My Love for Theology and History in Preaching

The following was originally formatted as a discussion post assignment for Public Theology for Liberty University’s J. Rawling’s school of divinity. It was meant to answer the following prompt: “From your reading and your own experience as a...

The Church Playbook?

At a time when some churches have the appearance of struggling to grow their congregation there are many tools available claiming to help grow their church.  Many provide steps and techniques that they claim they have proven to bring growth.  One that I see popping up...

A Scripture Rejected in Practice

There is a passage of Scripture that seems to be very neglected in the Church these days.  Many will say they agree with it but in practice, they don’t appear to be doing what they say.  I’m sure this rejection is done with many passages, but the one I am...

Ransom Notes

Iconic Pieces of Paper     Almost everyone has seen a television show or movie with the iconic scene in which the cut-and-paste note is introduced. It is the note delivered to an individual or family that has different letters that were cut from magazines or...