Archive for February, 2009
They
Christian pop pioneer Larry Norman once asked, “Why should the devil have all the good music?” And drat, drat drat!, he’s got all the good theme songs, too. In our Marketing Is Ministry world, we need to stand out. For all the hour’s we’ve wasted in front
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Getting
Route 666 If you’re idle as if motorless Travel the wide way The highway of eeriness. You’ll get kicked on Route 666! - pop song popularized by The Hellions Route 666 doesn’t appear on maps anymore as people
Obituary:
The late George Carlin Comedian George Carlin recently died. A cultural commentator, jester and religious cynic, he helped define modern comedy. Known for liberal use of profanity, he prompted a Supreme Court decision
Feminism's
Feminism's Scarlet Woman You dare speak out against feminism? Why, you sexiest, oppressive, testosterone-driven, club-wielding, backward, grunting, knuckle-dragging Neanderthal… Whoa. Hold on there, angry
Preacher
Gotta serve somebody - but who? Calling his movement The Zimmerman Way, the once Reverend Chuckie Leven announced to his surprised congregation that he would no longer teach from the Bible and would, in the name of postmodernism,
Choosin'
“My name is in the Bible prophetically because I am divinely chosen by God. You will not question me,” declares D’Lusion, mega prophet and supreme apostle of the Almighty, the man with whom God speaks
Bryan's
The real secret recipe... Fear is the ultimate weapon. Sure, sure. Those nuclear bombs are spooky. One flash and you’re a cindered memory a la mushroom. Explosives can maim and kill. They say you never hear the bullet
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“By this all men will know you are my disciples…” - Jesus I used to be an out of Church Christian. Why? Because I loved God with all my heart and had grown sick of the ambition, the backstabbing, the cut throat competition. Well, Bryan, the world is a fallen, evil place. Yep. I am talking about
Retaking
We sail for my Father's kingdom... I dreamed I was aboard a luxury liner, the good ship Christendom, converted curiously enough from a battleship, cruising blissfully through a lazy blue ocean. The cruise ads had
Reclaiming
Think of the great artists of the Church; Michelangelo, Bach, there have been too many to list. One name is absent from the Who’s Who of Christian artists who touched the world for God: Vincent Van Gogh. Wait. Isn’t
As
And the day started so well... While sitting in my favorite restaurant having a quiet, inexpensive lunch with my lovely wife, I watched a mini life and death drama unfold whose images will haunt me for the rest of my earthly
Jihadist
The main tenant of Islam. Since Baathits death squads in Iraq still friendly to Saddam were looking to execute him in the name of the All Merciful One, acknowledged terrorist Ackmed decided he was pro-Western after all
Extended
The church postcards kept coming with the same dire warning: “Your salvation has or is about to expire. Call To Renew – While You Can!” “I was pretty sure I was still right with God,” said sobbing Sarah Grace,
Club
Like it or not, you're expected Save for sex, there are more euphemisms about dying than any other subject. Christians like to talk about Tailgating with Jesus, while telephone workers make reference to placing one
