I’m aware of Buzzfeed although I’ve never visited it. It’s a media hotbed of progressive, bright young things who are enamored by the latest technology. It’s been accused of being anti-Christian. I wouldn’t necessarily go that far — it doesn’t exist as a militant atheist property. It is however not exactly faith-friendly. In an effort to prove that it is Christian-cool after all, Buzzfeed uploaded a video that was supposed to demonstrate how cool progressive Christians are. It was entitled “I’m Christian, But I’m Not…” The interviewees all talked about how they’re Christian but they’re not [insert any number of socially unprogressive stances and you’ve got it]. I’m sure that…

There’s a scene in Monty Python where castle workers are bringing out the plague dead. (It’s funny, trust me.) One man is sick and protests. “I’m not dead yet!” “Oh, stop being such a baby!” Christians could stand to here the same thing. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.Then we will no longer be…

God often tells His people to leave the place they are living. Now, I hope to live in Wrightwood the rest of my life. But the command is not only to leave physical places – it is to leave old ways. Remember two things: 1) that we are pilgrims in this land, and 2) God never leaves us. Command to Physically Leave (Gen 12:1) The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.  (Gen. 31:13) [God said to Jacob] “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow…