As I prepare for this week’s introductory sermon to our brief series entitled “Lies the Church Believes,” this posting by John Piper (entitled “Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly,” February 14, 2007) caught my attention and, of course, is worth highlighting. Read it carefully, and, if possible, pray for me as I attend to the first of READ MORE
Stupid Church Stuff
Posts, often satirical, highlighting the plethora of really stupid and foolish things commonplace within Church
Why I Do Not Respect Pat Robertson
I am taking a slight risk here, explaining why it is that I do not respect Pat Robertson. Some who might read this will be angry because they have cut their spiritual teeth on substantive pieces from Robertson’s 700 Club. Perhaps they came to know Jesus through that ministry, or found comfort there during some READ MORE
Of Mice and Men
It is indeed amazing to me the manner in which men whine. Is it not so that by whining men prove themselves to be nothing more than mice—squeaky critters that scurry around running from big things? Is it not time for men to cease being mice and, well, be men? Consider the case of the READ MORE
Grief Over “King James Only” Logic
It is with an abiding sense of weariness that I read about Pastor Marc Grizzard’s plan to have a “Bible-burning” this coming Halloween night. The reason that the North Carolina pastor desires to burn Bibles? They are not the King James Version, which, in his mind, “is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God READ MORE
Stupid Church
Those not knowing Jesus are facing eternal damnation, and what the church wants to do is bicker about a water bottle. At least this is the case in one congregation of which I lately became aware. Recently word started to spread there that the board wanted to oust the worship leader from his role and, READ MORE
My Underwear
This is the inaugural post under the new category entitled “Stupid Church Stuff.” As you can imagine, as a pastor I’ve seen my share of really stupid church stuff. Some things just simply cannot be ignored. Like sitting in staff meeting a couple days ago and hearing it slip out that someone had turned in READ MORE