Irrelevant?

We keep hearing how the church is becoming more irrelevant if we continue to adhere to the Scriptures. Only by accepting the changes culture wants us to make will we survive and continue to be a part of the world. Can we abandon sound doctrine to remain relevant? What are we risking?

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Yoga Pants, Bloggers, and Modesty

Of all the things to be in the news, yoga pants is going strong. Recently, a state senator from Montana crafted a bill to ban leggings and yoga pants as lewd along with similar clothing on men such as Speedos. A few weeks ago, Christian blogger Veronica Partridge was savagely attacked for her decision to not wear them in public. Are we making a lot out of nothing as some suggest or is this something we need to address? Are the lewd?

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Fifty Shades of Hurt

The Fifty Shades of Grey Movie comes out this weekend. After the unmerited success of the books, Hollywood is expecting the film to make a mint. Will a movie that demonstrates the BDSM lifestyle actually make money? Is this a healthy way to live?

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Unexpected Delays

You may have noticed the lack of episodes since the start of the year. To put it mildly, life has happened. Everything planned for the first few weeks of this year has been pushed back to later in the month including scheduled episodes of Jesus' Outsider.

We've been hit with a series of health issues in our house with one of them fairly serious. My lovely bride had an eye stroke on New Year's Eve. We've spent a great deal of time with doctors, blood tests, and making significant changes in our lifestyle. All of our focus has been on taking care of her in the midst of planned changes that brought their own set of challenges. We have been fighting to settle into a new rhythm and schedule that has proven to be more difficult than we expected.

The blood tests did show what the cause of the blood clot that ended up in her retina. She had fairly high blood pressure, borderline high cholesterol, and high thyroid. We are taking steps to bring this under control. At the top of the list, we are praying for healing to restore her eyesight that we've been told will not happen. Only the Lord can bring the restoration that medical science says is impossible.

Of course, once we got past that, I caught the respiratory flu that's been going around. It's that one that lingers with you. Just as it appears to clear up, it comes back a few days later to wreak havoc again. Consequently, I have lost a lot of my voice. I sound very raspy. I do not know when I will have enough vocal power to record. I'm drinking a lot of tea with honey to try to heal my throat.

I will be back on the air as soon as my voice returns with sufficient strength to record. There is a lot that needs to be said. The world is changing rapidly and the church is either changing the way it changes or clinging to things that don't work. Both reactions have great hazards and actually feed each other. As I said, there is much to discuss and I hope to be able to do so very soon.

Old and New Year

2014 was a challenging year for the nation, the church, and for many of us personally. Looking back has some value if only to help predict the coming year. Many preachers are already saying that 2015 could be your year. They may be right but not for the reasons they might expect.

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Finding Jesus

We talk about putting the Christ back in Christmas all the time. It's a great soundbite and gets likes on Facebook. Maybe we're going about this wrong. Perhaps we need to think more like Simeon and Anna.

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The Secular, The Sacred, & The Law of Love

At Christmas time, the line between the secular and sacred often becomes blurred in the minds of many Christians. This is especially true with music as Christmas carols and hymns are sung by both secular and Christian artists. A recent popular version of "Mary Did You Know" by a secular singing group has caused a stir and some controversy. Should it have? Does sin in the life of a performer negate the beauty of the performance?

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