Cynicism in the Age of Disinformation…

September 5, 2018 By Andy Gill

“These are paid protestors folks… protestors are paid a lot of money by the DNC.” – POTUS I went and tried to fact check Trump on this but, here’s the thing: Snopes said it wasn’t, in regard to a single incident; while, the Washington Post says, “In reality, organizations often do sponsor or support rallies and send paid staff to help organize them, although unpaid protesters typically outnumber organizers”; lastly, Jon Oliver on his YouTube show, “Last Week Tonight” facetiously reports... Read more

The Forgotten Meaning of Labor Day

September 2, 2018 By Andy Gill

The Meaning of Labor Day Guest Post Written By Tylor Standley Let us remember the reason for the season—the reason why you have a 40-hour workweek, the reason why you have holidays, the reason your children do not work in mines, the reason your workplace is safe. Every day you enjoy the benefits of freedom gained not by the guns of soldiers or the benevolence of capitalists and politicians, but gained by the voices of the workers. We Christians have... Read more

Debunking Common Myths We’ve Come to Believe About American Health Care

August 29, 2018 By Andy Gill

Debunking Common Myths We’ve Come to Believe About American Health Care Fun Fact: We’re not necessarily living longer it’s just that fewer people are dying at birth or of disease. So, the combined average has simply increased. It wasn’t until I was older that I began to understand the weight my grandparents must have and still experience daily of waking up in the morning and checking the obituaries. “Oh, ‘so and so’ passed…” My grandparents are some of the lucky... Read more

Is Manipulative Worship Okay?

August 26, 2018 By Andy Gill

Is Manipulative Worship Okay? That Feeling You Thought was the Holy Spirit Moving in Your Soul… It wasn’t necessarily the Holy Spirit but, also, maybe it was(?) Let me explain… Read more

Is White Supremacy a Core Principle of Western Theology?

August 23, 2018 By Andy Gill

Is White Supremacy a Core Principle of Western Theology? “But theologians have always had the ability to lend symbolic capital to ideas. These ideas can create conditions [that]have real-life effects.” Recently, I tweeted this: White supremacy is a CORE tenant of Christianity, period. It’s a “cornerstone,” that if removed, would cause the collapse of western theology, as we know it today. This is why I write: I’m slowly but steadily chiseling away at whatever it is holding this “cornerstone” in... Read more

What Does Research Say About Speaking in Tongues?

August 19, 2018 By Andy Gill

What Does the Research Say About Speaking in Tongues? “Tongue-speaking has also been reported by those under the influence of LSD. The Pentecostal experience is not unique (1).” Do people wave flags at your church? Apparently, that’s something people do… And, they’re not flags so much as they’re “banners”(?). Much of this is why I actually have come to love Pentecostalisms charismatically unorthodox practices. When I was younger I attended this Christian camp in South Carolina… It was honestly the... Read more

How David Defeated Goliath…

August 15, 2018 By Andy Gill

You cannot defeat Goliath if you choose to never face your giants… Time Doesn’t Slow Down Just Because We’re in a Tough Season of Life… “A friend of mine reports she saw people literally screaming today as the wind hit them in the streets, not in pain so much as an extremity of there-is-no-God rage and despair.” – Tim Kreider I can just hear the pseudo-Buddhist millennial seeped in naivety saying, “Bruh! just be happy.” And, they’re not wrong. Maybe just... Read more

A Modern Day Parable…

August 8, 2018 By Andy Gill

The Broccoli Tree: A Parable The other day, I hopped onto Snapchat for the first time in months… Opened Snapchat 4 the 1st time in months; skimmed thru their news feed which immediately threw a vid of XXXTentacions murder in my face, then shifted to Barstool who just made fun of Bron’s squats &, I closed out after being informed some dog died. No wonder we’re all depressed. — andy gill (@itsandygill) July 12, 2018 It’s as if we’ve collectively,... Read more

What “Using the Lord’s Name in Vain” Actually Means…

August 5, 2018 By Andy Gill

What “Using the Lord’s Name in Vain” Actually Means… “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” – Exodus 20:7(KJV). Decades of Sunday school classes, going to bible college, Seminary, Christian conferences, years of pastoring, and, I could never understand why using the Lord’s name in vain was wrong… Growing up, how many of us can recall a time of being... Read more