12. “Swear words” do not offend me and can help the conversation at times. 13. I trust secular businesses / enterprises more than Christian ones. If a secular business screws someone, they will smile and say “ha, ha, we screwed you.” If a Christian business screws someone they will first deny it, say it was…

For years I have fought the stigma that I’m not a very good Christian. I have to admit, that I may be oversensitive to criticism in general, but especially to this idea of inferior spirituality. There are the blatant examples that come to mind, which make me chuckle. After taking my family to visit a…

  It blows my mind to hear so many evangelicals talking about the second  amendment being part of God’s law and the evil, liberal, godless people want to  take that right away.  Can we not see that evangelicalism has been completely duped by the political right? Christianity is not a political issue. Never was. We must untangle…

Some people would say that it is wrong to bring up hard issues when a terrible event has happened. I disagree. When a relative event happens, it is the ideal time to start the discussion. For example, there is no better time to talk about gun laws than now. Yes, there are a lot of…

Of course, the thing that is on our minds today is Las Vegas. It would be foolish for anyone, at this juncture, to try and understand that which is incomprehensible. I am not going to try and do that here. We are starting to hear the chatter. Guns. Terrorists. Mental Health. Liberals. Conservatives. Isis. What…

Because Dan Brown has a new book coming out, Origin, his publisher is getting him out to the media. One of those public appearances was this morning’s, CBS Sunday Morning. They had a careful interview and a walk through his personal biography. I never knew, until this morning, where Dan Brown stood on spiritual issues.…

I had a strange experience two weeks ago. A Christian book club, which promotes and reviews Christian books, was considering listing my book Butterflies in the Belfry. While the book does have some controversial points, the director of this club was not interested in its content or reviewing the book himself. He was not even…

I believe that within us all is a drive to restore. Restoration is our calling and purpose upon this earth. Christianity is unique in its narrative that this world is not the way it was meant to be. It is damaged. It is inferior to the ideal. Even the best possible human life is left…

Okay, it is no surprise to anyone that I’m not a Donald Trump fan. I just spent two weeks in the heart of Trumpland. That trip included Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. I had several conversations with old friends, who I knew in my Evangelical days. Most were from the PCA church, but some Baptists and…

I just got back from taking a tour through the deep south or what some, fondly (wink, wink), call the “Bible belt.”  This is my culture and the place where I first discovered Christianity. I was there to visit family. My Christianity has changed a great deal over the decades but when I visit with…