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 [...]

As the end of the summer draws near, many of you will have to face the (perhaps) dreaded reality of going back to school. With this comes the reality of heightened responsibility, a busier schedule, and greater demand on your life. In my days of school, the magic word has always been “balance”. That is, [...]

It’s common in our culture today to justify our actions or lifestyle choices based upon only doing what our heart led us to do whether it’s something positive like donating to a charity or pursuing an adulterous affair; supposedly our heart can tell us to do either or both. Jon Bloom warns, “Princess Diana once [...]

It’s that time of year again when gobs and gobs of money are spent appeasing and pacifying the wants and wishes of small children (and 40-something-year-old kids) across the globe. On December the 25th millions of men, women, boys, and girls throughout the world will receive their yearly injection of that oh-so intoxicating drug called [...]

“But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? Consider now: who being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who [...]

I don’t want you to think that I am about to tell you what I think Jesus would think. That would be rather pointless. And stupid. If someone tries to base their opinion on their opinion of someone else’s opinion, leave them to it. What I want to do is examine a situation in which [...]

What are we to believe about the mother of Jesus? Who was the Virgin Mary? Was she in any way divine? Do we owe her any special tribute? As it stands today, there are two major schools of thought when it comes to answering questions like these. The Roman Catholic Church represents one of these schools, while Protestants represent the other. As a Bible-believing-conservative-evangelical-Protestant, I here gladly offer my analysis of the Roman Catholic Church’s position concerning Mariology. Though these two schools of thought have much in common regarding this area of doctrine, the differences are many. The Roman Catholic teachings to be examined are as follows: Mary’s Immaculate Conception, her sinless life, her perpetual virginity, her bodily assumption, her role as mediatrix, and her reception of super-veneration.

Yeah, so what. I did it. Five parts in a four part series, I’m just keeping you on your toes. Really, I just wanted to extend this based on my personal time in the Word of God. I have been reading through Jeremiah and I have trucked along to chapter 34 so far. I have [...]

In the last two posts, I covered you with statistics to convince you of the vast impact on our culture that sports and music have. But, I don’t think I need stats this time. I know by every human’s experience, you will understand the impact of relationships. From the time of birth, to some degree, [...]

I can wake up to my favorite radio station. I don’t, though, because it takes more than Brad Paisley singing another sappy love song to wake this monster. When I make it out the door and turn my car the radio immediately starts playing. When I work at “O’Charleys” there is constantly a song playing [...]