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5 Errors That Result When Christians Pump Old Covenant Gasoline Into A New Covenant Engine
By Steve on October 3, 2013
Jesus said it doesn’t make much sense to put new wine in an old wine skin. (Mark 2:22) He said if we did, the old wineskin wouldn’t handle it and eventually would burst leaving the…
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Want To Go Deeper With God? You Really Don’t Have To!
By Steve on August 30, 2013
Have you ever: * felt the need to “go deeper” in your relationship with God? * felt like your Christian walk has stalled and you desire to go “to the next level”? * felt a…
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John Piper’s God Looks More Like “Dexter” than Jesus
By Steve on August 14, 2013
After reading my post yesterday on the great lengths God will go to for his children my brother Andy commented: I just did a post about a John Piper video that is making a resurgence on the…
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“Do Not Judge” What? Was Jesus Crazy?
By Steve on June 5, 2013
As human beings living on Earth there is one thing that unites us with a common thread. Whether you are black or white, rich or poor, male or female, American, Chinese, Indian, Australian, African and…
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: A Review
By Steve on May 29, 2013
There is an old church joke that goes something like this: A ship sinks and two guys survive but are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. The first man is…
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Rob Bell…And Hell!
By Steve on March 2, 2013
Last night a group of friends and acquaintances gathered together in Central Hong Kong. It was a Friday night, the work week was over, and so they came together to drink a little wine, eat…
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“Does God Really Not Like Me?”
By Steve on January 3, 2013
Just before the Christmas holiday I wrote a piece on Christ as “God with us”. I’ve been mulling that idea over in my mind through endless renditions of Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels…
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James Dobson, Fear, & The Shooting in Connecticut
By Steve on December 27, 2012
About 10 years ago a Christian friend gave me a CD with a teaching by James Dobson on it. Dobson at the time was rallying Christians to support a judge who refused to remove a…
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“How Do I Get Close to God?”
By Steve on December 14, 2012
I recently had a talk with someone who asked if they could come see me. The guy had had some challenges in life and was trying to get “closer to God” to address those challenges. …
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The Kingdom of God vs. The American Republic
By Steve on November 21, 2012
There was a movie a few years back starring Chris Sarandon as Jesus called The Day Christ Died. Even though its been a long time since I’ve seen it, a line from it still sticks…