Category Archives: church

The Institute for the Obvious: Homophobiaphobia

If you find yourself in a grand quandary, chances are you are missing the obvious. No, I don’t mean that all difficult questions come equipped with easy answers. The point isn’t that every complex question can only be reached through … Continue reading

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For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest

Unity matters. However, so does diversity. Unity and diversity unite in the very nature of God. God is three persons united in one essence. The world around us fails to see how God’s creation reflects the Trinity, and it always … Continue reading

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Our Illiteracy: The Shameful Ignorance of our Churches

Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones. Moses and the burning bush. Hosea’s marriage to Gomer. These are not obscure stories hidden in out of the way books of the Bible. Yet each of them I have recently found were … Continue reading

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How Well Should Pastors Be Paid? Who Should Decide?

First, it’s not as easy question. In the open market people should be paid at the intersection of what they’re willing to work for and what someone is willing to pay them. You will never hear me complain either that … Continue reading

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Monday’s I Am… Study- The God Who Judges

Technical difficulties have postponed our next Jesus Changes Everything podcast. In lieu of, here is our study from our series “I Am…” considering God’s role as judge of all things. Check it out.

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What does it mean to preach from text to table?

I’m not sure if “Text to Table” is a thing, or has been a thing. I do know my own use of that language is not borrowed from someone else, though I would be quite surprised if no one thought … Continue reading

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Calvin at His Best: Living for Worshipping the Living God

Some don’t like the system bearing his name. Some don’t like that we use his name to describe our system of understanding. Most, on both sides, however, miss what animated the man John Calvin. Calvin was a man focused on … Continue reading

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Timing and the Times: A Time to Consider

I don’t understand the algorithms that manage social media. Somehow I have it in my head that most of the people who see what I post on twitter see it because somewhere along the line they decided to follow me. … Continue reading

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Are Latter-Day Saints Christians, Just Another Denomination?

No. Unequivocally no. If words have meanings, no. That doesn’t mean they are worse than any other unbelievers. It doesn’t mean they don’t think they are. It doesn’t mean others don’t think they are. But they are not. Why not? … Continue reading

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Love In His Kingdom: Bringing the Outside In

The kingdom of God is at war. The promise from the beginning was that the seed of the woman, our King, would come and crush the head of the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:15). Jesus’ first step out of … Continue reading

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