There have been many versions of this old 1966 Ramsey Lewis jazz song, Wade in the Water, I remember learning a cover version on guitar to play for a school scripture class while a friend […]
Shawn Bolz, Bethel & the widespread lack of accountability in the church.
Shawn Bolz is a fraud; he has been exposed, with copious amounts of evidence, to be a fake prophet (data mining Facebook and claiming God gave him secret knowledge), and to have behaved in sexually […]
Sorry, I was wrong, and you need to know
There’s something sacred about opening the Bible. Not because the paper is holy or the ink carries magic, but because Christians believe that through these words God has chosen to speak; clearly, faithfully, and for […]
We’ll have to go through it!
CAN’T GO OVER IT There’s a fun story book that I loved as a boy, ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’, that describes the adventures of some children on a journey to find a bear. On […]
Make Disciples; what did Jesus mean?
The final words Jesus spoke to His disciples were not rushed, sentimental, or abstract. They were spoken by the risen Lord, standing on the far side of death, addressing men who were about to be […]
When Jesus goes flipping mad
I was watching the new season of the Chosen this week, it was the episode where Jesus enters the Temple and breaks out a whip… he goes Old Testament on the market place and starts […]
Worship ≠ Music
Music is powerful. How many memes have you seen of great scenes from movies but the music has been replaced with something absurd? Like someone walking down the isle in Romantic Drama while the Imperial […]
monty python & The DOCTRINE of spiritual ‘Activations’
In some Pentecostal and charismatic circles there is this belief that although Christians have received the Holy Spirit, there are ‘dormant gifts’ that cannot be, or are not being, accessed, used, or engaged with. According […]
Speak Lord, We’re Listening
The thing that always amazes me when I read the scriptures is how clearly the voice of God is portrayed as coming to the people we read about, especially in Genesis. There’s no apparent wrestle, […]
Vulnerability & Availability: The perfect trap
Ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time and found yourself doing the very thing you don’t want to do? Yeah, me neither *cough*. The reality is, we all find ourselves in places […]
