On Thursday December 11, 2011 renowned atheist and outspoken critic of religion, Christopher Hitchens passed away due to complications arising from his eighteen month battle with esophageal cancer. Hitchens spent his life pursuing his passion for writing, honing his gift for communication into a multifaceted tool capable of being both bludgeon and scalpel, and in [...]

I found this video on Justin Taylor’s blog over at The Gospel Coalition. Follow this link, and don’t judge it based upon the still frame of some cartoon old guy. The video is worth the 13 minutes. Let me explain why. I recently through a Thanksgiving which brought me close to the realities of our [...]

Let’s begin with an illustration. I am sure you have heard of the shoe company called TOMS. They do not make high quality shoes. They do not make the most attractive shoes. Nor are they the most comfortable shoes, yet this little company gained incredible popularity very quickly because of the reason behind buying their [...]

I am currently the executive pastor at my church. This means my job is defined by implementing the vision of my pastor. It is my job to make sure his vision is protected, nurtured, and expanded by the rest of our staff. One of the key components of the vision for our church is to [...]

How many times do you start a project, never looking ahead to discover your end goal, only to find you’ve made a crucial mistake along the way? For you, maybe that doesn’t happen. For me, it happens most times I start a project. I suffer from overeager disorganizationalism. It is a workable condition; it just [...]

I wanted to make our readers aware of a fantastic discussion going on between Sam Storms and Michael Patton about the continuation of the gifts. To give you some background — Sam and Michael are good friends; Sam, as I understand it, was actually something of a mentor to Michael as they began in ministry. Today, [...]

I watched Bob Ross the other day. If you’ve never seen Bob Ross, you really need to spend some time on the Public Broadcast Station. He is a painter who starred in a television show in the seventies. He was a white guy with an afro, a sweet disposition, and the happiest trees and clouds you have [...]

One month ago I had the opportunity to hike into the Grand Canyon with my beautiful wife. It was awesome (I actually meant to use that word according to its actual definition)! It simply inspires awe as you behold something so expansive, stretching into the distance in all directions as far as the eye can [...]

I am at a loss as I write this article. I was planning to continue a series of articles entitled “What if we believed,” but I had to break my own series to get some help understanding a recent political/social network event. Wednesday marked what many news outlets are declaring an historic day. The first [...]

So, many of us believe in Jesus, right? We do not hesitate to use that exact phrasing whenever someone asks are you a Christian, why will you get to go to heaven, or how do you become a Christian. We always use that phrase: believe in Jesus. I want to encourage you to think about [...]