Archive Index

March 2014

• Introduce Yourself, Promote Your Blog
• Christianeze Revisited
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #9
• I Need Your Review of THE DANIEL PLAN by Tomorrow
• Giving No Thought to Christ
• Warning: Christian Community Doesn't Work Without This
• Reminder About "The Daniel Plan" Collective Review - Deadline & Promote Your Blog
• 75% Off Your Favorite Scholar or Theologian's Works
• Putting God in a Box
• My Interview with Don Atkin
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #8

February 2014

• The Message Most Needed, But the One Few Want to Hear
• Giving Away 3 Books I've Reviewed to 3 People . . .
• Get My Free eBook on Discipleship
• The Christian's Relationship to the Law
• Many Are Called, But Few Can Stand It
• Getting Rid of a Sectarian Spirit Once and For All
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #7
• How to Read 30 Books in One Week
• My Review of Dr. Michael Brown's AUTHENTIC FIRE
• Epic Jesus: The Christ You Never Knew
• 10 Reasons Why I Left the Institutional Church & Sought the Ekklesia
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #6
• How (Not) to Correct Another Christian
• BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The Race Card of the Early Church
• Someone Didn't Get the Memo: Being a Christian in a Social Media Saturated World
• 5 Marks of a Spiritual Pioneer & A Famous Megachurch Pastor Steps Down
• The Daniel Plan: Update & New Email Address for Your Review
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #5
• Posts of the Week
• 10 Ways to Be a Jerk Online
• The Results of Your Survey - My Next Discipleship Course & A Brand New Website
• Pagan Christianity: Preface to the New Edition
• What We Haven't Been Taught About Jesus
• Understanding How Others Misunderstand You
• Jesus Christ Born Twice
• Peyton Manning on Jesus
• Elvis on Jesus

January 2014

• My Next Online Discipleship Course: Select 1 Out of 3 Choices
• Biblical Principles for Spending Money
• Transformed: A New Way of Being a Christian
• The Gospel of the Kingdom
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #4
• What's Most Important?
• A Couple with Common Cents: Reengineering Your Personal Finances According to God's Word
• The 6 People You Selected to Speak with Me in a Future Conference
• Wish You Could Read A Ton of Books, But Don't Have the Time? This is an AMAZING Solution
• Your Feedback on My Podcast & My Decision * How to Listen Without Adding 1-Minute to Your Schedule * How to Rate a Podcast in iTunes
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #3
• This Week's Posts
• A Message to Ex-Pastors and Those On Their Way Out
• Are You in Danger of Spiritual Pride? PLUS 3 Ways to Avoid It
• Rethinking Leadership in the New Testament
• Does Dr. Michael Brown Endorse Benny Hinny?
• My Thoughts on “Hyper-Grace”
• Women in Ministry: An Interview with Jennifer LeClaire of "Charisma Magazine"
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #2
• This Week's Posts
• An Embarrassing Confession
• The Daniel Plan: A Collective Review
• Better Than We Believed
• Dr. Michael Brown Devastates John MacArthur
• Rethinking Youth Ministry Training
• Attention Authors & Bloggers: Spend 2 Days with Me in July at the Upcoming BUZZ SEMINAR
• Gadget of the Week: Episode #1
• How to Drop Your Alexa Ranking & Get It Under 100,000
• Let's Talk About Your Destiny
• My Failures & Successes of 2013 Plus Four New Plans for 2014 (This Article Now Opens)

December 2013

• God's View of a Woman
• Obamacare: What They Don't Want You to Know & A Viable Solution to the Healthcare Problem
• President Barack Obama a Homophobic Bigot?
• Only 5 Days Left - Don't Miss This Opportunity!
• Bono on Jesus
• We Need 800 More People to Take This Quick Survey - Select 6 Speakers for a Big Conference
• I Need Your Input - Select 6 Others Speakers For a Conference
• Join the JESUS FIRST Community
• Paul Walker: Not Your Typical Celebrity
• Is Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty a Bigot?
• Amazing Recording - "In Christ" - Song Based on Ephesians 1 and 2
• What Do You Do For Fun?
• Regaining Perspective
• REIMAGINING CHURCH - The Constructive Sequel to PAGAN CHRISTIANITY - is Free Today & Tuesday
• Fast & Furious 6: A Tale of Two Kingdoms
• Blessed by Less
• Rich in Years
• Get Your Message Out!
• Will Billy Graham Get the Ultimate Christmas Present? To See Jesus Face to Face
• Preaching at the Crossroads
• An Early Christmas Present - 7 New Jesus-Infused Songs!
• Ephesians 1 & 2 Set to an Awesome Tune
• How Returning Emails is a Reflection of Your Walk with Jesus
• 3 Crucial Things That Will Prepare You for 2014
• Rethinking Church Discipline & Excommunication
• 7 Twitter Mistakes That Make You Look Clueless
• Four Christians
• The Top 5 Books on Ministry
• The Coming Evangelical Collapse
• The Top Books on the Christian Life and God's Mission - Watchman Nee
• N.T. Wright: Paul and the Faithfulness of God - A Review

