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February 2012

February 03, 2012

John Piper: “God has given Christianity a masculine feel…”

A couple quick pull quotes from John Piper's statement on masculinity and the Christian faith:"...the...

February 03, 2012

2012 National Prayer Breakfast

It's time for my - more or less - yearly take on the National Prayer...

February 02, 2012

“What if there’s no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.”

It's Groundhog Day - a completely irrelevant holiday only made noteworthy because Bill Murray is...

February 01, 2012

Theology Matters

I stumbled across this interesting video the other day. It's really well done & as...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I am on retreat at Conception Abbey until Wednesday.I confess that I...

January 28, 2012

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gay Pride Parade…

So - at a Chicago gay pride parade a group of Christians showed up... what...

January 27, 2012

Lampooning the Modern Worship Service

This is one of my all time favorite clips. I know it's old, but I...

January 26, 2012

Phineas & Ferb Meet Epiphany

This Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Epiphany. In the church calendar, Epiphany means, "to...

January 25, 2012

State of the Union Brings Inequality into Focus

One of the major themes of President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night...

January 24, 2012

Mark Driscoll: Talking Church Discipline Mars Hill Style

Matthew Paul Turner is a friend of mine from way back in the Satellite Soul...

January 23, 2012

Should Churches Be Allowed to Meet in Public Schools?

New York City Housing Authority officials have notified all of the churches who rent space...

January 23, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that one of the more annoying pre-holiday issues in 2011 was that our...

January 22, 2012

Romney Lip Reading… holy cow!

Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary this weekend, which makes the primary season a...

January 21, 2012

What is up with Mark Driscoll?

Mark Driscoll is a Christian superstar. He's the head pastor of Mars Hill Church in...

January 20, 2012

Fleecing the Flock: A Snapshot of America’s Richest Pastors

The Huffington Post’s Jaweed Kaleem ran an interesting article on the salaries of MegaChurch pastors....

January 19, 2012

You Cannot Do Anything!

You have to watch this SNL video!The "Youtube" generation got a self-confidence check Saturday night,...

January 17, 2012

The End of Planned Obsolescence?

You know that thing they have each year all of the companies who make consumer...

January 16, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that when I was young many people who surrounded me in my little...

January 14, 2012

Take the Civic Literacy Quiz

Just for fun I put together a Civic Literacy Quiz - don't think too much...

January 12, 2012

Pastor Ed Young’s Sexperiment

To promote his new book called Sexperiment, MegaChurch pastor Ed Young is having his very...

January 12, 2012

John Lennon, Cee Lo Green, Peter Rollins, and the End of Religion

On New Year’s Eve – Cee Lo Green stepped in it. The Rolling Stone headline...

January 10, 2012

A Leading Conservative Stumps for the Common Good!

It's an election year so nonsense is afoot no matter where you turn. But I...

January 09, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I make my confession - make yours!I confess that in the car on the way...

January 07, 2012

Being a Christian Should Scare the Hell Out of Us

“The House Studio” is putting out some great material these days. In particular, they are...

January 06, 2012

Marilyn Monroe was a Book Lover?

There was a pretty interesting article at Slate.com yesterday about Marilyn Monroe. Simon Doonan has...

January 05, 2012

Pat Robertson’s 2012 Prediction: “This country will begin disintegrating”

Pat Robertson told viewers of his program (how does he still have them?), that God...

January 05, 2012

Messing with Dispensationalists

Thanks everyone for the great conversation yesterday on "Why are young adults leaving the church?"...

January 04, 2012

Why are Young Adults Leaving the Church?

Kara Powell wrote an interesting article in Relevant Magazine called, "Why Young Adults are Leaving...

January 03, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional (on Tuesday)

I made my confession... you make yours!I confess that I used to take Francis Schaeffer...

January 02, 2012

Kindle Edition at $10.00

An Evangelical Social Gospel?: Finding God's Story in the Midst of ExtremesKindle edition on sale...