Apprentice 2 Jesus

Culture

  • Person of the Year

    The reasons: HERE. After Time missed it with Malala last year, I think this is a GREAT choice. (And it beats Edward Snowden by light years.) Read more

  • Let the Madness Begin

    We just can’t seem to help ourselves, so we’ve made the mad rush on Thanksgiving now. No more real days off for holidays that just about everyone could celebrate. Individually, we can choose to not shop. However, so many families will be effected because of family members who have to work on Thanksgiving now. Let… Read more

  • Spotting the gods of this age

    It’s extremely difficult to point out when the gods of this age are really closer to us as believers than we like to admit. As a matter of fact, this one is going to get a LOT of disagreement. So, here we go. The three big behemoth gorilla gods in the room of the American… Read more

  • The end is near! Or… A revival is coming!

    Two very different takes on just how Christianity is “doing” in different parts of the world show our tendency toward tribalism. In the Middle East there are dire warnings of Christianity becoming extinct in the Middle East.  Meanwhile, Manhattan seems to be on the verge of a new revival! So, which is it? As Anthony Bradley points… Read more

  • Dave Barry on Football

    I have a daily calendar with great Dave Barry quotes. This one on football: 1. A large player called the center squats over the ball, and then the quarterback touches him in a way that could get them both executed in the Middle East. 2. All the players run into each other and fall down.… Read more

  • The narrowness of my evangelicalism

    The story is from Birmingham Revolution, but it could be my story. It took place in 1968, but for me it could have been 1988. Edward Gilbreath relates the story of Glen Kehrein, who founded Circle Urban Ministries in Chicago. When he was a student at Moody Bible Institute in 1968, a group of students were… Read more

  • What did Eisenhower call it?

    I believe Eisenhower, himself a career soldier, warned of the “vast military industrial complex” when he was leaving office as President. Yesterday in a passing conversation with a veteran, he noted his daughter, who served in the Air Force, was not “qualified” to be in the VFW because she served in a small 5 year… Read more

  • The Dragon and the Beast

    4 They worshipped the dragon because it had given the beast its authority. They worshipped the beast and said, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” (Rev. 13:4) Every culture and every age has its “beast” and “dragon.” Every culture does not see the thing they worship as a “beast.” Spiritual strongholds… Read more

  • Thanksgiving Day Shopping?

    So the “horrible” news is that even Macy’s and Penney’s will be open on Thanksgiving night. People are “horrified.” Here’s the thing: they will open because SOMEONE… and a LOT of someones are going shopping! So, if you are upset, don’t “petition.” Here is a novel thought: JUST DON’T GO. If everyone “upset” by this… Read more

  • It’s Not a Gun Culture

    In the past few weeks, just from the “world of sports,” I have observed something again and again. When something tragic happens, like a mass shooting, we get reflective over being a “gun culture.” I don’t think we’re a “gun culture.” I think we’re a culture of violence. The gun owners who give the snide… Read more