May 29, 2019
The quest for market relevance has produced a vacuum, a black hole, that is now confronting the Low churches. Will we continue to drift inside that hole or make the much needed turn back to the character of God? In this episode I explore the beauty, need, and relevance of God's holiness. I also offer 5 practical steps...
May 22, 2019
Why is the Church sick? Because in different ways we get distracted with the values of the age, something I call "Lord Zeitgeist." And the wild thing is? It doesn't even need to involve moral decay, it can just involve a mis-directed focus. We can fail to target what Jesus exhorted us to target. Come and think...
May 15, 2019
The Gallup Poll reports that church membership is notably down from just two decades ago. Why? What is going on inside the church to cause this decline? As a remedy, if not only as ballast, to what did Jesus call us? What kinds of things are distracting and side-lining the Church today? Come and think both critically...
May 8, 2019
What are the biblical perspective and the Jesus perspective on wealth and riches? Is it sinful to be rich? How was wealth gained in the first century? How did the ancient Jewish world seek to span the wealth gap between the rich and poor? What was the central issue for Jesus concerning wealth? What's all that mean...
May 1, 2019
Was Jesus anti or pro nuclear family? More carefully, what did Jesus believe was the center of family? And just why today is family so under assault? Me, I have had many experiences of non-family folks who felt more like family than some family! Why is that? What are some of the most famous TV shows about family?