It seems like everything comes with a price. My faith is one of them. Having been raised in a christian home and church, I inherited a lot of baggage that included guilt, hypocrisy, fear and hate. These are things I believe to be completely demonic and a tragic result of a broken system. I don’t [...]
by Israel Beachy EA=Evangelical Approved ER=Evangelical Rejected Superman- Superman represents the ultimate Christ figure in pop culture. He came from above to save humanity. He flies, he rescues, he hears prayers and never looks through girls clothes with his x-ray vision. the ‘S’ is for savior. EA Spider-man- Spidey is a pretty standard protestant. Peter [...]
My thoughts recently have been with the church, namely where we are and were we’ve been. So I thought it’d be a good idea to study some of what the bible said about it, so Acts 1 it is. I had always read this as the evangelism pep rally verse which is mostly due to [...]
It has been far too long WORDS, I’m sorry for the neglect. Feel free to ignore me in retaliation for as long as you like. I won’t take it personal. I’d like to start this blog with a dialogue from one of my favorite movies. Two guys, just finish having a drink:- ——————————– Hey, thanks [...]
I have been asked several times since the new year what my resolutions are. I keep saying that I don’t really have any, besides reminders to get in shape, eat better, smoke less, read more, ect. Speaking of reading, I have been doing a lot of that recently and realizing how much I don’t know, [...]
I Might Be Wrong 12/19/08 Luke 15:11-32 The Parable of the Prodigal son is one of the most celebrated parables Jesus ever told and with good reason. It is simply a story of grace and unconditional love. For most of us the focus is on the main character having thrown his fathers fortune away and [...]
When Collin asked me if I wanted to help write on here I said ‘absolutely’ without missing a beat. Ask him, it’s true. I feel like we are very much on a similar journey; one neither of us are completely ready for mentally but tend to see it blossom whenever we combine our ideas together. [...]