God Is Greater

“I’m Just Saying…” I was speaking to friend who lives in another community recently.  My friend was lamenting about the preaching of his pastor.  He said: “My pastor is always preaching against three things:  abortion, gays, and Muslims.  Now Bill, I don’t know of any gays in my church.  There are certainly no Muslims in my church.  I […]

“I’m Just Saying… For two years in a row there has been a battle in school systems as to whether to allow students to hear a “back to school” pep-speech from President Barack Obama.  The fear has been that folks don’t want the President to indoctrinate students to his supposed National Socialist propaganda. Never mind that […]

“I’m just saying…John the Baptizer Bugs Me” I started looking ahead toward Advent this afternoon – planning my preaching, teaching, and leadership initiatives for season.  My aim was just to paint the grand picture, but all afternoon I’ve been bothered by one passage in particular.  On the Second Sunday of Advent, I’ll be preaching from […]

“I’m Just Saying…A theology that makes you feel bitter and allows you to speak and act with mean arrogance – all the while feeling justified in so doing – is a theology devoid of the spirt of Jesus, no matter how often and zealously it repeats His name.

“I’m Just Saying…”  Conservative religious leader Gary Bauer has said: “For those that do not have a religion, liberalism usually becomes their religion.”  Many of you might find this hard to believe – but I agree with Bauer on this observation.   My only problem is that he’s too narrow in his application.  Couldn’t this observation […]

“I’m Just Saying…” Is there anything better than the phrase “God LOVES You?” YES! Here’s the deal:  we make LOVE so theological & philisophical that it often ceases to have reveal the real passion for a relationship. How about this? “God LIKES you!” God wants to hang with you. God thinks you are worth the investment […]

“I’m Just Saying…” There is a report out that the US Military burned Bibles translated in Iraqi dialects which were sent to soldiers for distribution to Iraqi citizens. Some (political radio talk show hosts, for example) used this for political fodder against Obama (the report came out this past May, 2009). Fact check: The incident… […]