November 2013

• Discounted Tools & Resources for Black Friday
• Giving Thanks For 30 People
• The First Thanksgiving
• Mark Driscoll's Plagiarism & A Response to Driscoll's Review of "Pagan Christianity"
• Standing on a New Frontier
• Do You Know Where You Are Headed?
• Black Friday is Here Early! This Offer Lasts Until Cyber Monday
• Only 2% of You . . . and BLACK FRIDAY Blow-Out Starts on Monday
• Help Me Improve This Blog – Take My Quick Survey
• The Four-Fold Price of Truth
• Bono, Bieber, Lennon, and Cooper - What on Earth Is Going On?
• Rethinking Homosexuality
• Living by Faith, Dwelling in Doubt
• The Spirit & His Gifts
• Is Lawlessness Just Legalism in a Different Form? A Review of ONE WAY LOVE
• Justin Bieber on Jesus
• Answers to Hot-Boiling Questions
• I Rarely Review Books That Impress Me - But This One Did in Spades
• To Every Blogger, Author, Musician, Graphic Designer, Website Creator, and Christian Business Person
• Miss Universe 2013 - A Christian Perspective
• Tell Me What You Think About This Song
• His Time
• Most Popular
• A Response to John MacArthur's STRANGE FIRE
• Please Send Me the Clearest Gospel Message You've Ever Heard - Video or Audio Link
• A Review of Strange Fire & Charismatic Chaos

October 2013

• Let Hope In
• Strange Fire: A Refutation - Part IV
• Death by Living
• Strange Fire: A Refutation – Part III
• I Need Your Help - Check Your Bible Commentaries Pre 1960 on 1 Corinthians 13:10
• Strange Fire: A Refutation – Part II
• Mysticism - What I Really Believe About It
• Strange Fire: A Refutation - Part I
• Playing God
• The Dissenters
• When God Walks Off the Stage
• A New Twitter Program
• Where Are the Other Nine?
• Where I Will Be Speaking in 2014 & Conferences, Churches, and Availability
• Knowing the Plan or Meeting the Person?
• Start a Book Discussion Group & I’ll Be at Your First Meeting to Kick It Off
• Just Married
• God's Double Agent
• How to Gain Perspective Quickly
• What Are You Afraid Of?
• Ask a Question For My Upcoming Podcast Episode & Promote Your Blog at the Same Time
• 3 Things That Break the Back of Envy
• How (Not) to Leave a Church
• Better: How Jesus Satisfies the Search for Meaning
• Stop Comparing Yourself & Your Social Media Metrics to Other People
• Get a Free Copy of MATT CHANDLER'S New Book
• ESET - The Best Antivirus and Security Software
• What Was Paul's Thorn in the Flesh, Really? (Encore Episode)
• My First Negative Book Review

September 2013

• The Last Day for My Discipleship Course Discount
• AVAST Virus Software & My Discipleship Course Website
• Better Than Blue Like Jazz
• Standing Against All Odds
• Problems and Solutions in Discipleship: Part III
• Problems and Solutions in Discipleship: Part II
• Problems and Solutions in Discipleship: Part I
• Undone
• 3 Shocking Quotes by Billy Graham
• Rethinking How We Present the Gospel
• THE WISH DREAM by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• How (Not) To Lose Your Teen
• An Amazing Gadget for My Pastime
• Interview with Greg Boyd
• The Top 5 Most Influential Books in My Life
• My eBook - EPIC JESUS
• 100 Best Christian Books Ever Written
• The Story: A New Kind of Bible
• Does Christianity Have a Feminine Feel?
• Answers to Questions About My New Discipleship Course
• In Praise of Dry Spells
• Unseen by Jack Graham
• Whatever Happened to Perseverance?
• Have You Experienced the Supernatural?
• Have You Seen These?
• An Audience of One
• Matt Chandler's New Book & the Neo-Reformed (New Calvinist) Movement
• I Don't Know
• The Young Man and the Cowboy
• NEW! A Unique Online Discipleship Course - Discover How to Live by the Indwelling Life of Christ

