to click on this blog and read at least a few more sentences. Hey it worked!
Last week was an incredible week for those of us who live in central Virginia. We experienced a rare hurricane, an even more violent thunder-storm and it was all preceded by a jaw dropping earthquake that measured a 5.9 on the Richter scale. Now it isn’t that I have never experienced devastating storms before. Hurricane Ivan from 2004 on the Gulf Coast is one Continue Reading…
Secular Music for Christians?
Because of many questions on the topic of music I promised our congregation that I would make this issue available to interact with on my blog. Maybe this is suicidal, maybe people are too fearful to respond, but I will answer questions and comments as honestly and biblically as I can. I hope to address several questions that were raised in a recent Sunday message. The first has to do with the topic of secular music and the Christian.
Is all secular music wrong? Not all music must be for worship nor must it be spiritual. Some argue that if it does not mention God then it isn’t appropriate for the Christian. If that is the case what should we do with the Continue Reading…
No empty tomb = empty religion, empty holiday
This past Sunday we recognized Easter Sunday Commercially, Socially, and in Communities and Churches. Many participated in the annual Easter egg hunts, Bunny photo’s and traditional family trip to Church. Now
I have participated in all of these most Easter weekends, we skipped the Bunny photo this year, but none of these really addresses what Easter is about. Easter Sunday is about the empty tomb, the tomb that Jesus was laid in. Historically and biblically there is overwhelming evidence that the tomb was and is empty due to the resurrection of Jesus. The Bible predicted His resurrection from the dead and Jesus spoke of it often and it was the first and Continue Reading…
My meager response to the 20/20 IFB documentary
This past Friday night abc on their program 20/20 aired a documentary on the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement. The program focused in on some scandals within a few of the churches that took place over the past decade. The IFB churches were not presented in a positive or favorable light whatsoever. It was implied and bluntly concluded that these churches are part of a cult, are very legalistic, controlling, and constantly cover up abuses. Wow, what accusations! The hard part is that Independent’s have no formal representation to defend themselves or respond. Being that the readership of this newly launched blog is somewhere between 0-2 people from Russia who accidentally landed on this blog, my response will not suffice. But that will not stop me from responding! Continue Reading…
Which Translation?
With the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible being recognized this year we have spent some time on Sunday evenings this past winter discussing how we received
our Bible and the differences in translations today. This has been an excellent platform to discuss several issues that are often misrepresented. It is my belief based on Scripture that God’s Truth is Eternal, but languages change. Unfortunately some have taught that to update a translation is to change God’s Word. This is simply not true. If translations are not updated they will soon lose precision in communicating the truth which is eternal. Updates to translations are not always improvements but in some cases they truly are. Continue Reading…
Where will you be this Sunday?
Do you ever find yourself showing up at church and wondering “where is everyone at today?” Church statistics tell us that on any given Sunday more than a third of the church is missing. This obviously is not good for the health, fellowship, worship and mission of the church. We know that life happens, sickness rears its ugly head up and we travel from time to time. But 30% of us gone each week? Many times we just find something else that “seems” to be more pressing or more important to do. So why should we worship weekly and make worship a top priority? Continue Reading…
