I can be right about the way forward, but wrong in the way I point out the way. Has my confidence in Christ morphed into selfish arrogance? If others...
Even though I have known you, I often miss you after Easter, Lord. I am on the Road to Emmaus. I walk with you, talk with you. I hear...
I really like John Wesley. I am so inspired by the movement his ministry sparked, and for the astonishing spread of renewal he and “the Methodists” spawned. He isn’t as...
Download as a handout I left my denomination. Not for long, but it was a firm departure. It didn’t make a big difference when I left. Not even sure...
I moved into my dorm room at college and unpacked a few suitcases and boxes. I took up half of the dresser and half of the closet. I had...
I was preparing to rewrite my Master’s thesis, which had underwhelmed my advisor. He seemed particularly skeptical of my Theological background, so he told me to “spend a year reading everything...
Fruit matters, but I must not neglect the fruit of the Spirit while pursuing it. The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,...
Evangelicals are often defined by what they are against instead of what they are for. I am a part of a sub-section of the larger Evangelical church that is more...
[I was recently interviewed alongside Ed Stetzer and James Bradford about Cultural Myths and the church over at PE News, an Assemblies of God publication. Among other news, the image...
“The United Methodist Church has been in the death spiral for nearly a half a century, seen primarily in the loss of millions of members, the dramatic decline in...
When I was just 19, I needed a job to continue to pay for my studies at the university. I stopped by the church right next to campus, which...
“Dad! Help me!” The kid is trying to program the DVR or change the thermostat, or she is working on her homework. The boy might be trying to get...
