Read more Uncategorized Betrayal & Grace: When Doctor Who Gets All “Jesus-ee” By Steve on November 4, 2014 God I love Doctor Who! And admittedly I love Doctor Who even more in the episodes where the Doctor gets all…well…um Jesus-ee Yes, like Aslan (and Willy Wonka) our beloved Time Lord Doctor Who tends… Read more Uncategorized A Texas School, Christian Plaques, And How Fox News Gets It Wrong…Again! By Steve on October 30, 2014 In Midlothian, Texas a school is under fire for displaying a dedication plaque stating the following: Dedicated in the Year of our Lord 1997 to the Education of God’s Children and to their Faithful Teachers in the… Read more Uncategorized The Problem I Have With “My Pastor” By Steve on October 28, 2014 “Who’s your pastor?” It’s a question you have probably heard more than a few times if you tend to hang out in church circles. As a pastor myself I know the challenges that can come from… Read more Uncategorized Can Someone Who Is Not A Christian Be More “Christian” Than A Christian? By Steve on October 15, 2014 Can someone who is not a Christian be more “Christian” than a Christian? In my last post I noted that recent Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s “way” imitated that of Christ. A friend commented… Read more Uncategorized Weekend Distractions: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Demonstrates Christ’s “Way” By Steve on October 12, 2014 Yesterday Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace prize recipient by winning the award at the age of 16. As early as the age of 12 Malala was blogging about the need for girls to have… Read more Uncategorized “The Romance of Grace” by Jim McNeely By Steve on October 10, 2014 As the message of grace spreads through the church it goes without saying that grace authors face an increasingly difficult challenge; distinguishing their grace book from the plethora of others that have recently hit the market. In The… Read more Uncategorized Forget “Left Behind”: Jesus Breaks the Cycle of Power and Violence By Steve on October 8, 2014 When Jesus walked the earth he tended to make a lot of people around him angry and frustrated. That’s because the Jewish people were looking for a new leader. Someone who would rise up with God… Read more Uncategorized Dispatches From Hong Kong: My Experience as the City Speaks! By Steve on September 30, 2014 If you’ve seen the news the last couple days you know then that Hong Kong has come alive. On Sunday evening tens of thousands of students took to the streets in Central Hong Kong in… Read more Uncategorized 3 Reasons Why Jesus Is NOT My “Personal Lord & Savior” By Steve on September 25, 2014 If you grew up in evangelical or charismatic church circles you were probably encouraged to “receive Jesus” as your “Personal Lord and Saviour”. Doing this, usually done in the form of a “sinner’s prayer”, guaranteed… Read more Uncategorized Weekend Distractions: Scotland Shows How It’s Done With Non-Violent Referendum By Steve on September 21, 2014 A big day in the United Kingdom this week. The people of Scotland had the opportunity to vote for their independence from the rest of the union. Think about that for a moment. They got… Prev Next
Read more Uncategorized Betrayal & Grace: When Doctor Who Gets All “Jesus-ee” By Steve on November 4, 2014 God I love Doctor Who! And admittedly I love Doctor Who even more in the episodes where the Doctor gets all…well…um Jesus-ee Yes, like Aslan (and Willy Wonka) our beloved Time Lord Doctor Who tends…
Read more Uncategorized A Texas School, Christian Plaques, And How Fox News Gets It Wrong…Again! By Steve on October 30, 2014 In Midlothian, Texas a school is under fire for displaying a dedication plaque stating the following: Dedicated in the Year of our Lord 1997 to the Education of God’s Children and to their Faithful Teachers in the…
Read more Uncategorized The Problem I Have With “My Pastor” By Steve on October 28, 2014 “Who’s your pastor?” It’s a question you have probably heard more than a few times if you tend to hang out in church circles. As a pastor myself I know the challenges that can come from…
Read more Uncategorized Can Someone Who Is Not A Christian Be More “Christian” Than A Christian? By Steve on October 15, 2014 Can someone who is not a Christian be more “Christian” than a Christian? In my last post I noted that recent Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s “way” imitated that of Christ. A friend commented…
Read more Uncategorized Weekend Distractions: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Demonstrates Christ’s “Way” By Steve on October 12, 2014 Yesterday Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace prize recipient by winning the award at the age of 16. As early as the age of 12 Malala was blogging about the need for girls to have…
Read more Uncategorized “The Romance of Grace” by Jim McNeely By Steve on October 10, 2014 As the message of grace spreads through the church it goes without saying that grace authors face an increasingly difficult challenge; distinguishing their grace book from the plethora of others that have recently hit the market. In The…
Read more Uncategorized Forget “Left Behind”: Jesus Breaks the Cycle of Power and Violence By Steve on October 8, 2014 When Jesus walked the earth he tended to make a lot of people around him angry and frustrated. That’s because the Jewish people were looking for a new leader. Someone who would rise up with God…
Read more Uncategorized Dispatches From Hong Kong: My Experience as the City Speaks! By Steve on September 30, 2014 If you’ve seen the news the last couple days you know then that Hong Kong has come alive. On Sunday evening tens of thousands of students took to the streets in Central Hong Kong in…
Read more Uncategorized 3 Reasons Why Jesus Is NOT My “Personal Lord & Savior” By Steve on September 25, 2014 If you grew up in evangelical or charismatic church circles you were probably encouraged to “receive Jesus” as your “Personal Lord and Saviour”. Doing this, usually done in the form of a “sinner’s prayer”, guaranteed…
Read more Uncategorized Weekend Distractions: Scotland Shows How It’s Done With Non-Violent Referendum By Steve on September 21, 2014 A big day in the United Kingdom this week. The people of Scotland had the opportunity to vote for their independence from the rest of the union. Think about that for a moment. They got…