What do you WANT? Your desires determine who, or what, you worship...who you worship will shape who you will become. If you are struggling with desiring a life shaped by Jesus vs. a life shaped by everything else in the world...We are to take note of the Centurion and pray the way he did..."Lord, I believe (desire), help me with my unbelief (divided heart)?

“According to Jerry Falwell Jr., evangelicals have “found their dream president,” which says something about the current quality of evangelical dreams.”

This is one of the best, sadly, articles I’ve read in a long time. You know you’re really old when “treat yo self“ looks like you’re buying a physical copy of the Atlantic instead of reading it online. Whether you currently are a Trump fan, supported Trump and no longer do, or never voted for him to begin with…if you consider yourself an 'evangelical' or have an interest in us, this is an must read. Mind you this is from a Christian, evangelical author, who was a speech writer for George W. Bush… THE evangelical president of recent days.

If you’ve been confused by the political landscape of our country and the way the word 'evangelical' gets used today, this is very illuminating. It goes in to everything from Catholic immigration, the scientific and industrial revolutions to abortion, gay marriage and public prayer in schools.

It’s a bit long, but please don’t comment without reading the ENTIRE article. If there is a lot in here that flies over your head or sounds like Greek, I would encourage you to ask your pastor or a faith leader to go over it with you. If they can’t wrestle out some understanding from this article, or don't understand enough about their own faith and it’s history to address things brought up here… Well, I’d find a new person;)

I’ve been on about a month hiatus from speaking, taking time to get some personal things in order. I’m excited to announce I'm speaking again tomorrow… At 10 AM I’m speaking at Christ Our Savior United Methodist church in Quartz Hill and then again at 5 PM at Kairos. We share the same location, and I’m giving the same message…if you don't have plans today at either 10 or 5 I'd love to see you. Today I'm speaking on the beatitudes. This set of “blessings” that Jesus describes in the book of Matthew that seem to invert all of our conventional notions of "blessing" and "wisdom". It just so happened that this article has a mock beatitudes in it…an antithesis to Jesus‘s words:

“Trump’s strength-worship and contempt for “losers” smack more of the Nietzsche than of Christ. “Blessed are the proud. Blessed are the ruthless. Blessed are the shameless. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after fame.”