The Shack Shows It’s Spots

If you have been alive and in church for the last couple of years, you no doubt have heard of The Shack, the run-away bestseller about a man’s (fictional) encounter with God.  Critics (including me) have been warning reader that there is more than a couple of bad things hidden in The Shack, and a recent interview with the author confirmed every single fear.

Then You Aren’t a Christian

Faith.  Grace.  Confession.  Sinner’s prayer.  Baptism.  There are so many things that we say one has to do in order to be a Christian.  I am not knocking any of them (except maybe the Sinner’s prayer!) but they aren’t really the issue.  Again, don’t get me wrong here, faith and grace are center pieces in God’s dealings with humanity.  But there is one thing that Jesus mentions and Paul goes to great length to describe as the litmus for Christianity . . .

HELLO 1517!!

Just a quick note to say that if you haven’t been paying close attention, we have slipped back into the 1500’s.  What do I mean?

Luther and the Emergents

How can the Protestant Reformer and the group of pastors/theologians/coffee aficionados have anything in common?  Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

For Your Enjoyment

Yes, I’ve been gone a long time.  But I plan on hitting the ground running soon and wanted to come back with something a little light hearted.

No Matter Who Wins

While Christians are getting opinions from every side of who to vote for (or even if they SHOULD vote), there remains some things that need to be said regardless of who wins.  They come from the source that, for the Christian, needs no debate- God.

WHAT!?! This CAN’T be true!!!

A study has linked the amount of sex kids see on TV to teen pregnancy.  You mean those idiot Christians who complain about immorality on TV could be right!?!?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-11-03-tv-sex_N.htm

The Myth of the ‘Single Issue Voter’

Evangelicals are spilt during this election season and one of the reasons why is the seeming success of labeling anti-abortion voting as ’single-issue’ voting.  Some liberal and ‘progressive’ talking heads have gone as far as to label these voters as ‘immoral.’  This line of philosophy has made inroads in the evangelical realm.  This should not be surprising as the rise of liberal thought within evangelicalism has shown a stunning lack of deeper thinking, especially among younger evangelicals.  The main problem is that the ’single-issue’ charge is unfounded.  ‘Prioritized voter’ is a better definition, and considering the stakes, to not be one raises serious moral concerns.

Obama and Abortion

I plead with you to read this link.  Place it on your blogs and send it to your friends and families-

http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/10/robert-p-george-voting-for-most-extreme.html

Fireproof

I know what many of you are going to think, but here it is- go see ‘Fireproof.’  I went, wanting to support Christian movies, thinking that I would have to suffer through it.  Are there awkward moments?  Yes.  Stilted dialogue?  Yes.  Cheesy humor?  Yes.  There is also real pain and emotion, a realistic look at a marriage in trouble and best of all- the Gospel.  Ask yourself this question- how many movies have you gone to see that you walked out of and thought ‘that was cheesy’ or ‘wasted my money on that one?’  Many, I’ll bet.  But you won’t go see a movie ABOUT JESUS because it might not be ‘Oscar worthy.’  Let me put it straight- nothing in this world is worthy of the Gospel and that is the message of the movie.  Every other movie should bow before it.