Game Interrupted

It was one of those perfect mornings for doing nothing. No one had to be at work, a soccer game, or the football field. The weather outside was wet and cold. The thermostat was set just right. The bed was soft and cozy. The entire McBrayer clan was sound asleep. Well, almost the entire clan. [...]

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Heresy

There is a story told about a meeting between Augustine, the early church father, and a little boy on a beach. At the time, Augustine was writing his book on the Trinity and was walking along the seashore, deep in prayer and thought. Augustine noticed the little boy pouring seawater into a hole that had [...]

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Only a Clown

One of Soren Kierkegaard’s parables begins: “It happened that a fire broke out backstage at a theater.” The fire spread quickly and threatened to consume the entire building. One of the characters or actors that evening at the theater was a clown. It fell upon him to go onto the stage and warn the public [...]

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Diversity Collides

Back in 1993 two preachers and 18 members of their families escaped serious injury in Vinton, Louisiana, after crashing into a tree while attempting to elude police. It is an elaborate story. 
The Rodriguez family had been missing from their home town, some 500 miles from Vinton, for two days. Police had been looking for them [...]

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Penn & Teller Tell Me More

This video is from Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame.
Penn is a raging atheist, and his words here caught me off guard. Think about it.

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Apologetics in a Pluralistic World

Paul used an apologetic tool in Acts 17 that few Christians in today’s world have had the courage to use: To build a bridge to his audience, Paul placed the Christian faith and the various philosophies and religions of the day on common theological ground. Paul rejected the tactic to attact and attempt to destroy [...]

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Nonviolent Evangelism

I helped my oldest son Blayze, with a Social Studies project this year on what was the Apalachee tribe of Northwest Florida. The Apalachee were 50,000 strong when the Spanish came to this part of the world. The very first Christmas to be celebrated in North America, I learned, was celebrated by Hernando Cortez and [...]

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