Any fan of Harry Potter will tell you that magic spells are awesome. Say the right words the right way and your wishes will literally come true. It’s all the fun of having a genie without the need of a magic lamp. Apparently, Joel Osteen is a big fan of magic spells. In his new book I Declare, Osteen, that great bastion of theological insight, offers “31 promises to speak over your life.” (See the article below) While, to be... Read more

    Ok, technically I’m the only one actually calling it the Jesus monkey, but after reading this post from The Amish Jihadist, I’m convinced that Tripp’s words were more prophetic than he knew. Seriously, folks. Read this post I featured last week about the botched restoration of a fresco of Jesus in Spain. (the image on the left below) Then read Tripp’s post about Palestinian graffiti calling Jesus a monkey. You can’t make this stuff up. New monkey looks... Read more

    From time to time we hear complaints about small businesses using Christian imagery or Bible verses. Some people complain because they feel like the owner’s faith is being shoved in their face. Other’s complain that the company is using religion to manipulate the faithful into buying what they’re selling. Can’t say, though, that I’ve ever heard of a non-faith-based company using Christian imagery to sell their business before. It should be interesting to see the response. In the... Read more

      Here’s a post “from the vault”. Those of you who have been around for a while will probably recognize it, but as we’ve had several new friends join us over the past year I thought it would be worthwhile to, once again, share a few thoughts on the tragedy of September 11th, 2001. I still remember where I was. I’m sure you do too. For me, it was 8:03am CDT on September 11, 2001, the second plane... Read more

    This morning as I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed I noticed the question of the day from Relevant magazine. It was simple enough: “What’s your least favorite movie?” As a big movie fan I curiously clicked on the comments to see what people were saying. Not surprisingly I was shocked by a few of the responses, but once I got over that initial moment of dumbfoundment (I’m making up my own words today) I decided to... Read more

    Maybe it’s just me, but I think this video is pretty hilarious. But even if you’ve never been in ministry before, I think we’ve all found ourselves sitting in the pew at church wondering if the pastor was being completely, um, forthright about his or her thoughts and feelings. Whether it’s in the pulpit or in everyday conversation, more often than not being politically correct wins out over sharing what we really think. So, kudos to these guys... Read more

    It’s nothing new to see a church repurpose a pop culture phenomenon. That being said, I can’t say I’ve ever heard of a church repurposing an erotic novel.   Original story found here   Read more

    Those of you that follow me on a regular basis, know that my classes at Yale began last week. Yesterday, however, was my first full day of classes. I had three of them. One in patristic theology, another in Judaism during the time of Jesus, and a third in the history of American evangelicalism. So far, I love my classes. Part of the reason for that is because I’m a nerd and love being in class. The other... Read more

    Ahh, Steven Anderson. You literally never know what will come out of his mouth next. While I appreciate his, albeit odd, attempt at affirming racial equality in this video, if his line of thinking is correct, i.e. nudity = pornography, then its many classical nudes makes the Vatican a house of porn and every doctor who asks their patients to remove their clothes for an exam is a sexual deviant. But, of course, such thinking requires those heretical... Read more