August 2013

• Shameless Promotion Day!
• Are Good Works Bad?
• Sylvester Stallone a Christian?
• A Shift in Ministry
• Rethinking Religious Freedom in a Diverse Culture
• "I’m Praying for You" - Really?
• Conquering Your Giants with Five Stones
• Sunday Humor: I Love Cats - One of the Funnies Videos I've Ever Seen
• Update: Sold All the Books
• Is It Always Wrong for a Christian to Use Violence?
• Must Read: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most
• This Hilarious Video Reminds Me of the State of Christianity Today
• Alice Cooper on Jesus
• A Question of Faith
• 3 Lessons Every Writer, Speaker, Blogger, and Musician Can Learn from Led Zeppelin
• A Catholic Priest in the Hot Seat - Answers to Controversial Catholic Questions
• Being Bored While Busy - Your Turn
• A Farewell to Self-Righteousness
• On Giving Christ & Running Out of Things to Preach
• I Just Updated & Revised My BEST 100 CHRISTIAN BOOKS EVER WRITTEN List
• Finding God in the Bible
• God Behaving Badly - Is the God of the Old Testament an Angry, Racist, Sexist Masochist?
• The Stunning Creativity of an Organic Missional Church
• Rethinking Millennials & Church
• Your Top 3 Favorite Christian Authors
• Mixing It Up With N.T. Wright
• A Lighter Post - 'Tis Humor
• Rethinking Christian Unity - My Response to Rachel Held Evans
• Jesus in a Dilemma
• Reading the Bible in 3D - Free Audio Conference Message
• An Important Insight from President Obama
• 15 Interesting Facts About Francis - The New Pope
• Is the Old Testament God a Moral Monster?
• Twitter vs. Facebook - A Ministry Perspective
• An Incredible Poem
• The Anabaptists - The Untold Story

July 2013

• Just Returned From Nashville, TN
• What Christians Are Primarily Interested In Today
• 5 Mistakes I’ve Made in Writing
• A Unique and Amazing Look at Jesus Christ
• Agree With Your Adversaries
• 14 Tests for Your Church
• Advice to New Christians
• The Pink Elephant in the Zimmerman Trial That No One is Talking About
• Does God Hate Gays? A Reformed Minister Shares His Experience with Same-Sex Attraction
• The Gospel Project
• A Tale of Two Mentors – Which Will You Become?
• My Thoughts on the Atonement Controversy
• The Social Media Gospel
• Lessons from RUSH
• The Zimmerman Trial - There Are No Winners Here
• Writing, Ministry, and Money
• FREE: My Most Popular Conference Messages & Interviews
• Resurrection Year
• I Need Your Feedback
• The Removal of Our Blindness
• A Sneak Peek Into My Workstation & 2 Important Announcements
• John Lennon on Jesus: The Untold Story
• Don't Believe Everything You Hear or Read
• Rethinking the Second Coming of Christ
• How I Got 350,000 Pageviews on My Blog in One Month
• A Resource Every Serious Bible Student & Teacher Should Own
• What If All Christians Heeded This Simple Advice?

June 2013

• How to Avoid Spiritual Bankruptcy
• Delving Deeper Into the Book of Colossians
• Do You Make These 8 Mistakes When Reading the Bible? (Transcript)
• Bono on Jesus: My Personal Reflections
• Let the Past Sleep
• Have Evangelicals Gotten Evangelism Wrong? 12 Challenges
• George Barna & The Shape of the Church to Come
• Rethinking the Kingdom of God: Part II
• Rethinking the Kingdom of God: Part I
• Exodus International President Apologizes to the Gay Community ("We're Sorry")
• My Prediction for the Fight (I Mean, Debate) with Greg Boyd - OpenFuture 2013!
• A Jesus Manifesto for the 21st Century
• God’s Favorite Place – 2012 Conference Message Part III
• Larry Crabb's New Book - Is Sarcasm a Form of Addiction Like Drugs and Porn?
• A Friend Who Cares - Henri Nouwen
• Why I Gave Up Being a Talk Radio Show Host (Humor)
• Attention Bloggers: Get a Free Copy of GOD'S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH to Review
• Are You Part of a Mastermind Group?
• The Bible is Not a Jigsaw Puzzle
• 1 Question Survey for My Subscribers
• 5 Reasons to Defriend Someone on Facebook
• Greg Boyd Needs to Fix a Nice Tall Glass of SHUT UP JUICE!!!
• Unveiling a New Website That Will Serve You
• The Most Popular Lies
• Introducing My Toolbox
• God's Favorite Place - 2012 Conference Message Part II

