If you had the power to end all of the violence in the world with a single action, would you do it? I imagine that most of us would say that of course we would. No one wants violence, right? It is just an unfortunate deterrent that we must use to prevent greater violence from … More Stop In the Name of Love
A couple of days ago I responded to an online discussion question that compared religiosity and righteousness. Honestly, I rarely comment on these kinds of questions because I don’t have much interest in having someone call me a socialist or something just because of how I interpret certain teachings from scripture about what it means … More Trading My Religion for a Cross and a Commandment
On July 17, 2016, I preached a sermon entitled “Broken For You”. The idea behind the sermon came down to the idea that if people took 100% responsibility for their lives the whole world would be transformed in an instant. The spark for the sermon came from Jesus’ teaching that those who desire to follow … More If You Don’t Bear Your Cross, Someone Else Will Have To
Have you ever felt like grace was upon you? All of a sudden you find yourself “in the right place at the right time” and the world offers you the very thing that you need with no resistance. The above video describes such an instance in my life. When things like that happen I often … More Remaining In a State of Grace
If you don’t want to slap me for making the above video, then we are friends for life even if we never meet. I can say that with honesty because if you can embrace the hub-bubbery that I spoke then it means that you are not living in the fear of loss and so we … More Nothing Is Never What We Think It Is
We’re Better Than That Back in the day I used to shine my light everywhere I went. I didn’t care what anyone thought, because I was so certain that I was doing what God put in my heart to do in every moment. I wasn’t bound by the burdens of society’s approval and I did … More We’re Better Than That
