“What’s the least I can give?” I was dumbfounded and impressed that he actually had the guts to ask this out loud. But it’s probably crossed everyone’s mind at least once right? Even for a second while making the budget and paying bills? I’d never say so… But I’m not… Read More
Archive Tag: theology
How Much Should I Give?
At age 49, Mr. X suffered a stroke that transformed his mind. Afterward, he quit his job to live a life of “excessive and persistent generosity.” He “gave liberally” to strangers – food and drink to children living on the streets of his hometown in Brazil, for instance. His wife worried… Read More
What Pacifism Taught Me About The Truth (And Myself)
It happened a few months after 9/11. A friend, assuming I would agree, complained that Christians in America were overwhelmingly in support of going to war with whoever was responsible. He was a Southern Baptist. He didn’t sew his own clothes out of hemp, live in a commune, grow a… Read More
When We’re Ready Because We’re Not
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9 “What does ‘Lord’ mean?” she asked. “Boss, king, master. When you become a Christian you’re saying you want Jesus to be the king… Read More
Maybe This Is Anointed?
I grew up Baptist. We didn’t call things or people “anointed.” The first time I heard the word outside of the bible was likely at a charismatic church near the beginning of my music career. “That song is anointed.” And what he or she meant was really “I like that… Read More
Is The World Getting Worse?
He balled up his fist like a gavel and pounded on the old wooden pulpit like an almighty judge. He listed the depravities of popular culture and swore they were signs of Christ’s imminent return. This is the narcissism I grew up in. MATTHEW 13:24-30 Jesus told them another parable:… Read More