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January 2025

January 20, 2025

Trumpism vs. the Gospel: What Jesus Says About Power

Today is inauguration day. Last November, Trumpism won the majority of the elections. I watched...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

The Charlatans Will Always Be With You

Charlatans are usually a minor problem for churches. However, if you fall prey to any,...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Littleness of Souls

The danger of disaffiliation is not smaller churches, budgets, and a smaller denomination. The danger...

October 2022

October 31, 2022

Time To Commit To Nonviolence

I am a violent person who believes nonviolence is necessary. I do not claim to...

September 2022

September 02, 2022

Freedom of Speech And Thought

John Climacus in the Diapsalmata observed people demand freedom speech and neglect their freedom of thought. ...

April 2022

April 04, 2022

Mass Graves And Biblical Authority

Recent reports of mass graves of civilian casualties once again raise the ire of observers....

January 2022

January 24, 2022

Preacher Stories And Other Lies

We call them illustrations. Other people might say, "Preacher stories." Many times they are outright...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

Rushing to Judgment and Kyle Rittenhouse

The last few weeks has been a lesson in judgment. Or rather I should say...

November 04, 2021

The Cult of Death, Qanon, and Trumpism

Once again the followers of Q gathered for The Storm. Once again it didn't happen....

November 01, 2021

4 Ways to Protect from Bad Faith

Faith is good. Bad faith is awful. I cannot count the number of people I...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Demon of the Noon Day Sun

I am tired. I know you are too. We are plagued by the same demon....

September 2021

September 20, 2021

Tolerance and Compassion Fatigue

I am so over it. My tolerance has hit a big, ugly wall longer than...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

How We Stand Against The Bullies

The bullies made their stand again. This time it was school boards attacked. The anti-vaccination...

August 09, 2021

Chewed, Swallowed, And Digested

Is evil real or a delusion? King Henry V, according to Shakespeare, was dealing with...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Reflecting On My Fight With COVID-19 A Year Later

I caught myself reflecting this time last year I got COVID. Mine was a mild...

May 2021

May 10, 2021

Fear And Social Meanness

The paradox of Fear and Social Meanness among Christians in the "Bible Belt" is frustrating...

April 2021

April 19, 2021

Shooting Our Problems Away

The national motto of the US should be "shooting problems away." It is our practice...

April 14, 2021

Honest to Goodness

Truthfulness is goodness. Unless, one is engaged in a social situation. How many times do...

March 2021

March 04, 2021

Bitter People

I am the idiot who doesn't know what I am talking about. This is how...

March 01, 2021

The Zealot Versus The Faithful

Voltaire said, the perfect is the enemy of the good. I add, the zealot is...

February 2021

February 08, 2021

Google Jesus

The instructions were simple. "Google Jesus," it said. In the South we are used to...

February 04, 2021

Resentment And The Enemy

Resentment is the enemy. It is borne of anger. The anger may be justified or...

February 01, 2021

A Prophet That Is False

"The Lord your God will raise up for a prophet like me...I will put my...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Biblically Illiterate Bible Quoting

Nothing gets my dander up like biblically illiterate bible quotations. Social media makes this worse....

January 17, 2021

Social Media And Broken Relationships

I just watched The Social Dilemma. The documentary on Netflix that explains how social media operate. And now...

January 11, 2021

The National Mark of Cain

A sermons series I once preached was called The Marks of Cain. The marks I...

January 07, 2021

My Anger And The Will of God

I am angry. It is anger borne out of frustration. I know the people who...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

Ugliness Goes To The Bone

Four years ago, about this time, I stood up in a cluster charge conference and...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Concrete Mystery

What is a concrete mystery? It is not understanding what is real. I have always...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Ego Masks

""Why does someone need an assault rifle for protection but refuses to wear a mask...