Watch Out or the Devil’s Gonna Get You
Satan is real, and he hates you
Satan wants us isolated from one another. He wants to find us all alone in the thunderstorm of our own thoughts, when we’re stuck in the sounds of our sinful souls. It is the oldest trick in the book, that he’d catch us when we’re perusing the tree by ourselves (2 Corinthians 11:3). We’ve too... Continue Reading
In Court With The Accuser Of The Brethren
Imagine being in the court of the Almighty when the Accuser condemns you
“Your Honor, you are the righteoussss Judge,” he hisses. ”All justice is in your hands. And I – I demand justice this morning. You see, the defendant” – and he turns slowly and looks right at…ME, with his terrible eyes. And he slowly points a long, gnarled finger at me – “The defendant is guilty... Continue Reading
Church Says Wounded Warrior Project Refused Their Money
The organization said that they cannot accept fundraising from companies “in which the product or message is religious in nature.”
Pastor Cooley said they were so shocked that the school secretary called Wounded Warrior to make sure there hadn’t been a mistake. He said a WWP representative assured her that “religious” was indeed on their banned list. A Christian church and school in Florida are devastated after they said Wounded Warrior Project refused to... Continue Reading
A Helpful Marital Thought
Your husband or wife is designed by God to be the sandpaper to your bumps
In Christian marriage two saints, who still have plenty of sin’s remnant clinging to them, form a lifelong union. This means then, with the baring of the soul’s wiring that marriage exposes, sparks are going to fly. Marital conflict is inevitable. So when the sea of anger begins rising, the emotional waves start rolling, and... Continue Reading
Brothers, We Are Not Witchdoctors
We are not, in ourselves, the vehicle of God’s grace and kingdom-building
Brothers, we are not witchdoctors. I say that because several years ago I heard a pastor say, “I feel like a witchdoctor because I come to people’s situations of crisis, I pray over them, and I do the things I am supposed to do and go and visit them and stand up and preach my... Continue Reading
Prizes and Consumables: The Super Bowl as a Theology of Women
The way we consume iconic national events like the Super Bowl better depicts what we really believe about women than does anything else.
Women are depicted in the Super Bowl and other televised mega-sports in ways that proclaim, “This world is for men, about men, and because of men. You women may participate, but only in forms that are pleasing to men.” Keep reading and you’ll understand why sociologists aren’t invited to many parties. I’m a sociologist—we’re... Continue Reading
Nice Guys Never Win; They Finish Last
Christians are gracious and kind, but they are also contra mundum
The unwritten law is that we must agree to disagree for the sake of peace. Truth is relative. What is true for you may not be true for me and what is true for me may not be true for you. Let’s just leave it there and go on our merry ways. In a religiously... Continue Reading
Whither the Boy Scouts?
The Boy Scouts are considering a major policy change concerning homosexuals. It will affect all of us.
This change is about survival for the Scouts, not new convictions. For years, the organization has been the target of gay activists and atheist groups. And those characters know exactly how to hit organizations that oppose them where it hurts most: in the pocketbook and in court. Already, many major corporations and charities have been... Continue Reading
How Do We Respond to ‘So What?’
In our society “so what” is becoming the way to answer difficult issues
Salon.com featured a piece by Mary Elizabeth Williams–in which she makes a pro-abortion argument while emphatically affirming her belief that a fetus is a living human being—with a stunning trumpet of a headline: “So What if Abortion Ends Life?” So, fetuses are human beings. But, so what? “All life is not equal,” Williams chillingly asserts, and a baby-in-utero,... Continue Reading
On Russia’s Adoption Ban
Vladimir Putin has sparked international outcry by banning adoptions of Russian children by American families
The reality is that Russia continues to bleed population. For about a decade and a half now, projections have been that Russia’s population will plummet from 140-150 million to 104 million by 2050. What are the chief causal factors in this? There are several, but among the biggest is abortion which occurs in Russia at... Continue Reading