May 2013

• UPDATE: After 29 Days, It’s Finally In Stock Again!
• The Release of the Spirit
• Strange Gods
• What Are You Passionate About Right Now?
• The Difference Between Persuasion and Manipulation & Is Business Incompatible with Being a Christian?
• Reframing Discipleship
• Introducing Two Amazing Graphic Designers
• T. Austin-Sparks: One of the Greatest Influences on My Life & Ministry
• God's Favorite Place - 2012 Conference Message Part I
• An Important & Surprising Note from the Publisher of "God's Favorite Place on Earth"
• If Your Copy of "God's Favorite Place on Earth" Hasn't Arrived From Amazon Yet
• Smack Down With Greg Boyd - OpenFuture Debate 2013 & Disclosing My Past Occupation for the Very First Time
• Eyes of the Heart
• Why I'm Not a Fan of Most Christian Tracts
• In the Presence of Angels
• Troubled Minds
• How My Faith in Christ Shapes My View of Mental Illness
• The Finger or the Hand?
• Something That Concerns Me - An Important Message to All My Blog Readers
• Anointed for Burial
• Free eBook to All Email Subscribers
• The Unbroken Christian
• Fighting Against God
• How to Properly Receive Jesus Christ - It May Surprise You
• The 25 FREE Bonus Offer Has Ended

April 2013

• Making It Easy to Share on Your Social Networks
• The Video Trailer
• Why Mary of Bethany is My Hero
• More or Less by Jeff Shinabarger
• Recipe for Joy
• Rejected in All Quarters But One
• I’m NOT That Frank Viola!
• Don’t Dismiss ‘The Worm:’ Dennis Rodman Was Onto Something with ‘Basketball Diplomacy’
• 4 Ways in Which I Help the Poor – Answering a Common Question
• New Concept in Christian Music - This is So Awesome
• An Interview with the Man Behind the Curtain
• I Want To Invite You to Participate With Me in Something Life-Changing
• How Ambition Destroys Discernment
• The Agony Over God's Will
• Some of You May Need This Right Now
• Brennan Manning Passes - What He Said to Me That I'll Never Forget
• Who Else Wants a Shot of Spiritual Adrenaline For Their Soul?
• The $25,000 Give-Away
• 3 Christian Responses to Mental Illness & Which One is Biblical
• I'm So Upset Right Now I Can Hardly See Straight & Ben Witherington on Losing a Child
• Rick Warren’s Horrific Tragedy & The Sickening Response of Some “Christians”
• Video Trailer for GOD’S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH & RETHINKING THE WILL OF GOD (Revised & Free)
• A Word to All Writers, Bloggers & Authors
• The Bible Miniseries: 4 Disks - Blu-ray or Standard DVD at the Best Price
• GOD'S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH
• An Interesting Email Exchange

March 2013

• The Top Christian Blogs
• Explosive Words from Henri Nouwen - Many of Us Need to Hear Right Now
• Behold His Mighty Hand!
• What You Didn't Know About the Resurrection of Jesus
• 3 Reasons Why Christians Get Offended With God & How to Overcome Them
• How I Won the Florida Lottery
• How Personality & Temperament Influences Theology & Church Types
• A Priceless Story: D.L. Moody & the Plymouth Brethren
• Radical
• UFOs & Aliens - Are They Real?
• Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher: How Jesus Flipped My World Upside Down
• A Question About Podcasting - Asking for Your Feedback
• What Every Christian Can Learn from Listerine
• Comments Are Fixed - Top Posts - Three New Audios on the Podcast
• What Ever Happened to the Vineyard?
• A One-Question Survey - Please Answer & Share
• Theological Books & Bible Commentaries That I Recommend
• Will Durant on Jesus of Nazareth
• Are You in the Wilderness?
• Advice for Bloggers
• Is Jesus Really the Only Way?
• Spiritual Sequester: Finding God in the Dark
• Living by the Indwelling Life of Christ – Online Course
• Three Kinds of Critics & How to Respond to Them
• So You Want to Change the World? Well . . . The World Is Not Ours to Save
• Recent Research Reveals How Facebook Causes Envy & Jealousy
• C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
• Two of My Best Books $1.99 on Kindle For a Limited Time

