A Paper on Total Depravity

             In my English class, we were given a block of reading from the introduction of James Sire’s Discipleship of the Mind, and write a reaction to it. Not that I’m trying to be overly in-your-face about my theology in my first year, but when I saw that Sire dealt with the question “What is a [...]

“Methods” for Reaching the “Un-Churched”

          From where did the term “un-churched” suddenly come? Is this simply yet another example of seeker sensitive trendiness (like “Christ follower”)? All I know is that it’s a fairly new term (probably within the last few months), and it is really getting on my nerves.           Whatever happened to calling a spade a spade? [...]

God is Sovereign… even when your truck is on fire!

            So, I was sitting in my truck, under a shade tree, during my lunch hour enjoying the nice air conditioning. We had a “Lunch and Learn” Wednesday at my work, which really only means free chicken to me. Well, it just so happened that, in my daily reading, I came across this from Living [...]

Reformed Baptist vs. Lutheran (Potluck Style)

            My church is having a potluck this Sunday. Now, I haven’t been part of this church long enough to know how good their potlucks are, but if it’s anything like the potlucks I’ve experienced at Southern Baptist churches, in Texas, in the past, we’re in for quite a treat. I do know this, we [...]

A Trembling Young Man Stands Up In Southlake

          Well, yet another amazing night of open air preaching. This time we met at the church’s regular spot, Southlake Town Center, in Southlake, TX. I haven’t been able to go for a couple of weeks due to responsibilities that needed to be taken care of both in the Army and in my family.           [...]

Extra-Biblical + Extra-Terrestrial = Extra-Strength Motrin

            Yesterday, on the way home, I decided to lend an ear to my local, “family-friendly,” Southern Baptist radio station, and on what topic do you suppose they had listeners calling in to offer up their two cents? “Perhaps,” you might say, “it was the doctrine of justification?” Nope. Try again. “Ummm… Speaking in tongues?” [...]

Shall We Pray for Contentment or Deliverance?

            I’ve been batting around the idea of how to balance Christianity with politics for the past few months. On the one side, I know that we are not to rely on the schemes of men for our salvation from this current judgment that we are experiencing. On the other side of the coin, I [...]

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Missing Link?

                “Darwin assumed transitional forms would be discovered in the fossil record over time, but that has not been the case. The fossil record, or lack thereof, is a major embarrassment to evolutionists. The fossil record is a serious rebuke of the theory of evolution. New species literally explode onto the scene out of nowhere. [...]

Just a Thought – 12May2009

            I was talking to my pastor the other day, and he was telling me about his heart to plant churches. I told him that I think a good place to start would be the inner city. There are so many passionate people in the inner city that are suffering, and the only gospel that [...]