Do you engage in worship service?
The question is not do you attend a worship service (noun)? But rather, do you engage in worship through service?
In the First Testament, the idea of ministering to the LORD is of much importance. We worship and serve YHVH. We just give to him ourselves, all of [...]
Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour from huffpost and Vimeo
In the video above, we find people claiming to be Christians yet ignoring the teachings of Christ. Forgetting the fact that we are called to be peacemakers. A pre-emptive strike (in this case against Iran) is perhaps on of the most [...]
Certain parts of modern Christianity are a turn off, even to Christians. The way that modern Christianity is marketed is one of them. Christianity is not projected to the world as a radical commitment to a man who claimed to be God.
Instead, the faith is portrayed as an easy-out. It is marketed [...]
The idea of sin is an interesting one. It presupposes there is a god to sin against. And that that god has rules. And that somehow, I have broken those rules - whether I have discovered such rules or not.
The idea of sin is purely a faith concept. I believe these [...]
I remember singing Jesus Loves Me growing up. We are taught at a very early age that Jesus loves us. We learn that we are important to God. But what about others? It seems to me that that is all we are taught: Jesus me. Not necessarily: Jesus loves you.
And [...]
I don’t tend to think of myself as elitist. I am a college student who works a part time job for little money. I dine “out” only a couple times a month. I don’t have a BMW. I don’t have a big TV or house.
It’s hard to write this list, because I am [...]
The Last Supper is one of the most scared stories in Christianity. It is imitated in the Eucharist (Baptists = The Lord’s Supper, Other Protestants = Holy Communion).
This tradition is often seen by Christians as an integral part of the faith, a sacrament, or even an obligation. But what exactly are we doing [...]
One of my closest friends is into philosophy in all kinds of ways. And he’s started getting me into the discipline.
I’m preparing a study looking at the history of the idea of Christian love. It’s quite interesting. I don’t believe there is such a subject in theology that has been as neglected [...]
I have become seriously interested in Biblical scholarship since my sophomore year of college. I’ve had the amazing blessing of studying under one of the top New Testament scholars in the country. But what’s so great about Biblical scholarship is the inclination to question the scriptures, while still holding them to be authoritative.
Many [...]
I saw a program my TiVo recorded yesterday about the end of the world. The History Channel showed this episode about many different fortune-tellers and ‘prohesyers’ throughout history who claim that the world will end on December 21 (Winter Solstice) 2012.
Among those are the Mayans who constructed one of the most elaborate calendars in [...]
