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February 2023

February 20, 2023

Out Of The Chapel: The Problem of Youth Revival

The round-the-clock 11 day revival worship in Hughes Auditorium has ended by order of the...

December 2022

December 19, 2022

Bringing Them In?

Will we be bringing liberal secular people back to church? During a discussion I had...

August 2022

August 01, 2022

Healing, Peace, and The Purpose of The Gospel

Healing and Peace are the great goals of the Gospel of Christ. They are the...

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...

January 13, 2022

Arguing With The Obstinate or Having Puking Contests With Buzzards

I know arguing with certain people only gives me indigestion. I am getting better about...

August 2021

August 23, 2021

The Wesleyan Commission of Anxiety

I want to talk about the Wesleyan Covenant Association. The organization claims to be grounded...

August 06, 2021

Speaking With Someone Who Is Going to Disagree

Speaking with someone who will disagree is never easy for me. I do not know...

July 2021

July 01, 2021

The American Christian Mythology

Progress is the American mythical value. Our most cherished belief is that we are improving....

June 2021

June 08, 2021

4 Take-Aways From A Year Of Online Worship

The Pandemic introduced me and other reluctant clergy to Online Worship. We witnessed heroic efforts...

June 01, 2021

3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches

The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

Is My Neighbor Really My Neighbor?

"And who is my neighbor?" We are familiar with the scribe's question to Jesus. It...

March 15, 2021

Saint Patrick And His Love Letter

Saint Patrick is a symbol of Irish nationalism. He and the Harp of Tara are...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Consumerist Christianity

Nothing illustrates the consumerist model of Christianity than the Worship Wars. A few decades ago,...

February 08, 2021

Google Jesus

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

January 2021

January 14, 2021

How Mainline Churches Closed Themselves

The Mainline Protestant church is dying. Church leaders have known this for decades. We developed...

October 2020

October 15, 2020

The Shelf Life of Pastors

Pastors live on the shelf in the pantry of many people. We are dry goods....

October 12, 2020

When Your World Unravels

I taught a class after the world ended. On this day, 28 years ago, I...

October 08, 2020

Is Christian Faith Dying Or Changing?

No historical paradigm change is evident to the people living within it. Christian faith is...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Preachers, Pearls, And Pigs

"Don, you need to get what you're saying into the trough so the pigs can...

September 26, 2020

Anti-Christian

The other day I was called anti-Christian. It was by a progressive member of my...

September 16, 2020

When We Say The Word “God.”

Knowing the answer before the question is asked is the privilege of the teacher. I...

August 2020

August 20, 2020

Asking The Right Questions

The hologram of a dead scientist stands before the detective investigating his death. It is...

July 2020

July 23, 2020

The Church of Saints Bait And Switch

There are serious errors in Evangelical exegesis and theological assumptions. The worst actions though are...

July 06, 2020

They Are Not Wanted

Groucho Marx once said, "I would never join a club that wanted me as a...

May 2020

May 21, 2020

Why Churches Disappoint Over Doubt

Every generation is just arrogant enough to believe it has discovered all people "lead lives...

April 2020

April 02, 2020

Rethinking A Cornerstone Church Practice

Lent is almost over. Palm Sunday is almost here. The Easter Season is coming next....

May 2019

May 09, 2019

WHY THEY BELIEVE THE LIES

It was late. The knock on the door of my hotel suite interrupted my settling...