Christian and Gay? What’s Your Motivation?

[This Presupposes that You’re a Christian.]      Where did you first get the idea that being “gay” was okay?  Where did you first find the idea that a person might be “born gay?”  Where did you initially read or study God’s Word and think to yourself (as you struggled with thoughts of same-sex attraction): “ThisContinue reading “Christian and Gay? What’s Your Motivation?”

YOU CAN’T “STRATEGIZE” SPIRITUALITY

1 Corinthians 3:7 = “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. (NIV)” John 6:63 = “The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you–they are full of the Spirit and life. (NIV)” John 6:65 =Continue reading “YOU CAN’T “STRATEGIZE” SPIRITUALITY”

Episode 05 – Jay-Z’s “The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail” and Non-Xtian Church-goers

Next on Thinking It Through:  I discuss two topics that are very different from each other.  One discussion deals with an opinion piece video (in the New York Times) by hip-hop artist, Jay-Z, dealing with the war on drugs.  I try to look at other issues underlying the video and another problem with illegal drug salesContinue reading “Episode 05 – Jay-Z’s “The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail” and Non-Xtian Church-goers”