I personally celebrate both Christmas and Festivus – Christmas because I love Jesus, and Festivus because I love Seinfeld. So in the spirit of this made-up, American holiday, I hope you will join me in airing your grievances, comparing your feats of strength, and pointing out any Festivus miracles that happened in your life this … More Festivus: My Grievances, Feats of Strength, and Miracles
Did you know this? That more missionaries come to the United States than any other country in the world??? On average, 32,000 missionaries come to the United States from other countries per year. Did you have any idea? Second place, has 20,000 missionaries going to them. We’re close to doubling-up the second place country. What’s … More Turf War: Missionaries Are Moving in on Our Territory
Entertainment weekly used to put out this list of In, 5-min Ago, and Out. For instance: Hillsong… Chris Tomlin… Carmen or ESV… NIV… KJV. That’s where I got this idea. To me, there is a growing gap between Christianity and what I guess I’ll label as American Christianity. Then there’s this 3rd category of “#Merica” … More Christianity vs American Christianity vs #Merica
Oscar Wilde observed what he saw in the world, “Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about Power.” I actually agree with that, as long as we are defining the word “World” in the biblical context. I tend to be a person that says there’s nothing new under the sun. There’s … More Sex and the Lies We Fall For
I tend to think every philosophy can be categorized into one of the five following Worldviews: Naturalism, Eastern Pantheism, New Ageism, Deism, or Theism. These are hard divisions, you can’t logically hold to more than one of these at a time; but I do see these Worldviews as a progression. Not that someone has to … More Worldviews Simplified – and why it matters
I just visited Mount Rushmore for the second time. You wouldn’t think that looking at big giant rock people would be very compelling but it is. It’s just… Grand. The artistry of it. The challenge of it. The size of it, are all just breathtaking. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was invited to South Dakota with the … More The Mount Rushmore of Christianity
The technical term for this is a homogeneous church – a local assembly of predominately one race. Is this wrong in itself? Of course not. Could there be something wrong if this is the case? Definitely. So what problems could there be if a church is all one race whether that be white, black, Hispanic, … More Can Churches be “Too White” or “Too Black”?
Here are the stats so you don’t think I’m just making things up. 7 out of every 10 church-plants in America are non-denominational. Some even drop the word “church” in their name all together (I’m not ready for that.) 2 out of 10 are planted as a part of a denomination but don’t put that … More Denominations – More Like Dumbnominations
I really wonder if the Bible was being written today would Jesus use marriage as the example for how much he loves His church. Jesus consistently used Bride and Groom analogies to describe His commitment to His Followers; and the Apostle Paul continued on with that analogy in his letters. Yet today, people get divorced … More Why Christian Marriage Matters
I spoke on the Judgment of God this morning in church. The message was prepared and preached before I read of the horrible tragedy in Orlando. Now that I’m caught-up on the current events I want to share this with others and clarify even more points. These sort of senseless killings are baffling. I have … More Don’t Assume Judgment
Joe Allotta 