You cannot say you believe something until you are willing to accept it in the void. What do I mean by the void? There are a lot of rational reasons to believe in lots of things. There are often a lot of rational reasons not to believe. Sometimes there are lots of things we don’t know –… Read More »
Read the Scriptures with Your Kids
Force them to listen if you have to. You cannot be the spiritual authorities for your family if you do not accept the authority of Scripture in front of them. It is your job to teach them about the Scriptures, not their Sunday School Teacher’s or the pastor’s. No excuses, moms and dads. It isn’t… Read More »
Vacation and Confirming Your Calling
TO OREGONIANS: THIS POST IS TONGUE-IN-CHEEK AND UTILIZES HYPERBOLE TO DESCRIBE YOUR FAIR STATE. DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. NEW ENGLANDERS: [WHISPERED TO ONE SIDE] BUT IT IS MOSTLY TRUE. People in Oregon are crazy. I mean, they are crazy. We spent two weeks in Corvallis, Oregon, with my grandfather and his wife Sandy. It was… Read More »
The Old Men
English is a funny language. Someone once said that English does not borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark valley, beats them up and goes through their pockets for vocabulary and grammar. In Greek, the leaders of a church are called presbēteroy (singular presbēterōs) and epēskōpoy (singular epēskōpōs). The latter word literally means “to see over” and… Read More »
Preach As If the Scriptures Mean Something
James MacDonald recently posted “Five Things We Do Instead of Preach.” I won’t reiterate the points he made, all of which are valid. I once had a pastor tell me that he was too busy to prepare sermons, which was why he bought and borrowed series from well-known ministries rather than write his own. Sure, he… Read More »
The History of Coffee
This article originally appeared on my MySpace page, way back in April 2006. I was talking with my friend Doug and mentioned it to him. I was sure I had reposted it, but apparently not. The Devil’s Fruit Coffee’s unique properties as a stimulant were discovered by an Ethiopian shepherd named Kaldi. On a long,… Read More »
Finding a Good Bible
As a pastor, I am a teacher of the Scriptures. I spent most of my work life studying the Scriptures either alone or with a group. When someone becomes a follower of Christ, the most important purchase they can make is a Bible of their own. This single book is the revelation of Christ, and… Read More »
The Sad State of Biblical Literacy
I was once told by a fellow pastor, “I don’t teach deep stuff. I just preach Jesus.” That sounds great on a surface level, doesn’t it? Let’s just preach Jesus because He is after all the Savior of mankind, right? If people believe Him, then they can sort everything else out eventually, right? Wrong. Jesus… Read More »
My Wife Gets It.
This week has been a rough one. You pastors out there, you know what a rough week is like. No offense to people in other professions. You have your own kind of rough weeks, but pastors get a type of rough week all to theirselves. It’s not harder or somehow a superior to the rough… Read More »
Cult of Personality
Last year, Rob Bell wrote a controversial book on who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. Then he resigned his role as teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church. Now, his successor Shane Hipps is resigning because the megachurch is falling apart and the board has decided to reorganize, placing the teaching pastor under… Read More »
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