Studies show that church attendance is declining. Most headlines say, “Americans Are Becoming Less Religious,” but that’s not precisely true. Instead, Americans are increasingly redirecting their religious zeal and ardor elsewhere: For some its sports, which is relatively harmless to everyone except themselves. For many others, their religious faith and zeal is redirected to politicalContinue reading “Religion Comes in Many Forms”
Category Archives: The Spiritual Battle
The Dissatisfied American
I subscribed to “The Week Junior,” a weekly newspaper for kids to give my six-year-old son something to read this summer, and give him the opportunity to learn about the broader world. Funny enough, the first issue included a study that confirmed something I’d anecdotally observed through my life abroad: People in impoverished and evenContinue reading “The Dissatisfied American”
Excellence is a Christian Duty
Christians sometimes demonstrate a bad habit: Too often, we contort our theology to avoid the work it takes to be excellent at the responsibilities God assigned us to advance His kingdom.
A Good and Terrible Friday
This Friday we celebrate a young man who felt more fear, and suffered more greatly than any man has done before or since. Through the most courageous act in the history of the world He showed us the full measure of love, all because He’d rather die than live without us.
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
Christian social media is a weird place, where there’s a lot of people that seem to believe that dunking on other believers is their spiritual gift. Straight up heresy deviating from the Nicene Creed needs to be called out. That said, social media has produced the same phenomenon we see in virtually every other subcultureContinue reading “Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing”
A Good and Terrible Friday
This Friday we celebrate a young man who felt more fear, and suffered more greatly than any man has done before or since. Through the most courageous act in the history of the world he showed us the full measure of love, all because he’d rather die than live without us. “And He withdrew fromContinue reading “A Good and Terrible Friday”
A Good and Terrible Friday
Today we celebrate a young man who felt more fear, and suffered more greatly than any man has done before or since. Through the most courageous act in the history of the world he showed us the full measure of love, all because he’d rather die than live without us. “And He withdrew from themContinue reading “A Good and Terrible Friday”
Don’t Hold Back
You never know what a difference a kind and affirming word might make in someone’s life. We should never miss an opportunity to offer kind and sincere words of affirmation for those around us. It costs us nothing but a bit of time, but positively impacting those around us is always time well spent.
A Good and Terrible Friday
Today we celebrate a young man who felt more fear, and suffered more greatly than any man has done before or since. Through the most courageous act in the history of the world he showed us the full measure of love, all because he’d rather die than live without us. “And He withdrew from themContinue reading “A Good and Terrible Friday”
It Can Be A Wonderful Life
Watching a bit of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” I’m struck by how desperately we need more of the spirit of George and Mary Bailey.
Amplified Being 