Guess what? Jesus is coming back!! Despite being a nation with a large percentage of people who would call themselves Christians, I wonder if I am in the minority of people who actually believe this is true. Ironically, it seems like there is always someone predicting His return is soon. Someone will tie his second…
I have not always been a runner. I have always enjoyed sports. I played soccer in high school and college and always considered myself somewhat in shape. But several years ago I hit my highest weight, realized I had a pretty sedentary lifestyle, and was eating very poorly. I changed my diet at that point…
I am a Christian Fundamentalist. Compared to most Americans and many self-professed Christians I take my faith ‘too seriously’. I adjust my daily routine to rise in the morning to read my Bible and pray (because I believe the Bible is fundamentally true). I am careful about what I watch on TV and what movies…
A couple of things have come up in the media recently that have led me to consider and question the civility of the “civilized” world. The realities of living in a society with more information at our fingertips than any other generation lends itself to all kinds of abuses. But what I have seen in…
I have grown to love Gungor. They are a very musically gifted band led by Michael and Lisa Gungor. I love the creativity and intentional quality that they add in a world where so much music is shallow and lacking depth. Many contemporary songs are musically written as just shells to carry forward some lyrics.…
We live in a very direct culture. Mericans, tend to be a pretty forward bunch on the global scene and if someone is talking loud on the underground in London, it is probably a Merican. As I was listening to Ravi Zacharias this morning on a podcast referring to the art of subtlety in our…
I climbed out of my cave a couple weeks ago and watched “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Barn Theater in Augusta, Michigan with my wife and kids. Having set my eyes on it for the first time I was completely intrigued and torn over the theme of tradition. I grew up in a household…
Those who hope in me will not be disappointed. If I just left that one hanging, it might leave some questions in your mind . . . Has Don lost his mind? Has he gone on a power trip? Superman complex? But this is not a quote from me. And despite sounding like something Lebron,…
It seems like Christians make the news in one of two ways. Either they have a catastrophic moral failure or they say something that appears unintelligent and/or quaint in our postmodern society. But I would suggest that for every article highlighting a moral failure there are hundreds if not thousands of faithful servants seeking to…
I have recently noticed a trend that is probably not very recent. I am often behind the times just enough that I am just realizing something is cool, right about the time it is totally on the way out. Know what I’m saying, my peeps? But to the point, I have heard a lot of…
My title was once “missionary”. That title meant that I was an individual that was fully employed in the cause of taking the good news of the gospel to those who did not know the good news of the gospel. Most people when they hear the word missionary assume some international context. From childhood, I…
I attended a pastor’s conference in Chicago recently and one of the most beneficial take-aways, came from a breakout session that had about 20-30 in attendance. The topic was “debunking the myths about marriage and divorce” and since divorce and remarriage are something I have been specifically studying, it grabbed my attention. I have often…
