As a young child, my mother would tell me to “Put on your thinking cap” when I had to solve a problem. Jesus says something of the same thing to Peter, but much more directly. How do we develop Kingdom thinking? This brief look at the an encounter between Peter and Jesus might give us [...]
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Archive | August, 2011
Sermon: Rethinking Our Ideas About God
August 13, 2011
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Just when we think we’ve got this business of faith and doctrine all figured out, Jesus comes along to challenge our ideas about God. Here’s the sermon I’m preaching tomorrow about a woman who wasn’t supposed to get in on the Kingdom of God, but who claims her place through faith. There’s a lesson here [...]
Read moreThe Real Lottie Moon Story
August 11, 2011
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While many individuals are held in high esteem in our denomination, Southern Baptists have only one saint and her name is Lottie Moon. Of course, we don’t refer to her as “St. Lottie,” but the legend that has arisen around her life story qualifies Lottie Moon for the highest regard in Baptist life. After all, [...]
Read moreThe Echo Chamber of Religion Leads To Extremism
August 4, 2011
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The strange case of Warren Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ leader, ended today in Jeffs’s conviction for child rape. We wonder how it is possible in the 21st century for hundreds of men and women to be deluded by Jeffs’ bizarre, perverted religious expression. Jeffs and the FLDS are the [...]
Read moreDoes the President Need a Prophet?
August 3, 2011
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Normally, I don’t write about politics because it’s a sure way to alienate at least half of your readers. But I just read Wendell Griffen’s article titled, Obama Protects the Powerful Over the Poor. Griffen contends that President Obama needs a prophetic voice in his circle of advisers, one who will speak for the poor [...]
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