The God Virus

I couldn’t resist reading this book when I saw the title. It peaked my curiosity and started turning the gears in my head before I even got the book.
A few people have seen me reading this book, so they politely ask “hey what you reading?”. As soon as I show them the cover the look [...]

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Born Again In The United States

Religion and modernity were never expected to go hand in hand, and for centuries they coexisted uncomfortably. But thanks to the entrepreneurial model of American evangelicals,  God is back.
I read this article that peaked my interest. I read a lot of CFR (council on foreign relations) documents, it’s a good way to keep up with [...]

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Temporary Church

Temporary
–adjective

1.
lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.

I read this blog post about the idea of “graduating Church”, and it got me thinking. The author, of whom I can’t remember because I forgot to bookmark the link ( so if it was you, great post). [...]

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The Gospel of 501(c)(3)

First if you go to a church that is NOT 501 3c tax exempt I would love some contact information to talk to someone in charge of making that decision. If your a pastor of a church that is NOT 501 c3 tax exempt I would love to talk to you. Leave a comment on [...]

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What Is “Church” And What Is Not “Church”

I’m tired of institutionalized Christians that can’t think for themselves. That are so narrow minded that any idea that doesn’t validate their belief system is not only wrong but sac-religious.
I wrote a post about how the church can help people in hard times, titled, “What I want to see churches doing in 2009?”
I re-published it [...]

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What I want to see churches doing in 2009?

Instead of of brain storming about some new sermon series, or how to spend your marketing budget for 09.
Instead of adding another building on your campus, plastering your city your billboards, or creating a youtube channel for your church.
I would love to hear stories about churches thinking out of box on how they can [...]

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September 15, The Real Birthday of Jesus?

When Is The Real Birthday Of Jesus

Could the star of Bethlehem actually have been the 2 stars of Venus and Regulus aligning as the same time, to give the illusion of one bright star. A NASA computer program has taken the historical information from the birth of Christ and calculated September 15, 5 B.C. as [...]

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A New Moral Code In America

According to George Barna, the results from a recent survey, suggest there is a significant shift in American morals.
“We are witnessing the development and acceptance of a new moral code in America,”
said Barna, the researcher and author, who has been surveying national trends in faith and morality for more than a quarter-century.
Barna believes the mosaic [...]

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So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore?

I realized I had been a christian for over two decades, I  had no concept of who Jesus was as a person and no idea how I could change that…p23
A buddy of mine sent me a link to this PDF Book called “So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore”. he raved about how [...]

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Pastor Killer’s

They are certain things that seem to Kill Pastors careers. The big 2 are SEX and MONEY.
Jim Baker, Jimmy Swaggart,  Oral Roberts, Kennith Copland, Ted Haggard, Bob Jones,  and now….
Todd Bentley of Fresh Fire Ministry has stepped down from his position on the Board of Directors. After it was revealed he was having an [...]

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