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The More We’re Like Jesus, the More We’ll Be Hated!
Do you want to be hated, really hated? Then live more like Jesus. No, not the Jesus who has been imagined by popular culture nor the Jesus who has been re-defined by liberal churches. If you want to be...
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God’s Eye, Sparrows & Unexpected Turns on the Journey
I don’t know how many times I heard “His Eye is On the Sparrow” sung by various island ladies at First Baptist Church of Poinciana, a multi-ethnic congregation near Kissimmee where I served as...
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Would You Attend A Same-Sex Wedding?
That’s the question that Southern Baptist blogger Mark Lamprecht (Here I Blog) poses in a recent post, “Accept the Invitation to Son’s Same-Sex Marriage?,” part of his always thought-provoking...
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Evil & non-Random Acts of Violence at The Navy Yard
Without knowing the specific motivations behind today’s shooting rampage at The Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., it would not be unreasonable to characterize this tragic event as both evil and...
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“We Invented Jesus”& Other Conspiracy Theories!
I love good conspiracy theories! I don’t necessarily buy what many of these conspiracy theorists are selling, but some are quite compelling. Living so close to Roswell, I want to believe that aliens...
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Gravity: A Majestic Movie That Display’s God’s Majesty
When I first saw the trailers for “Gravity,” I knew that this was one movie that I was definitely going to see at the theater. It took three weeks, but I finally found time this past Tuesday to watch...
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Desmond Tutu, a Homophobic Heaven & Muddled Theology
Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, apparently has a very strong view when it comes to equal rights for homosexuals. This past July at a United Nations’ gay rights campaign kick-off in Cape...
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Fred Phelps: How Do We Respond When Wicked People Die?
“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? . . . For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord...
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Baking Cakes & Taking Pictures: Jesus, What Should I Do?
In the last few days, a kerfuffle has broken out between members of The Gospel Coalition (and their supporters) on one side (here and here) and Jonathan Merritt (and his supporters, including...
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Orwell & World Vision’s Capitulation on Gay Marriage
URGENT UPDATE: Less than 48 hours after World Vision U.S. stunned the Evangelical Christian community with its decision to allow the hiring of gay Christians in same-sex marriages, the Christian...
View ArticleIn Mexican Flag Flap, Nosy Neighbor or American Patriot?
It seems that Tressy Capps (what kind of name is Tressy, anyway?), a local “political activist” in Ontario, California, doesn’t like her neighbors flying a Mexican flag in their front yard. So, this...
View ArticleLollipops, Munchkins & Doing Whatever It Takes!
Why would anyone dress up in what has been described as both the best and most disturbing costume for Bethel’s 5th Annual Trunk-or-Treat? I have been asking myself that question since first seeing this...
View ArticleCatching Fish & Catching People in the Gospel Net
My dad loved to fish. He could get up before the sun, head out to the lake or the Gulf of Mexico (when we were on vacation in Englewood, FL), and spend all day fishing, even if he never caught …...
View ArticleAfter Ferguson, What Does the Lord Require? Justice!
“What do we want? JUSTICE! When do we want it? NOW!” In the aftermath of the Grand Jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson on any charges in the death of Michael Brown, I can only imagine...
View ArticlePrayer is not Partisan! (Keynote Address at the 37th Annual Legislative...
Below is the text of the Keynote Address that I was honored to deliver at the 37th Annual Legislative Prayer Breakfast for Otero County (NM) on Friday, January 15, 2016: Elected Officials. Honored...
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