New Book: A History of Churches of Christ in Cuba My buddy Tim Archer has co-authored a book about the church’s development and growth in Cuba. This has been a multi-year project, and I know he’s excited to have completed it. Go check it out. Continue reading

A Christian Nation? Since When? …For all our talk about separation of church and state, religious language has been written into our political culture in countless ways. It is inscribed in our pledge of patriotism, marked on our money, carved into the walls of our courts and our Capitol. Perhaps because it is everywhere, we Continue reading

On the Internet, You Never Know Who’s Reading Rummaging through my zillions of articles saved to pocket, I came across this gem. Mind you, some of the language in the post is a little stronger than I would usually link, but there is fantastic lesson contained in this author’s experience. The thing is, we forget Continue reading

“I’m fed up with the Church of Christ” Let’s talk about what we ought to be fed up with. I’m not fed up with churches of Christ. I am fed up with division. I am fed up with churches five miles apart who will not have anything to do with one another because of some Continue reading

One Reason You Are Bored with the Bible I can already hear people saying, “But I only watch things that are wholesome and I only use social media to connect with other like-minded Christians.” Hey, me too! But that doesn’t mean these things are not still negatively affecting your attention span and ruining your spiritual appetite. And Continue reading

My wife just started writing about her experiences teaching our daughter and growing with her. Go read check out Growing Up with Dorothy, and be sure to follow or add her to your RSS reader for updates! Continue reading

Public Schools Aren’t the Enemy Christianity’s relationship with public education is complicated and fragile, and it’s something I never thought much about until I became a teacher in the public school system. Raised as a Christian in a suburban county lucky enough to have remarkably good public schools, I never considered the idea of public Continue reading

Slander in the Camp Another word for slander in Greek is diabolos. It is the word that is used for Satan and means the “accuser”, the one who attacks the brethren. Slander is the passionate, determined goal of one person to destroy another. As you can see, it is driven by bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and every form of Continue reading

We Need Leaders, Not Just Followers We do well to note that Jesus spent a lot more time talking about the characteristics of followers than he did of the characteristics of leaders. And what is said of leaders doesn’t sound much like what the world tends to think of in a leader. But God has Continue reading