I am so very blessed to work from home, I’ve done it for years. I’m grateful for it. But I still struggle with the type of work I do. Oh, it’s not bad work at all! I own a freelance writing business. It too is a blessing. I’m my own boss, I work from where I want, when I want, and I earn a good living. The hours are very reasonable so I can put time into Christian writing and speaking. For this too, I am grateful. Yet. The work is not my favorite thing to do. I write marketing pieces for technology companies. It’s not exactly passionately exciting, plus…

I like praise songs and I’m a very emotional singer. But Rich Kirkpatrick of ChurchLeaders is absolutely right when he points out that we must know the God whom we are worshiping. A sweet praise song may be true about God’s aspect as the Comforter, but it won’t do a thing for God’s aspect as the holy fire of pure justice. “There is no context of God’s character, just our experience. We can sing “we worship You” all we want, but who is “You”—a fuzzy God who just makes us feel fuzzy, or an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God who is jealous of us loving anything or one more than Him? Do we…

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…