Ten years ago, when I moved from rural North Carolina to uber-urban Tokyo, Japan, I brought with me a lot of baggage – and it wasn’t the kind immigration likes to rifle through. It was the baggage of a small minded boy who thought he had a grasp on God. Narrow views of religion are [...]

“I believe in justice: but I am not a preacher of the gospel of justice, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to justice. I believe in love, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of love, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to love. I am committed to peace, [...]

Christians need to be aware that the outside world does not understand the most basic of things when it comes to the spiritual world. Those eyes have been blinded and therefore they are incapable of comprehending things believers take for granted. In order to understand exactly where these misunderstandings or misconceptions lie, we must listen [...]

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Good, good. (say it like the Emperor, you know you want to!) Okay, so JC makes a good point. I just say, check and see if that is based or contradicted anywhere else in the Bible. It is in fact found else where. Here is what I found. In the Greek, (the modern Koino anyway) [...]

I have built my house to my specs and now, in order to fit the building code of the Kingdom I attempt a little reform. Knock a wall down here, a wall down there, put in a window, a garage for my SUV that I’m praying expectantly for. This is merely adherence to the law, [...]

“Do you have any tips for finding a good church?” Short Answer: Well, there is only ONE church, as stated in the Apostles’ Creed, “sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam” or “the holy catholic church,” that is, eternal and universal. The gathering of the people of God throughout time and space. When you profess faith in Christ, as [...]

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Someone asks, “What’s it mean, ‘But the lukewarm I will spit out of my mouth’?” By itself this statement has no certain meaning. Probably this is an allusion to Revelation 3:16Revelation 3:16English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV16 But since you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.WP-Bible plugin, [...]

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From C.S. Lewis In space you can move in three ways-to left or right, backward or forward, up or down. Every direction is either one of these three or a compromise between them. They are called the three Dimensions. Now notice this. If you are using one dimension, you could draw only a straight line. [...]

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”(Romans 3:23Romans 3:23English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV23 All of us have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.WP-Bible plugin) “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23Romans 6:23English: Contemporary English Version (1999) [...]

I’ve just finished reading the complete Chronicles of Narnia (thanks to Robin!) and finally made it to one of the parts I’ve been looking forward to since I began the seventh book, The Last Battle. This is the section I’m sure you’ve heard about even if you haven’t read the series. It is the bit [...]

There’s a problem with evolution: it seems impossible, improbable, inexplicable. When one looks at the incredible complexity and diversity of life on this planet (and we can’t look elsewhere – as far as we know we are alone amongst the stars) it seems to be a stretch too far to believe that we all started [...]

After rolling around in my head for sometime and coming out in prayers, it occurred to me that the thought of the only One True God, Creator of the Universe, humbling Himself before us, becoming one of us, is certainly one of the hardest points for anyone, esp. unbelievers, to accept. That He would, if [...]

While both Dave and I love to promote other Christian endeavors, we love to promote Christ above all. So while we have both agreed that Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola’s A Jesus Manifesto that is wandering around the net isn’t the first thing we would put our names on, not at least without clearing some [...]

“Autobots, TRANSFORM!”Okay, enough of that. Wait, just one more; “ROLL OUT!”Man, sometime I wonder what it would be like to do an animated movie about Jesus with Peter Cullen doing the voice of Christ… how unbelievably cool would that be? (Well, maybe its just me … but I bet a month’s pay Dave agrees) Anywho, [...]

Image by Sacred Destinations via Flickr A man noted the other day to a friend, that if we (Christians) experience hardship, it must be by the will of God. Our friend was very disturbed and retorted that it is never God’s will that evil be upon us; evil results from the Fall, not God.I know [...]

Image via Wikipedia Raised was He three timesOn the crossFrom the tomband to His Father. The Father shares His glory with His Son,The Son shares His glory with His Bodyso do we return all glory and thanks,praise and honor to the Father in Christ Jesus. Ascension Thursday, 40 days after the Resurrection, marks the rise [...]

Two train ads I did for Tokyo to share Christ, or at least spark interest, with the large Tokyo population. Taking in metropolitan mindsets, interests in Western art, fascination with English, simplicity and impact, I thought these might be a good way to use modern techniques to share. I haven’t actually printed these yet (I [...]

Brennan Manning is one of my top five favorite writers, easy. In his latest book, the furious longing of God, he punches through your chest and grips you by the entrails, rips them out, puts them back in the order they were supposed to be in before you went and messed them all up in [...]

“You have a such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!” Mark 7:9Mark 7:9English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV9 You are good at rejecting God’s commands so that you can follow your own teachings!WP-Bible plugin It is for absolute certain no man, woman nor child has ever [...]