“What if I have already had sex? What if I have already been looking at porn?” Our answer is usually “repent, and don’t.” I’m not convinced that cuts it.
Christian Walk
Consistency?
If we keep thinking “that wave was the last one,” we are in for one confusing and discouraging journey.
This Is Clearly A Rant
I’m dour because I feel like I am watching two ideologies pull at Christendom like two stray dogs fighting over a chicken bone—and the bone is trying to figure out which dog it would prefer to chew on it.
A New Frontier for Local Missions?
Here is where this all ties together—the missions numbers, church stats, and discussion of influence: should the focus of local missions change?
The Billy Graham Crusades Were Good, Right?
The Christian life was never meant to be an exclusively personal experience.
Winnowing Isn’t Winning
There are steps that we could and should take when we see the withering and wilting shoots of "exvangelicalism" littering the landscape of Christendom.
Re-Hitch to the Old Testament
After his resurrection, Jesus "beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:27). In other words, Jesus used the Old Testament to explain who he is to his disciples.
Our Need for the Church is Often the Highest When Life is Good.
I never receive texts from people asking me to join them in thanking God that they traveled safely to the beach and back. For some reason, we often struggle to list the ways God has provided for us, but excel in bringing our requests.
“Judas Ate Too”
So, yes, Judas ate too, but Judas also ate unto wrath and judgment.
One remedy for “Deconstructing”
I have never had a student who was on the fringe or too involved in other extracurriculars to be at church, call me to discuss their doubts.
Weston Blaha 