Read more Uncategorized “Holy Ghosts” With Peter Rollins Pt. 2 By Steve on May 8, 2014 Well, after a week in Belfast I’m still processing the time there with Pete Rollins and Holy Ghosts. What was it like you ask? As I put it in a Facebook update: Film makers, theologians, artists, philosophers,… Read more Uncategorized Prominent Pentecostal Pastor’s Conversion to Catholicism Has Wider Implications for Evangelicals By Steve on March 14, 2014 A common story heard around evangelical / charismatic circles in the ’70s and ’80s went something like, “I grew up Catholic but then I got ‘born-again’ when I was at college” or “I was raised… Read more Uncategorized When the “Good News” Becomes “Good” Again! By Steve on February 22, 2014 Two years ago I had a paradigm shift in my faith when I read Brian Zahnd’s Beauty Will Save The World. As I wrote then “I suddenly had my ‘spiritual mojo’ back!” In hindsight now… Read more Uncategorized Ghostbusters: or How Christians Should Behave With “Portable Nuclear Reactors” On Their Backs By Steve on February 14, 2014 You remember Ghostbusters right? Three guys with portable nuclear reactor laser like weapons on their backs that they would use to blast the demons, ghosts, and goblins invading New York City. The one rule they lived by… Read more Uncategorized The Ken Ham – Bill Nye Debate: What Happens When You Bring A Bible To A Science Fight By Steve on February 6, 2014 Last night the highly publicized debate pitting evolution defending Bill Nye (the Science Guy) and Creationist defending Ken Ham took place on Ham’s home turf at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. It was entertaining, informative,… Read more Uncategorized Old Testament God Vs. New Testament God: Jesus Clears the Confusion By Steve on January 14, 2014 For centuries Christians have been trying to reconcile the discrepancies in God’s nature we often see between the Old Testament and the New. In some cases the character changes seem so stark in contrast that a… Read more Uncategorized If Jesus Is The Word Where Does That Leave The Bible? By Steve on January 3, 2014 The Apostle John had a gift for describing what we may call in the 21st century “the Big Picture.” Rather than start his account of Christ’s life with a genealogy (Matthew) or with a historical… Read more Uncategorized 10 Cool Things About Being An American Christian (But Not Living In America) By Steve on November 22, 2013 Ah, politics and religion! The age old discussion topics everyone is warned to stay clear of lest an argument result. The online world is rife with it though and most of it is pretty inane. … Read more Uncategorized Mick Mooney’s “Snap” Reveals A Pastor’s Breaking Point By Steve on November 12, 2013 Ok, full confession. As a Christian of nearly 40 years who has been a missionary, an elder, an Associate Pastor, and a Senior Pastor I was very familiar with every main character in Mick Mooney’s… Read more Uncategorized More Thoughts on John Piper, God, And “Dexter” By Steve on August 22, 2013 Does pastor and theologian John Piper worship a different God than the one I do? That was the question I unpacked a couple posts back when I suggested that, based on some comments made by… Prev Next
Read more Uncategorized “Holy Ghosts” With Peter Rollins Pt. 2 By Steve on May 8, 2014 Well, after a week in Belfast I’m still processing the time there with Pete Rollins and Holy Ghosts. What was it like you ask? As I put it in a Facebook update: Film makers, theologians, artists, philosophers,…
Read more Uncategorized Prominent Pentecostal Pastor’s Conversion to Catholicism Has Wider Implications for Evangelicals By Steve on March 14, 2014 A common story heard around evangelical / charismatic circles in the ’70s and ’80s went something like, “I grew up Catholic but then I got ‘born-again’ when I was at college” or “I was raised…
Read more Uncategorized When the “Good News” Becomes “Good” Again! By Steve on February 22, 2014 Two years ago I had a paradigm shift in my faith when I read Brian Zahnd’s Beauty Will Save The World. As I wrote then “I suddenly had my ‘spiritual mojo’ back!” In hindsight now…
Read more Uncategorized Ghostbusters: or How Christians Should Behave With “Portable Nuclear Reactors” On Their Backs By Steve on February 14, 2014 You remember Ghostbusters right? Three guys with portable nuclear reactor laser like weapons on their backs that they would use to blast the demons, ghosts, and goblins invading New York City. The one rule they lived by…
Read more Uncategorized The Ken Ham – Bill Nye Debate: What Happens When You Bring A Bible To A Science Fight By Steve on February 6, 2014 Last night the highly publicized debate pitting evolution defending Bill Nye (the Science Guy) and Creationist defending Ken Ham took place on Ham’s home turf at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. It was entertaining, informative,…
Read more Uncategorized Old Testament God Vs. New Testament God: Jesus Clears the Confusion By Steve on January 14, 2014 For centuries Christians have been trying to reconcile the discrepancies in God’s nature we often see between the Old Testament and the New. In some cases the character changes seem so stark in contrast that a…
Read more Uncategorized If Jesus Is The Word Where Does That Leave The Bible? By Steve on January 3, 2014 The Apostle John had a gift for describing what we may call in the 21st century “the Big Picture.” Rather than start his account of Christ’s life with a genealogy (Matthew) or with a historical…
Read more Uncategorized 10 Cool Things About Being An American Christian (But Not Living In America) By Steve on November 22, 2013 Ah, politics and religion! The age old discussion topics everyone is warned to stay clear of lest an argument result. The online world is rife with it though and most of it is pretty inane. …
Read more Uncategorized Mick Mooney’s “Snap” Reveals A Pastor’s Breaking Point By Steve on November 12, 2013 Ok, full confession. As a Christian of nearly 40 years who has been a missionary, an elder, an Associate Pastor, and a Senior Pastor I was very familiar with every main character in Mick Mooney’s…
Read more Uncategorized More Thoughts on John Piper, God, And “Dexter” By Steve on August 22, 2013 Does pastor and theologian John Piper worship a different God than the one I do? That was the question I unpacked a couple posts back when I suggested that, based on some comments made by…