February 2013

• The Correct Way to Weigh Yourself . . .
• Sin Metrics: The Sins that Christians Condemn & Excuse
• A Challenge to My Atheist Friends
• Following Up With Francis Chan & David Platt - 3 Books Every Christian Should Have in Their Library - It Will Surprise You
• Who Are You? Accepting Your True Identity
• Mixing It Up With Dr. Michael Brown
• Mixing It Up With Ann Voskamp
• A Personal Note from Frank Viola to Readers & Subscribers
• The Present Controversy Over Pornography - What Say You?
• The Missio Dei - What's Missing in Many Modern Discipleship Books
• How to Start a Blog in Less Than 10 Minutes
• Rethinking Discipleship, Mission, and Church
• Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery
• David Platt
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
• Love & Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters
• The Sinner's Prayer - Where Did It Come From?
• Water Baptism - A Deeper Look
• A Lesson That Christians Should Learn from Joseph (Stepfather of Jesus)
• The #1 Relationship Destroyer
• Scriptures on Peace

January 2013

• Why I Believe in the Christian Creeds
• Winter Book Slash Discount!
• The Last Days of Christian America
• The Best of Oswald Chambers
• Do You Make These 8 Mistakes When Reading the Bible?
• The Top 100 Christian Books Ever Written
• The Swearing Christian: My 13 Cents
• Epic Jesus: An Interview with Asbury Seminary – Part II
• Epic Jesus: An Interview with Asbury Seminary - Part I
• Theology Doesn't Have to be a Bloodsport
• Anyway
• Do You Work From Home?
• Andrew Farley: Operation Screwtape
• Wise Words from President Obama
• The Five-Fold Ministry - What Is It Really?
• Mixing It Up With Scot McKnight
• Christianity in Crisis
• An Evangelical Dialogues with a Catholic Priest: Part 1
• This Should Make You Laugh Out Loud - Especially If You're Italian
• Rob Bell
• When the Pages Are Blank: How to Bring the Bible Back to Life
• So You Think You Disagree? 4 Reasons Why You May Not
• Things Aren't Always What They Seem
• The Ultimate Plagiarism
• Blessed Are the Undesirable
• New Years Special
• The Gospel - It Isn't What I Thought
• Forgotten Words of Jesus
• The Best Blog Posts of 2012
• To My Subscribers - What You've Been Waiting For

December 2012

• Hearing One Side of a Story
• The Most Ignored Sin
• A Nativity Story You Shouldn't Miss
• An Amazing Resource for Authors
• The Seven Deadly Sins
• The Mayan Calendar - December 21st, 2012 - The End of the World
• Why I Gave Up Trying to Live the Christian Life
• The Wrong Starting Point
• 7 Points About Resolving the Question of God & Evil
• How Can a Good God Allow Innocent Children to Be Murdered?
• 20 Things the Blood of Jesus Does
• Steve Brown Interviews Leonard Sweet & Frank Viola on Jesus
• A Season of Mystery
• Moving Beyond Legalism and Libertinism
• Heaven on Earth
• The Swearing Christian
• Mixing It Up With Margaret Feinberg
• I Want to Put Your Name In My New Book
• What Makes Jesus Angry?
• George Barna Mixes It Up With Frank Viola
• Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Worship the Same God?
• Ephraim Radner: A Brutal Unity
• Storytellers Change the World: A Theological Review of "Lincoln" by a Well-Known Theologian
• The Sinking Ship of Evangelical Christianity
• Separating Fact from Fiction in the Nativity Story - Christmas Myths Exposed
• Jesus Christ Remixed
• 50 Things the Holy Spirit Does
• 7 Things You May Not Know About Jesus
• The Best of Humanity: A Creative & Evocative Video
• Spend 2 Days with Me in 2013 – Plus a Writers & Bloggers Workshop

November 2012

• Introducing the Real Santa Claus
• Taking a Short Break & a 1-Question Survey
• Mixing It Up With Roger Olson
• The Pragmatic Spiritual Conversational Style
• The Quoter Spiritual Conversational Style
• News for My Subscribers & Readers
• The Charismatic Spiritual Conversational Style
• Introducing Spiritual Conversation Styles
• Francis Chan
• The Forgotten Woman Who Jesus Said to Remember
• Al Mohler: Conviction to Lead
• The Myth of Christian Leadership
• Don’t Waste Your Time Being a Christian
• Finding True Friendship
• Why I Am a Christian
• There is No Proof of God’s Existence
• A Faith of Our Own - Moving Beyond the Culture Wars
• Calvinists & Ariminians Are More Alike Than You Might Think
• 20 Reasons Why the Christian Right & the Christian Left Won't Adopt Me

October 2012

• 9 Lies the Media Likes to Tell About Evangelical Christians
• Reading the Bible in 3D
• Is There a Revival Coming?
• Missing the NINES 2012
• Jesus and Paul Under Fire
• Jesus & the War on Women
• Warning: The World is Watching How We Christians Treat One Another
• Not For the Faint in Heart – What You Can Expect From This New Blog