How Do I Start a Relationship with God?

Some people have never been to church before, and they don’t know how to start a relationship with God. Other people might have been religious at some point, but they feel that their relationship with God has been broken, and…

Removing the Stain of Racism from the SBC: A Review

Biographical Sketch Many within the Southern Baptist Convention believe that the Convention has a duty to work toward reconciliation between ethnicities. Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention: Diverse African American and White Perspectives (hereafter referred to…

The Three Steps Toward Learning Theology

How do you learn who God is? How do you learn his character, not in a theoretical, useless way, but in a way that will actually make you more like Him? This is the true question of theology. Many Christians…

Guest Poem: The Purpose of Pain

Seared emotions.Cauterize the feeling to stop the bleeding.They said that killing the pain will lead to healing,But that simply is not true. Pain is a sign of life.You can’t ask for surgery and avoid the knife.A numb limb is doomed…

How You Can Help Me

I write this blog because I want to serve you. But could you take a moment to help me? Just scroll down and answer the two simple questions below. Then, please leave a comment (or click HERE) to send me your…

Afghanistan: Lessons from an Unwinnable War

We can’t change what happened in Afghanistan. But we can learn a lot of valuable lessons – and the future of our Republic demands that we learn.

Why is the Bible so Hard to Understand?

Why is the Bible so hard to understand? If you’ve wondered this, you’re not alone. Here are some of the most difficult aspects of reading the Bible, as well as solutions to the problem. Bible Reading Challenges Without doubt, there…

The Prayer of Abraham at Beersheba

“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.” (Genesis 21:33)