You Might be Emergent if…

by | Jul 27, 2011 | Articles

(Preface: This is all in fun.) You might be involved with the Emergent Church if… You finally understand the Trinity now that you have read “The Shack”. You think “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller is a book on Systematic Theology. You...

God and Math?

by | Jul 14, 2011 | Guest Columns

Math? How can math be presented biblically? What does God have to do with math? Most of us view math as a neutral subject. Neutral means indifferent or “not engaged on either side; not aligned with a political or ideological grouping.”[1] We regard math as a subject...
The Irreducibly Complex Church

The Irreducibly Complex Church

by | Jul 12, 2011 | Articles

What are the irreducibly complex components of a church? I have been trying to figure out what are the basic, fundamental elements (Irreducibly Complex) that must all be in place, working together at the same time, for a church to be considered a true, Biblical...

The Socialistic History of the Pledge to the Flag

by | Jun 30, 2011 | Articles

  “Place your right hand over your heart and repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.” Every morning in government and private school classrooms across America, students are led in the following mantra: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,...
“Values?” or “Morals?” Which is it?

“Values?” or “Morals?” Which is it?

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Articles

Ravi Zacharias has pointed out, and it is interesting to note, that it was Friedrich Nietzsche, the avowed Atheist and God-hater, who is responsible for the cultural shift in using the term “Values” instead of “Morals.” We hear about about...

When A Discussion Heads South

by | Jun 21, 2011 | Guest Columns

  Here is a guest thought from my friend, Josiah Meyer: Here are some verses which would save some apologists a lot of time and heartache: Proverbs 23:9 “Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. Prov. 29:9...
What’s Wrong With the Church?

What’s Wrong With the Church?

by | Jun 10, 2011 | Articles

Recently I asked my Facebook friends what they thought were some of the greatest threats facing the American church. Predictably the feedback swung from the polar ends of the theological spectrum. Some thought the Church was too worldly and some too legalistic. Some...