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  • Gender Identity & A High Regard for Scripture: A Review of Understanding Gender Dysphoria

    Disclaimer: the post that follows is a recent book review that I did for a Christian publisher. As such, I was mainly critiquing the author’s work. The main title for this review borrows a quote from the book’s author, Mark Yarhouse. He details a disparaging story (as most of his eventually are) of a man who, Read more

  • An Exciting Opportunity

    Thank you to so many of you that have encouraged me to write. I cried tears of joy all the way home yesterday after reading this email. Click on the graphic above to read about my exciting opportunity! Read more

  • Living In Community

    My steadfast belief is this… God created us for togetherness. It certainly begins with what has historically been referred to as the communion of saints (those who believe in and follow Jesus). My further belief is that we were also created to share life with those with whom we may share little more than geography. Read more

  • You Can’t Spell USA Without Jesus

    Oh, wait… there’s no “a” in Jesus. Well there is in the Hebrew version… Yeshua. There you have it… USA! USA! USA! All joking aside, churches have often confused patriotism and pietism. They are not the same. Perhaps somewhat ironically, I am actually ok with both patriotism (to appropriate degrees) and pietism. Where I get Read more

  • Scrapping My Plans

    We were asked to write in my senior yearbook about what we thought we’d be doing years down the road. I don’t remember the assigned numeric value of said reach. Of course answers ranged from silly to sillier with a dash of serious. Without searching through dozens of boxes for the exact words, I can Read more

  • Calling Foul On the World Vision Debacle

    In case you missed it, this week World Vision decided then un-decided to amend its hiring policy as it relates to same-sex couples. In my view this now-event highlights the growing polarity that exists within Christianity as well as the majority of the American culture. Frankly I am most often at odds with both extremes Read more

  • A Mime Is A Terrible Thing to Waste

    What is a mime? No, not a MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension). A mime… an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner without the use of speech (so says Mr. Webster). Christians talk too much. I am particularly aiming this at our interactions with those who do not share our Read more