In March 2017 the movie The Shack will hit theater screens across the country. It’s a guarantee that Tim McCraw and Faith Hill’s original song for the movie, Keep Your Eyes on Me, will become a mega-hit. Whether the film itself is a blockbuster is yet to be seen, butRead More
ARE YOU ‘SAVED’? (UH…)
A constellation of questions, common to some Christian traditions, increasingly makes me cringe. Are you saved? Is he/she saved? When were you saved? I know what is intended. They are identifying ‘saved’ with the moment I ‘invited Christ into my heart’ through the faith confession involved in ‘the Sinner’s Prayer.’Read More
Lie #25: God is Disappointed in Me.
Every child yearns to hear “I am proud of you,” not for performance but simply for being. Yet, most of us know what it’s like to feel the devouring abyss of disappointment, especially in the face and voice of others. My father was disappointed in me—all the time. At leastRead More
Did Jesus Make Mistakes?
My eight-year-old grandson, “G,” is having a conversation about mistakes with his Dad, my son. G: “Dad, do you think Jesus ever made a mistake?” Dad: “Well G, very smart people have had different thoughts about that question, what do you think?” G: (After reflecting), “I think he did, because howRead More
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