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Dr. David Phillips has been a friend for several years. In the SBC blogosphere of yore, he usually went by the name “Tech Support” since he was the only one in our little group that understood the technology behind “Edit Post” and “Publish.” He saved my bacon many times along the way and gave me my first actual domain name to make my blog’s url more memorable. It was a welcome relief not needing...
At my wife’s suggestion, I recently read her copy of Flirting with Faith: My Spiritual Journey from Atheism to a Faith-Filled Life. Written by professor Joan Ball, it is the engaging, humorous and revealing story of how an affirmed atheist with no problems to speak of, searching for nothing and experience no spiritual doubts, was smacked down “Paul on the road to Damascus style” and, to paraphrase C.S. Lewis, became the most surprised convert...
Anyone who has ever pastored or attended a small town church can appreciate the reality of the “one who runs everything.” Those closed communities where the same folks have lived on the same land for generations are sometimes situated around those churches that I call “family owned and operated.” Everyone in the church is related, except the pastor of course, so even when they are fighting with each other blood is thicker than water....
Imagine you receive this phone call from a friend today: Friend: “Hey, you gotta hear this new album I just downloaded.” You: “Ok.” Friend: “It’s a concept project like Tommy by The Who or Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson.” You: “Ok. Those are pretty historic recordings. Who is this one by?” Friend: “A Canadian band called Arcade Fire.” You: “Ok. What’s the concept?” Friend: “It’s an entire album about urban sprawl.” You: “Okaaaaaaaay…”...