John Piper on Murdering Abortionists

An excerpt from a sermon that piper gave January 22, 1995,
” I believe in the wide range of non-violent efforts of the pro-life cause. And in the present atmosphere I do stress non-violent. This war will not be won by bullets. It will be won by brokenness and humility and sacrifice. It will be won [...]

Should people financially profit from their ministry?

This question was recently raised by my friend Vic on a message forum.
Just some facts to consider when thinking about this question. Perhaps it can help you make a better informed decision.
Paul refused to accept financial support from the Corinthians.
Paul however accepted financial support from other Churches.
One reason that people offer for the differences is [...]

Calvin, Edwards, and now Finney

In cyber Christendom, the all to loose use of the word heretic is tossed around frequently along with other bickering about what constitutes being saved. Recently I read a forum post where the late great Charles Finney is the latest victim hunted down my heretic hunters asserting that he was a curse to the Church [...]

Setting the Record Straight: Thoughts on Wal-Mart Trample

Among the typical Black Friday news coverage of consumers waiting in lines for hours to take advantage of door prizes and great bargains, etc, etc, news of a fatal store blitz in a Long Island Walmart made headline news. The frantic crowd charging full speed ahead was caught on a video camera and sadly a [...]

Piper on why Calvinists seem like Negative people

Check out below Pastor Piper doing a good job at trying to make sense of Christians who pride themselves of teaching the doctrines of grace but often times are ungracious to those they preach to. I respect Piper for his humble spirit at the end ( seemed like the Holy Spirit convicted him as he [...]

A Refresher on the Gospel

I occasionally ask Christians, ” What is the Gospel?”  I think you will get different responses depending on the social position you are in because although there is one Gospel, it comes to us engaging our own experiences and situations.
The more popular response is that the Gospel is our sins being forgiven and because of [...]

In Christ, unity, in politics , liberty, but in all things, love!

Our brother Tony Stone has left a beautiful reminder about Christians discussing politics with each other. Speaking in context of a message board he posts in, Stone asserts,
“Do we let politics split us? Even within the faith, we are to not have huge beefs and splits over non-essentials, but rather, show love, and bear the [...]

Pentecostal Palin

Well, well, well, I wonder what my conservative Christian brothers and sisters are saying now? For some, Obama and Biden will not get any vote because of “support [of] homosexual marriage, provisions for abortion, [and] immigration amnesty.”
Yet, these people also venomously speak against my charismatic Christian brother and sisters for speaking in tongues, prophesying, and [...]

Packing the Peace of Christ First Meeting Minutes

Hey blog friends, I have been busy recently doing Kingdom work and out of this work is coordinating a conference in talk show format (think Jay Leno, Oprah, etc.) that will confront the issue of violence and conflict in its various expressions. Below are notes of our first meeting. Check it out and pray as [...]

Picture Jesus with a Machine Gun…

The link below takes you to an article from Pastor John Piper which stimulates deep contemplation about playing the lottery. In a nutshell, Piper asserts that, “The lottery is a new opportunity to pierce your soul with many pangs.”
Yet, one should ask Piper if he honestly can picture Jesus with a machine gun shooting [...]