Category: Faith

  • Winds of Change in the Church of the Nazarene

    July 3, 2016
    The Church of the Nazarene is a small denomination, a true community where everyone knows everyone, yet there is a…
  • Three Reasons I Broke Up with the Baptist Church

    April 4, 2016
    In the first 21 years of my life, I regularly attended somewhere around 10 or 11 different churches. They all…
  • The Problem with “Biblical” Opposition to John Piper’s Pacifism

    January 20, 2016
    I rarely find myself on the same theological page as Piper, but as I read his article called “Should Christians…
  • Discerning Fear with the Help of Faith

    December 11, 2015
    We live in a scary world. Every time we turn around, we discover something new that causes us to fear…
  • A Life After Christ

    October 13, 2015
    For me, the ultimate goal of my faith is to live the type of life that Jesus Christ modeled. I…
  • No more pooping inside.

    September 11, 2015
    Oscar pooped in the house again. When Shannon and I lived in Oklahoma, we were around the house pretty much…
  • A Nation After Christ

    July 3, 2015
    There are a lot of different ideas about whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Regardless of…
  • In Light of Love

    June 27, 2015
    Even greater than truth is the command to love our neighbors, but how do we show love to the people…
  • In Defense of Truth

    June 24, 2015
    In an age when reality is becoming gray, seeing the world in black-and-white is increasingly taboo. Stating your belief that…
  • The Joy of Pride

    June 15, 2015
    A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me, “What is the most important piece of advice you’ve ever received?”…