PUNK THRASH AND JESUS 

A newspaper report several years ago focused on “the Christian hard rock and metal scene”.  The reporter identifies himself as “a teenager growing up in the evangelical subculture [who] was a huge fan of Christian hard rock and metal in the early 2000s.” He says...

Stand Your Ground 

God calls us to stand firm in His Word and in the life He wants us to live. Standing your ground is sometimes easier said than done! Life will run over us at times. When others don’t live by the same rules we do, we may be unpopular, we may be ridiculed, and we may...

The Challenge of Radical Christianity 

Chicago Community Organizer Saul Alinsky published his famously controversial Rules for Radicals in 1971. The book is dedicated to Lucifer whose rebellion won him a kingdom.  Long before Alinsky there was Christ, whose humility and submission won Him a very...

Pie in the sky? 

Some people think that Christianity offers “pie in the sky” – promises that sound good and never deliver. But for real pie in the sky look at advertising! It has become so much a part of life we hardly notice how it constantly churns out pies somewhat less substantial...

Everything Is From God!

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17). Christians know that blessings and success in life come only from God. Yet we are sometimes guilty of...

MAKE ME A CAPTIVE 

Paradox is inherent to Christianity. Paul writes of being strong when he is weak. Jesus warned that whoever desires to save his life will lose it. On other occasions our Lord promised that the least among his followers would be great, and the meek would inherit the...