Culture & The Bible Part 2 – Mary, Martha, Honor and Shame
In my previous post on Culture and the Bible, I brought up the story of Mary and Martha. A few people brought up that I was misappropriating the text, reading meaning into it (which is the very thing I am saying not to do). And I want to use that as a launching point to […]
Culture & The Bible Part 1 – Becoming Aware Of How Our Culture Impacts How We Understand the Bible
This is the first post in a three part series on culture and the Bible. I am going to give you a passage from Luke 10 and I want you to answer this question – What is the problem? “38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where […]
Doctrine Without Discipleship
Doctrine Without Discipleship… We discipled people in doctrine rather than discipled people in Jesus and that has caused some major problems. Discipleship is teaching someone a way of living and specific truths to believe. We did the second without the first and the second was cherrypicked so that many important things were left out. For […]
Are we missing the point?
Are we missing the point of it all? I would much rather get 10 people to start making disciples and changing those lives than 200 people commenting about instrumental music. And here’s the amazing thing, you get to make the choice over where you give your attention, time and effort. Sometimes it takes some adjustments […]
Why We Were Wrong to Divide over Instrumental Music (buckle up)
First, I grew up in a cappella church of Christ congregations. I fought tooth and nail with others over this issue when I was younger and into my early 20s. I worshiped and ministered in a capella congregations until my early 40s. Since starting a home church six years ago we have had a mix […]
Demonic Attacks Are Real – A Few Stories & What Scripture Teaches Us to Do
Demons. I grew up very unaware on this topic. I lumped it in with the miracles that I no longer thought happened like they used to. But boy was I wrong! And if you don’t understand what I am about to share (not that I am an expert) a few things will likely happen: Five […]
10 Warning Signs of a Toxic “Christian” Leader
There are a number of toxic Christian leaders who are poisonous personalities. They will drain you for every ounce of your life and feel no remorse over it. They create entire systems to prop up their power, make you feel crazy and ensure they are untouchable. What should you look for? Next, I will give […]
False Teacher or Just Mistaken?
What is the difference between being a false teacher and being mistaken. The word for false teacher in Greek is ψευδοδιδάσκαλος Pseudodidaskalos You know pseudo means fake. Didaskalos means teacher. The only time this word is used in the New Testament in 2 Peter 2:1. “But there were also false prophets among the people, just […]
Review of Logos 2026 Libraries – Platinum
Logos recently released their new 2026 libraries and they opened up the Platinum level package for this review. As always, receiving the product doesn’t influence what I am going to present in this post. Let’s start with big picture and then zoom in: This collection has some real highlights in it but before I begin, […]
Who is In Charge on Sunday?
You walk into the auditorium…everyone gets seated. Someone gets up to welcome everyone. A song leader leads some songs. You sing along. A 30 minute sermon is given. You listen. Communion and offering is passed. You participate. A final prayer is prayed. And all of this can be found in the “order of worship” on […]