Should “Love Your Neighbor” Be Subject to Interpretation?

Take at look at this church sign. This was posted in front of a small church in Norfolk (England, not Virginia). Would you be offended? Even if you were not a believer, would you consider taking action against the church? A passerby was offended but then it gets really weird. Robert Gladwin, age 20, called the police to complain:

“It is my basic understanding that Christianity is inclusive and loving in nature. The message being displayed outside of the church could not be further from the often uttered phrase ‘love thy neighbour’.”

Happy Monday

Happy Memorial Day. If you need a Memorial Day post here it is, otherwise let’s continue as usual. It’s Happy Monday time! 

Happy Memorial Day

I’m going to post this today and then Happy Monday as usual tomorrow. This is an update from an archive post dated 5/18/2009. 

Memorial Day is traditionally the first long weekend of summer, so maybe for you it’s just another excuse to break out the grill and water toys.  If you have to work that day, maybe it’s an inconvenience that that the Post Office and banks will be closed.  Some people will simply sleep in that day and not care why.  The American dream lives on.

The Problem with Religion

In 2008 I said the Problem with Religion is that it’s easier than following Jesus. Posting a list of rules or setting up a routine to stick to is often easier than imitating Christ. Jesus challenges us to love unconditionally, to love the unlovable, to consider others before ourselves, to act in humility, to seek God’s will about our own and all others for that matter, and the list goes on. “Keep these 10 commandments” is predictable; following Jesus is not. Your family at home and your boss at work probably appreciate rule following and predictability; acting Christ-like may not make friends and influence people.

God is Near on Kindle

The estimates I’ve been giving for e-book availability were apparently worse case scenarios. God is Near: His Promise to His People is now for sale on Amazon’s Kindle. Barnes and Noble .com says that title is not available from their site but the NOOK version should be within the next 72 hours. The e-book download is $4.99 and you can preview the introduction and a chunk of Chapter One on the Kindle page.

Check out God is Near for Kindle. As soon as somebody reads it return to Amazon.com and write a review. You could be the first!

Happy Monday Post 2

Not quite yet buddy. This is the late-day posting of pics, scripture, inspirational quotes and other things to make you smile. Here’s post #1 if you missed it this morning. Hang in there a while longer; Happy Monday!

Happy Monday Post 1

Monday it is. I gotta’ tell ya, I’ve been laid up sick for the past few days. I haven’t left the house, I didn’t go to church, starting a new week might be just what I need. On the bright side the Happy Monday folder is more jammed full than it ever has been before. So in a first ever move look for another installment of frivolity this afternoon. A.M. and P.M. Happy Monday, who would have ever imagined such a thing?

God is Near: His Promise to His People

God is Near is now on sale! The book’s website is here with links to Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Kindle and NOOK e-reader versions now available as well.

The Read and Share File

Here’s a look at some things I’ve been reading lately.

Apologetics – the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of information. So if Christian apologists offer a defense of our position, does that mean atheist apologists offer a defense of their? Eric Chabot says yes. 

Happy Monday

Yesterday’s sermon title: Word to Your Mother.
Yesterday is past, tomorrow is uncertain, all we have is… Monday. Oh well, make it a good one. Happy Monday!