I am astonished at how Christians interact with one another In fact, astonished may not even be a strong enough word: dismayed, heartbroken, and at times even shaken, when I read how Christians comment to each other on social media, blogs and Christian news sites. Okay, I know that not everyone who engages in these…
I have heard some parents state that they feel family devotions are like brain-washing their child, and that they want to allow their children to make their own decision for faith as they get older and are more well-informed about their decision. When I hear this, I bristle. The fact is that if you don’t…
“Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.” -Rev. Billy Graham I clearly remember my friends wheeling me in to…
The church today has become a gathering of consumers. Instead of following the instructions Paul gave the early church, we show up and expect The band to play our favorite songs the way we like them The pastor to preach a sermon that inspires us The people to greet us and make us fee welcome…
All you have to do is Google the term “Why I Left Church”. What you’ll find is pages of articles written by people who have left church, even notable people, and open letters to churches instructing them about reasons why people are walking out the door and never coming back. While it is true that…
There is a lot being written today about the sad state of the church. Almost weekly I see an article about how a church that has compromised its stand on God’s Word, about how the worship has become too concert-like and entertainment driven. I read about how the church is too soft on the gospel…
