The Problem With Not Having Hell
The pastor was a sought after preacher for his denomination’s conferences. The church he pastored was thriving if all you looked at was the number of people occupying the pews
Continue readingCore Beliefs Are Bogus
A lot of people leave church because they really think that in order to be a Christian they have to believe: Hell is real and everyone who doesn’t believe in
Continue readingAmbiguous About Church?
Are you ambiguous about church? Do you wake up on Sunday morning and ponder your options: sleep in, go to brunch, go to the mountains, go to the beach, read
Continue readingSqueezed In
It was Thursday before Christmas. I needed to squeeze in writing a sermon for Christmas eve somewhere in between cooking several meals for pending parties, getting ready to go camping,
Continue readingVirtues and Viruses
Lots of things are contagious: yawns, colds, the flu. Gratitude is also contagious. When we express thanks to another person, we spread the virtue of gratitude. What tends to go
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