With all the Christian and pseudo Christian films coming out this year, there is a lot of talk about Creative License. Hollywood directors like to use it a lot when they try to make Biblical narratives. Let’s be honest- most of the time they use this term creative license to just make stuff up. But...
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He Must be a Man of God, Before He Is a Man on a Box (Intermission)
While many have contacted me to say they have been encouraged by my current blog series on the qualifications of an open-air preacher, there has been no shortage of detractors. Most of the detractors have been open-air preachers. I have people disagree with me all the time. That’s okay. Some of my very best friends,...
Why Son of God is blasphemous and it's not why you think.
This is going to be a big year for Christian film. Movies like Noah, Son of God, Mom’s Night Out and just for fun, let’s say also the final installment of “The Hobbit”. The first film destined to save us Christians from the evils of great film-making and brilliant acting that so consistently plagues Hollywood...
Character Counts
In Part 1 of this series, I provided what I believe is a biblical definition of a man of God. In Part 2, I addressed why it is so very important for open-air preachers to strive for and to exhibit the spiritual qualities of and elder, as well as why a standard for qualification must...
He Must be a Man of God, Before He’s a Man on a Box. (Part 3)
You Must Be Above Reproach I had hoped to write one article on this important subject. Then I hoped to write two articles, then three. Well, it looks like this series may run for a while. There is simply too much I need to say. In Part 1 of this series, I provided what I...
Suffering
When Peter wrote his first epistle he was writing to a church that was suffering persecution. They lost their homes, money, possessions, and friends. Even their lives were threatened where some would have escaped with only what they could carry. They were being persecuted because of Christ. They were living for Christ and proclaiming the...
A Man of God, Before a Man on A Box (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this article, I provided what I believe is a biblical definition of a man of God. In Part 2, I will explain why I believe every open-air preacher, whether or not he aspires to serve his local church as an elder, should possess and exhibit both the character traits and spiritual...
Ellen Page’s Sad, Toxic Sermon
ELLEN PAGE’S SAD, TOXIC SERMON This past Valentine’s Day, actress Ellen Page made national news by coming out as a homosexual. I call what she said a sermon because she most obviously is preaching a message she thinks you need to hear. I use the adjective sad because I found the personal pain and turmoil...
Raising A Troublemaker… On Purpose.
Recently my wife and I received news that God has blessed us with a baby boy as our firstborn child. The thoughts and emotions have been running wild, and with the revealing of the gender they were provoked to sprint all the more. What will we name him? What will he look like? What kind...
Do Christians Need a Facebook Alternative?
In what can only be described as a joke, Facebook announced they are adding upwards of 58 new gender identities for people to choose from. Everything from transgender male, transgender female, trans-male, trans-female, trans with an asterisk (whatever that means), Non-binary and a whole bunch of other weird half-breeds- including centaur. Now, now, I’m just...