He’s everywhere you turn. He seems to be FOX News’ favorite preacher. He’s on “FOX and Friends” and “Hannity” promoting his newest form of compromise and watered down Christianity. Yes, it’s the pretty boy from Houston—the guy who pastors a church with great music that is diluted by feel-good preaching. His worship team is willing to say things about Christ that it seems impossible for him to say. I’ve heard him over and over and over. He has nothing new to say. It’s the same old fluff like cotton candy: smile and be sweet and ignore the Word of God and its message. Continue reading “A Pretty Boy with an Unscriptural Message” →

This week I was looking through some old papers and came across a resolution from the deacons of Monticello Baptist Church in Monticello, Mississippi, regarding my grandfather. Continue reading “How Will They Speak of You When You’re Gone?” →

As you start reading this, you may think this is a political blog. Wait until the end. I have a point, and it’s not political. Well, maybe it is, but I want to address the politics of church using a recent segment I saw on Sunday’s “This Week” on ABC. Continue reading “Adored and Ignored” →

I’ve always remembered what one of my Bible teachers said: “Bible in one hand, newspaper in the other.” But with the decline of newspapers it’s more like, “One eye on the news channel, and the other on your Bible,” which I’m not sure is helpful these days. Continue reading “I’m Watching Less and Less News” →

Have you ever felt that the television networks are always trying to cram a new series down your throat? I don’t mean they are just promoting the new series. Rather, they seem to have a hidden (or not so hidden) agenda in the program. Continue reading “Not God’s Definition of Family…” →