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IHOP. And I don’t mean pancakes.
I am frequently receiving questions about the local mega-ministry called “IHOP-KC.” The acronym stands for “International House of Prayer” and it is known locally for the 24/7 prayer ministry they operate. This ministry is much more than a prayer ministry. It also includes a “University” to train people for their style of ministry. IHOP recently...
The issue behind the issues. by Pastor Gary
All the recent books about recent trends are detailing the recent trend among Christian youths with regard to homosexuality: they don’t see it as a big thing. They tend to think the church has over-focused on it. They accuse the church of being “judgmental” because of its stance (isn’t that judgmental?) I agree that the...
Ugly implications of evolution: eugenics. By Grant Schultz
Eugenics is a word rarely uttered today, except in science fiction or when speaking of World War II. Literally meaning “good birth,” it is the idea that man could use his knowledge of evolution and breeding to improve humanity’s overall genetic fitness, much as he does with crops and livestock. Many people think that the...
The Truth about Life
Join us this Sunday, at our Gleason campus, as we honor the true miracle of human life! Our Executive Pastor, Jeff Stokes, will be teaching from Psalm 139 and we’ll have a special guest, Ruth Tisdale. Ruth is the Director of Client Services at our ministry partner, Advice and Aid and she’ll share how we...
Worldview: big questions…big answers.
What is a worldview? A worldview could be defined as the collection of answers every person develops to life’s biggest questions. Everyone has a worldview…though one person’s may be more developed than another’s. If this is what a worldview is, it would be possible to think of it in terms of those questions…the questions that...
Jerry Coyne attacks faith…again.
A recent USA Today editorial by University of Chicago Professor of Evolution Jerry Coyne was an assault on faith in the typical style of the “New Atheist” movement. Several have brought it to my attention. I realize the article, which is quite short, is an editorial. So is this. And I don’t pretend to be...
New atheists, new comedians…what’s next? New accountants?
Bill Maher is funny, I suppose. Funny in the same way that “Carl” who sat on the back row in 7th grade science was funny. He would snipe out insulting and sarcastic comments about the teacher or his teaching as quality enhancements to our educational experience. Back then it was hilarious. But then I grew...
How Did We Get Here?
How religious conversations at the water cooler developed over centuries. Tracking how we got here is a massive project–I’m sure beyond my ability to undertake. But here are some of my thoughts about the process in the Western world… Rationalism. We could go back farther, but we’ll start here. Rationalism had much in common with...
All Eyes on a Piece of Pottery
A shard of pottery has been found that may become the most talked about piece of pottery ever. A fragment of 15x15cm, the shard contains five lines of characters that are either proto-Canaanite or Hebrew. Why does it matter? The shard dates to about 1000 BC, 850 years earlier than the Dead Sea scrolls. If...
A question recently asked
Question: “How wrong can you be on this and still be saved? In spite of whatever else people claim to believe, if 70% claim there is more than one way to eternal life, could they really be saved?” (see article here) My response: Yeah…these surveys are definitely hard to correlate to one another. It is pretty...
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