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The True Moral Fallacy of #JUSTICEFORHARAMBE
The death of Harambe the gorilla has taken the Internet by storm. If you somehow missed the story, you can find a summary of it here.
It should come as no surprise that animal activists are outraged by Harambe’s death. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition...
Election Season is a Big, Ugly Selfie
My seventh grade school picture was horrifying. My hair was a wavy rat’s nest, my braces cast a blinding glare, and my face was oily and reflective.
The photo was so terrible, in fact, that I insisted on a retake. I told the photographer, “I want a new picture.” He looked a...
The Words a Father Needs to Hear
“You’re a good dad,” she told me. “Like, a really good dad.”
It was the end of a long day, just like every day in the life of a busy family with three elementary school kids. We had finally completed the hour-long process of making sure the kids had all taken baths, prepare...
Three Reasons Jesus is Better than Santa
This is a guest post by Brian Fisher, senior pastor of Grace Bible Church.
I like Santa. That is, I enjoy the idea of a guy from the North Pole riding a sleigh pulled through the air by reindeer, dropping off presents around the world in a single evening. That’s kind of fun...
The Word of God is a Dangerous Thing
(Hebrews 4:12)
The Word of God is a dangerous thing.
You and I open it up, hoping to understand God, or maybe to find a little bit of inspiration to make it through another day.
When we open those pages, though, something else happens.
God’s Word opens us instead.
Livi...
5 Recent Christian Albums Worth Hearing
Writing a blog post about one’s favorite recent Christian albums feels a little bit like writing about the best brands of VCRs for 2015. I’m aware that most people nowadays simply stream their music from Pandora, Amazon, Spotify, or some other service. It is increasingly rar...
The Biblical Command We Ignore
Consider this question for a moment:
What biblical command is so difficult that we don’t merely disobey it, but we also routinely ignore it?
It’s probably not what you think.
After all, we Christians try to steer clear of sins like sexual lust, gluttony, and drunkenness....
Are We Building a Road or Just Scraping Dirt?
(This is a guest post by Brian Fisher, senior pastor of Grace Bible Church.)
Today a friend said to me, “Brian, you should wash your truck.”
My response: “What’s the point?”
I admit that my truck is a mess. But here’s the rub – our city is currently rebuilding a long stre...
