To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers,evildoers,Read more
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I’m a pastor so it’s part of my job to think about how to help people grow in their lives with God. As a pastor, nothing is more exciting than seeing someone really taking steps to deepen their faith and draw nearer to God. People far more intelligent and spiritual than me have done tremendousRead more
@tomt453 asked me this on Twitter: “What conflicts do you come across being a nerd and a Christian?” I don’t think nerdom and Christianity are locked in a mortal struggle, like say: The Sith and the Jedi, The Fantastic Four and the Skrulls, E-Honda and his loin cloth, Frodo and the ring, or Good tasteRead more
The iPhone is finally coming to Verizon. I feel bad for everyone who just got their new phone three weeks ago and aren’t due an upgrade until after the Mayan calendar kills us all. I know that if I was on Verizon and didn’t have an iPhone, my obsessive tech nerdclination would take over andRead more
I grew up in a Christian home and my parents did their best to instill solid Christian values into my early life. Unfortunately the Christian values they tried to instill sometimes came up against my nerd inclinations…or “nerdclinations” (I hope I just invented a word). When I was growing up there were a few showsRead more
In 325, the Council of Nicaea settled a dispute in the Christian Church over whether or not Jesus was God or the first creation. Arianism purported that Jesus was not God, but the first creation of God. The council ruled against Arianism and orthodox Christian beliefs became clearer. Today the church is facing a similarRead more