Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic
Okay so it wasn’t for me. It was for Jeremy. He turned 6 years old yesterday. And I turned what felt like 60 last night. Here was the Chuck E. Cheese recipe for fun:
Add 12 screaming children to three giant pizzas. Mix in pink lemonade, loud music and video games. Stir in generous amounts of [...]
NOTE: This is a revised reprint of an old Stier Straight I wrote awhile ago. After my much responded to blog on Bad Christian movies I thought that I would shift the "rage" (okay it’s not rage but more a more-than-mild annoyance) toward the Christian bumper sticker industry. Enjoy this post in the spirit in [...]
The other day I came home from the gym and found my little boy in the kitchen. I took off my jacket and was about to make some breakfast for him when I noticed he was staring at my arms (I was wearing a sleaveless gym shirt). Now, you’ve got to understand something…my arms aren’t [...]
I want to open a chain of stores called Heresy Unlimited. I know that I would have a great consumer base, especially with the "Christian" consumer. We could have all sorts of different departments that could provide various spiritual clothing styles that could counter the bland orthodox styles that have made the church look so [...]
I think that pastors are vastly underestimated in the power that they wield week in and week out. Combine a pastor’s spiritual authority with a built in Christian culture veneration of that role and add to it an ability to communicate God’s Word and persuade people to act on it and you have a recipe [...]
I just read another well written review of another poorly produced Christian movie. WHY? WHY? WHY? Why do we as Christians, who serve a God of excellence, continue to produce cra…I mean, less than top quality movies? How can we ever expect to use movies as an effective outreach tool if nobody will see them [...]
(WARNING: What you read may be inflammatory! Please read this longer than normal "rant" in its entirety before passing judgment.)
(WARNING2: I wrote this "rant" as a Stier Straight article almost two years ago. After reading a few articles about hell by some ministry gurus out there I thought it may be time to unleash it once [...]
I always try to read the comments posted on my blog. Its encouraging for me to read responses from my more funny ("Santa Claus is fake!") or more serious ("Mr. Potato Head God") or plain old life ("BLIZZARD!") posts. Probably one of the most encouraging responses to one of my once-or-twice-a-week-or-so rants came from Allison [...]
Okay, this is a long one. Prepare yourself.
There are certain blog/rants/articles that can’t be summed up. So let me challenge you to read this as thoughtfully and carefully as it was written. Don’t knee jerk along the way. Read the whole article and then respond. In the words of Jesus, "Those who endure to the end [...]
What is the one word you would use to describe the main thing God taught you in 2006? My one word description is (drumroll please)…
Trust
What one word would you use to describe what God taught you last year?
