The Pot and the Kettle: MacArthur and Driscoll
John MacArthur, popular radio speaker, Christian author, and pastor of the Grace Church in Southern California, along with his associate Phil Johnson, have written a series of enlightening articles at their online magazine, Pulpit Live, on the “emerging church movement” (ECM). The latest article features a sharp criticism of Mark Driscoll (I would link him, […]
Do You Pray for an Outpouring of the Spirit?
Recently over at Sharper Iron, Pastor Joe Roof posted this statement: When I used the term revival, I am speaking of a needed outpouring of the Spirit of God upon the people of God. Evidences of genunine revival are found in places like Acts 2 and Ezra. What happened in the days of Josiah was […]
A Case Study in Fake Tolerance Part 2
Since this is part 2, perhaps I should assume that you know that part 1 would be good to read to get a head start. I am breaking-down an article written about me related to a tract I wrote and passed out in El Sobrante, CA. I will italicize the source and comment in regular […]
A Case Study in Fake Tolerance
I need to use this space to argue. Stick with me. A new wave of Sikh mail has come to me in response to a second round of articles written by one of them to keep alive something certain Sikhs protest that they want to abolish. Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet: “The lady doth protest too […]
Fiction Is Stranger Than Truth
There they go again! Man must leave earth to survive. I agree. Man (me) will leave earth to survive. And it won’t be with the Hale-Bop Comet. Did they find the samples for this experiment from the aisles at Costco Warehouse? “The samples we found strongly support the single impact hypothesis,” said Ken MacLeod. MAKE […]
The Seeds of Delusion
I recently browsed the NY Times bestsellers at a local Barnes & Noble and noticed The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Dawkins is a scientist at Oxford University and a self-proclaimed atheist. Truly, since Dawkins had made the popularity list, I was optimistic that he would have some of the best arguments for the atheists, […]
Question Authority
I was talking to a man who has children in our church school. Before his children were enrolled in a school in close proximity to us in our town here. That school had a huge poster in the lobby of their gymnasium with the giant words “Question Authority.” He confronted the administration about that banner. […]
The Medium and the Message Pt. 3
How do people acquire the information that affects their choices? Who is most manipulated by the political ad or the thirty-second sound byte? A few years back the people of the state of California voted against educational vouchers. When the campaign for this voucher system first started the polls showed huge support, a large majority. […]
The Medium and the Message Pt. 2
If I say the name “Jesus,” that name possesses only one meaning. I am quite sure that most of you would agree that many different definitions are attached to that name, and all because of the context in which the name is used. Why is that? For an answer, first consider the meaning of “word”: […]
The Medium and the Message
God has given His message to us in written words. We comprehend written words through linear thought. Since before the printing press, societies have primarily used and then thoroughly developed linear thinking skills. With the medium of written word, people are conditioned to think in sequences, as one letter and one word follows another on […]