I was on a panel this week at an event entitled Uprooting Racism from the Church, sponsored by the Michigan State University student group MSU Project 1:17. In addition to the live panel, they took anonymous questions from the audience for the speakers to answer online. I’ve realized recently that I haven’t posted about racism […]
God-Honoring Sex
God didn’t randomly create sex and then add a bunch of rules to make it as difficult as possible for us to enjoy. He created it with great intentionality. And the part of that intentionality we so often overlook is that sex is about much more than what happens between the sheets. God-honoring sex produces […]
#GameOfThrones as porn: Producer calls viewers his “pervert audience”
Game of Thrones is arguably the most popular and successful show on television. A big reason for its popularity is the gratuitous nudity it’s become famous for. People will rush to defend these displays for the sake of art, yet the producers know that sex, not art, is what sells. Listen to a Game of […]
Your “Big Dreams for God” Can End Up Crushing You
I started my church 11 years ago with big dreams for God. Church planting networks want people with big dreams for God. We create huge conferences to encourage people to dream big dreams for God. At this point your “cynic radar” is already starting to go off as you read this. Bear with me a […]
Suffering & Living Like this World is Heaven
Suffering is one of the most common reasons people doubt God. If God is so loving, how can such bad things happen? Trite statements by Christians only make this worse: Something good will come out this, just wait. God has a purpose for everything. Something good will come out of rape, child abuse, or the […]
Love? Nothing Says Valentine’s Day Like Fifty Shades Darker & the SI Swimsuit Edition
It’s February, which means Valentine’s Day is coming. The season of love. You can tell a lot about a culture by the way it celebrates holidays and in this case, you can tell a lot about what a culture thinks love is. If you asked a person on the street what love is, you would […]