Preaching The Truth?
LTJG Kaffee: I want the truth! Col Jessep: You can't handle the truth! -A Few Good Men I was reading through the comments of a John Crist video I shared on Facebook recently. In it he addressed how hard he and other Christians could be on pastors who use stunts and...
WWJD, Or When Helping Hurts
I’m always very proud of the people at our church for the way they are so generous and so quick to help people in need. Not only are we active in the community with service events like road cleanup’s, feeding the hungry, doing yard cleanups, repairing homes and much...
The Ends do not Justify the Memes
A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. (Proverbs 17:4) Guys, we have a real problem here. We have a problem with the truth. And I’m not just talking about society at large, I am talking about Christians. We have...
Not Exactly a Blog
Cruising facebook the other day I came across a Babylon Bee article satirizing Christians who leave a bible tract in lieu of a tip. I wrote the following as a comment on that article, and thought it was worth sharing. In addition to addressing the original subject...
I Don’t Remember You
When I first accepted the call to be Pastor of Holy Cross Lake Mary, I was working as a Probation Officer for Seminole County. During my first year or two at the church I would frequently run into people that I had known in my capacity as a Probation Officer. It was...
You Gotta Have Faith-ah, Faith-ah, Faith-ah!
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 Sometimes we forget how lost the world really is. For example, I was listening to the talking heads on the news discussing the...
We Are All One (in Christ)
He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Luke 20:25) I had an unsettling conversation the other day. It wasn’t because the person did or said anything particularly wrong, but because the story they told made me...
Waiting to Exhale
Before feudal Japan was united under the Shogun in the 17th century, it was ruled over by three great samurai generals. They were Oda Nobunaga, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. There is a legendary story that people tell about them which is supposed to...
Baptism in the Holy Spirit, or Just Baptism?
…one Lord, one faith, one baptism (Ephesians 4:5) What is Baptism in the Holy Spirit? You may have heard this term before, and you may even use this term or know someone that does. What does it mean? Is it Scriptural? Is it something we should be using? It’s a...
Love Yourself First?
I’m a big fan of a television series called Supernatural. In it two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, hunt monsters. The actor who plays Sam is a guy named Jared Padalecki. Jared has struggled off and on throughout his life with depression. Through his success on...