My daughter and I attended a recent debate in northern Louisiana between AK Richardson and James White focused on a positive interpretation of Romans 9. Richardson’s theology was described as generally “church of Christ” theology, and he preaches for a church in AR. James White is an elder in a Baptist church in AZ and…
Did you know the word “Easter” comes from a mistranslation in the King James Version of the Bible? (And the KJV-only guys leap to defend their precious…) Where Easter Began In Acts 12, King Herod killed James, the brother of John, and when he realized what a popular activity Christian-killing was, he planned to also…
Empathy takes “Don’t judge me” to the next level. What is empathy? According to Merriam-Webster: Empathy, n. “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.” God has made people differently, so, as you would expect, some have higher capacities for empathy than others….
If you are a Christian in America, online, and haven’t heard about The Chosen: Last Supper yet, I congratulate you. I have been seeing advertisements constantly for the past couple of months. It hits theaters on April 28, and I have been told I should get my entire church to go see it and also…
Several of my Facebook friends seem quite anxious lately. I’m trying to remember if I had the same anxiety over the last four years when I felt our country’s political moorings had come untethered. I don’t think I held the same level of anxiety as those who are furiously posting and reposting against the current…
Though I was not completely surprised, I was still slightly bewildered as almost the entire Democrat wing of representatives refused to rejoice in the beautiful gifts and accolades given to several individuals and families during President Trump’s address to Congress on March 4, 2025. The entire side of the room seemed petty, sulky, and inhumane…
Too many parents (finger pointed at myself) get in a rut with the word “No.” We want to stop our children from breaking the Law. I mean, read the Ten Commandments—how many of them start with “You shall not”? Obviously, we MUST teach them “No,” and we should start when they are very young. However,…
Jesus confronted the Pharisees: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others” (Matt. 23.23). The other aspects of the law are not necessarily less…
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has been cast to play the leading role of Jesus in the already irreverent play Jesus Christ Superstar in 2025. The fact that I am not surprised says a lot about today’s attention-demanding, morally bankrupt, and frankly uncreative Hollywood. The farther they get from the one true God the more fake,…
“We have no creed but the Bible,” said the preachers of my youth. Indeed, this is the mantra of many fundamentalists groups and, often, groups which spin off into heresy and cultism. That does not prove it to be an incorrect statement, but that is a fact. What are you saying when you claim, “I…