First of all, it's your genealogy. Second, in the 70s, it was a campy movie based on a Sidney Sheldon novel. More recently, it was a much-disputed paranormal documentary. This weekend, it's a new way to look at an old story. What is it? Bloodline. Perhaps the most...
Yesterday, I posted about my son Riley's "divinity school" question. After I figured out why he was asking what he was asking, I drew him a chart on a sheet of notebook paper. I figured if he was going to ask, I was going to answer. On the chart, I put seminaries and...
When I saw Talbot’s post contrasting seminaries and schools of theology/divinity schools, I had to jump on it. My name is Amy, and I am a first year Master of Divinity student at Candler School of Theology at Emory University and a proud member of Good Shepherd UMC. I...
Not long ago, my 18 year old son Riley asked me the most interesting question: "Dad, why didn't you go to a Divnity School?" That's not a typical question that anyone asks, much less an 18 year old. But after pondering it for a couple of days, I figured out why he...
Though it's been almost 16 years since DC Talk released "Jesus Freak," I've been listening to it all over again. And that recent listening shows why it remains in my view the signature Christian rock album of all time. Here are the top five things I like about it: 1....
I fall asleep most Sunday nights while replaying various aspects of Sunday morning in my mind. That replay includes things that happened in worship, key moments of the sermon, things people said to me in the lobby, and new I folks I saw and "old" folks I didn't...
First we crossed the lines.Then we changed the colors and the fonts and went outside the lines.This Sunday is the kind of thing many of us need: what it means to stay between the lines. There are some things I've been saving up to say for a long time.Here's how we...
Perhaps you've seen this billboard in your area.Much to my chagrin, I have seen it in mine.I will never understand why people claiming to follow the bible engage in speculation that is so unbiblical.According to Jesus, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even...
Romans 1:16-17 is a clarion call for New Testament Christians: 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is...
When you fly back and forth from India, as I did a few weeks ago, you obviously spend a lot of time on a plane.Which, for me, means a lot of time to read.And I read some terrific books "there and back," several of which are listed in the "Books I Like" section to the...