Chisholm Effect or Christus Effect?

Chisholm effect-basic laws of frustration, mishap, and delay:
1st law of human interaction. If anything can go wrong, it will.
 
Corollary: If anything just can’t go wrong, it will anyway.
 
2nd law. When things are going well, something will go wrong.
 
Corollary: When things just can’t get any worse, they will.
 
Corollary 2: Anytime things appear to be going better, [...]

The issue

If you watch this video you will know what “traditionalists” are all about in the mainline denominations.  This is why I am no longer UCC.  And it has nothing to do with SEX!  Watch the video.

Let me get political…

… on second thought – no way.  Pastors get in trouble when they bring national politics into the pulpit.  I have never been one to do that ( to my memory!)  I can bring social issuesinto the pulpit just like the Bible does: sanctity of life, sexuality & marriage, hunger & poverty, crime & violence, [...]

The Four Candles

I stumbled onto this web site and thought you might like to see it too.
THE FOUR CANDLES.

Story

A poor, hungry man was walking down a street in a village of medieval Turkey. He had only a piece of bread in his hand. He came to a restaurant where he saw some meatballs being grilled. The cooking meat was so near and the smell so delicious. The man held his piece of bread [...]

Life, the University and Everything…

The following is a thoughtful article: 
There are questions so big they’re almost laughable. What is the meaning of life? for instance. We’ve been grappling with that one ever since Adam and Eve saw the first exit sign. Our modern technology promises many blessings, but a GPS of life-direction is not among them. In diligent distraction and [...]

One Another’s

Jesus commanded us to “love one another” as disciples of his.  The New Testament upacks that command with a list of how we are to relate to one another: 
The Believers are devoted to one another and give preference to one another (Romans 12:10).
They love one another (Romans 13:8).
They refrain from judging one another (Romans 14:13).
They [...]

Frodo & Sam

 
From the second movie of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Two Towers (2002):
Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam.
Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. [...]

Keep Believing

When the world drowns out God’s voice – keep believing.
When your prayers bounce off the ceiling – keep believing.
When trouble camps at your doorstep – keep believing.
When you tried and failed – keep believing.
When the person you looked up to has feet of clay – keep believing.
When the news is so sad and sorrow sits [...]

Mark of A Christian

James Emory White says this:
I was asked an important question this week in the context of a gathering of future evangelical leaders: What one thing would bring about renewal and revival in America?
Who could claim to know the answer? But I do know what first entered my mind. 
If there is going to be real renewal, real revival [...]