Are There Non-Negotiable Beliefs for Christians?

With the advent of postmodernism and its wide embrace in our culture, there was a backlash against it by Christians. Postmodernism brought the ultimate death in the notion of any concept of absolute truth and, therefore, God. As is often the case, when the culture swings one way, the Church swings hard to the opposite. [...]

Will Christians Be Judged?

Imagine this view of heaven: It is one where we Christians get off scotch free, told “well done my good and faithful servant,” and are invited into paradise.  We, unlike our unbelieving counterparts, are not judged at all.  In place of our names and our sins is the name of Jesus and his righteousness, his [...]

Book Review: The Hole in Our Gospel

In a Christian world represented by private individual relationships with Jesus, altar calls, and personal holiness, Richard Stearns asks: is there a hole in our gospel. To answer this question, one must first ask what it is that God wants of us and while affirming the more traditional answers (i.e. church attendance, prayer, belief, self-denial), [...]

Sermon: Not of this World

Click below to listen to the sermon I gave to the Tri-Lakes Chapel high school youth group on May 2nd, 2009 entitled “Not of This World.” To view the slides used for the powerpoint, please click here. I would love to get some feedback from you on what you thought.  Feel free to leave comments [...]

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: Part 5

This is the fifth in a series of six posts that center on some thoughts I had while reading Rob Bell’s Jesus Wants to Save Christians. These entries were originally blogged at Conversant Life sometime during 2008. Read: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ______ Jesus Wants to Save Christians Part 5: God [...]

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: Part 4

This is the fourth in a series of six posts that center on some thoughts I had while reading Rob Bell’s Jesus Wants to Save Christians. These entries were originally blogged at Conversant Life sometime during 2008. Read: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 ______ Jesus Wants to Save Christians Part 4: Why the Gospel [...]

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