The Duplicity Of Religion

“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.” Thomas Aquinas Just turn on the news and it becomes apparent that religion permeates every area of our lives one way or the other. No matter what the story is: a school shooting, a

3 Reasons To Doubt Your Faith

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” Blaise Pascal One of the greatest dangers that the modern church faces today is the trend of the “blind leading the blind.” The concept of faith has been lowered to its lowest common denominator, where

Breaking Boxes

“It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.” ~ Joseph Joubert  While all of my writings are personal pieces that I treasure, some I treasure more than others. This one is pretty special to me. The reason why, I hope, will become obvious to you as you read.

A fragmented existence… (the folly of putting the pieces of your life together)

“God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves. Whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God.” ~ Harry Ironside Remember that time when you felt like everything

A generation burned… (why it’s ok to love again)

“One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.” ~ Unknown Wasn’t this for real? I can’t believe this could happen? Why me? Why now? For too many people these questions have been asked, and many times the answer is not easy. For love is the greatest thing

RE:orthodoxy

“Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.” ~ Francis Schaeffer Something that’s been on my mind for a while… Are we really believing the right things? Do we really know who God is. Do we really care about the human condition. Can we see how things will end up. Life

Another set of footprints…

“Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart” ~ Edmund Burke Life seems complicated enough when you have a million things to do– and a million things on your mind. But is that what life is supposed to feel like? Seems like too many of us are all about doing and

“I’m a terrible Christian, but I really love Jesus”

Growing up, religion was an awfully confusing thing for me. I mean choosing which flavor of ice cream was difficult enough, and then being bombarded with which religion was going to take me to some future utopic paradise seemed really out of reach; if not out of line. So when a friend of mine invited

“Life, Love, and Other Mysteries…”

I know that when I was younger and just beginning to go to church; I would eventually start listening to some Christian music and not just listen to what my older brother played in the basement all the time like Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana and whatever other rock/grunge stuff he was into at the