Category Archives: Big Eva

What is “second degree separation”?

When it comes to the fundamentals of the faith, I’m grateful to be considered a fundamentalist. I’d suggest the defining distinction between fundamentalists and evangelicals is that evangelicals have an aching hole in their souls that longs for the world’s … Continue reading

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Pluralism

There is no such thing as the “More Party.” They do not run campaigns seeking to unseat sitting officials of the “Less Party.” Both “more” and “less” need more context and less ambiguity. We need to know what we are … Continue reading

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Grumpy Pants

I have a friend who was once a performer. He is a passionate man, but also, from time to time, profoundly honest. I went to see him perform and he made this confession. He said, “My wife told me that … Continue reading

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Unfaithful Voting

Dr. Al Mohler found himself in the cross-hairs of the evangelical left recently when he publicly stated that Christians are being “unfaithful” when they vote wrongly. I honestly cannot begin to fathom how any faithful Christian could even question such … Continue reading

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How was my social media fast?

Not so fast. Let me define my terms. Roughly six weeks ago I determined to take a rest. That meant no blog pieces. No podcast. No tweets. No (almost) comments. While those decisions led to less screen time, I did … Continue reading

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A Christian Nation or Christian Nationalism?

On the left side of the aisle we have those who insist that because Jesus commands us to care for the poor that we need more government welfare programs, that because Jesus calls us to love we must affirm the … Continue reading

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What about the mega-church model of small group ministries?

I once worked in an office that was quite caught up in a then well-known book. The E-Myth was a business book, written by Michael Gerber. His thesis, as I recall, was that successful businesses are those that learn to … Continue reading

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All the Pretty Horses

One of the great things about seeking to manifest the reign of Christ is that there is always plenty to do. Firemen, ambulance drivers, soldiers and forest rangers, on a good day, find themselves with precious little to do. And … Continue reading

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On Our Sloppy Use of Words

A sensate culture is one where what we feel is more important to us than what is so. A steady diet of the feels over the thinks makes us profoundly susceptible to manipulation. Last week I tweeted something to the … Continue reading

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Why is the church so full of phonies? In the Beginning, Dust

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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