Family Friendly Internet
The internet is amazing resource. A simple search engine search can provide a wealth of up-to-date information on an unimaginable number of subjects. In my fields of interest, internet access allows me to quickly verify statistics, track down sources, quotations, and...
Letter to the Cascade School Board
Policy 3281 Advisory Committee: I am a pastor, father, and resident of our beautiful city—and I am writing to encourage the Cascade school board to repeal policy #3281. It is troublesome that such an aberrant and neo-cultural policy has paralyzed the school board and...
Fear and Faith
Someone Asked: I have fear, but I wanna have faith. Yet, I’m afraid that when I’m afraid, I’m sinning because I’m not having faith, because anything that’s not of faith is sin, which makes me even more afraid. I’m trapped… HELP! My Answer: I have never quite...
Bill Johnson: By His Stripes (A Response)
Bill Johnson: “I believe it is the provision of the Lord in his suffering on our behalf; Jesus bore stripes in his body through brutal beating as an atoning work to deal with the power of sickness and disease…” Jesus did not...
God In A Box?
I recently heard someone substantiate a theological claim with the reasoning, “you cannot put God in a box.” If he had intended this as a literal claim there would be little dispute—but this is an expression meant as an illustrative claim. The phrase is used to disarm...
The Gospel According to Jim Carrey
I recently had an interaction with an acquaintance who happens to be a Youth & Family Pastor. He recently stumbled upon an online article from last year about Jim Carrey talking about the significance of suffering which he eventually links to Jesus. Like the...
David Hogan: False Prophet & Heretic
Imagine a woman walks into a room wearing stethoscope around her neck. As she takes a few steps into the room she glances at a man seated opposite of her and she yells at the man, “Amoxicillin!” She then looks towards a woman leaning against the wall and yells,...
Heidi Baker: False Prophet & Heretic
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. - Matthew 7:15 (NASB) It really shouldn't be a surprise that Heidi Baker is a false prophet and heretic. Heidi and Rolland Baker are founders of Iris Global...