Some pointers for would-be point-ers.

So you just heard some say “Put your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sin.” without invoking the Five Points of Calvinism. Just heard someone else say that you are “lucky”? Maybe you heard someone announce their weekend plans without uttering the words “God willing.” What to do? Here are a few [...]

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Cantankerous Calvinists have a conniption.

A few thoughts on the recent debate on a Francis Chan video over at Pyromaniacs:
Seems that a number of people had a problem with an evangelistic short film produced by Pastor Chan’s church. Not enough Scripture, too many unguarded statements, not enough Calvinism spelled out in capital letters. Whatever. people seriously had themselves a major [...]

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Signs, signs, everywhere signs.

Read on a billboard in Omaha:
“If you must curse, use your own name. -God”
Heard from a passerby:
“Huh?”
I’ve seen this same series of billboards all over the city. Another one says “That ‘Love thy neighbor’ thing, I meant that. -God” Another says “Let’s meet at my house Sunday befre the game. -God.” Still another [...]

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Dot your “i”s and cross your “t”s.

Walk with me a moment while I reflect on a lesson from church history. Around the 4th century, two men squared off about the nature of Christ. One argued that Christ was not human, and the other argued that that’s all He was. Two Greek words captured the difference: homousion and homoiousion. The difference [...]

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