Sacred Space: iPads, Kindles, and Nooks, Oh My!

“For the first time ever, I am teaching a book study from an electronic device.”

Sacred Space: Can Tattoo Parlors Help the Church Reach Out?

“Instead of trying to cloak ourselves in the latest trend, we ought to be busy putting on the garb of holiness.”

Sacred Space: Politics at Church

“Finding friends, true friends, who disagree with you is a boon.”

Sacred Space: Christmas Worship

“. . . don’t let the Christmas hustle cause you to make church one more thing on your busy schedule. Be at peace, and rejoice with your family: God has given us His Son!”

Sacred Space: The Church and Sexual Sin

“You have had many, many trysts unseen. Even at church…”

Sacred Space: Tim Tebow Is My Brother

“I don’t think it should bother us that Tebow is irking both the godly and the godless with his displays of public piety.”

Sacred Space: Tame Your Tongue!

“If a tamed tongue makes a perfect person, then perhaps we should all take a vow of silence.”

Sacred Space: Hardcore Christian

“I confess that I don’t want to be John Piper. I want to be like my friend the electrician.”

Dear Driscoll, MMA is not a Measure of Manhood — Jesus is

Jesus presents a true vision of manhood through his humility and sacrifice, not just his glory and strength.

Sacred Space: Ministry as Vocation

“This elevated sense of importance that pastors often feel comes from the idea that they are ‘more special’ because they are in the pastoral ministry.”

Sacred Space: Honor Your President, Christian

“[R]umor-mongering and fear-mongering has no place in the church”

Rendering Unto Caesar

Nobody likes to pay taxes, but can we at least strive to ensure that taxes are equitable?

Sacred Space: Small Time Pastor

“Odds are, however, your pastor is small time like me, but that does not mean he isn’t valuable!”

Sacred Space: Halloween Doesn’t Need Redeeming

“After all, pagans all eat and breathe on Halloween, and I’m not going to stop doing those things just because they do them too.”

Sacred Space: Becoming an “Every Tribe” Church

“[I]f a church can build community around the gospel, there is no end to the character it can take on and foster…”

Sacred Space: Cowboys and Niche Churches

“I like the idea about reaching cowboys for Jesus, but something about having a ‘Cowboy Church’ unsettled me. It still does.”