Prop 8 An Untypical Christian Response…

Earlier today a federal appeals court decided that Prop 8 was unconstitutional. This will surely bring up the debate about gay marriage. Frankly I am sick of this. I have two quick letters and a suggestion. Read all of the post… But before I do, 40 million dollars were raised for “Yes on Prop 8″ [...]

Open Letter to the Pacific Believers,

Wrote this for a group that meets for prayer, I missed one week….   Brothers and Sisters in Christ in the village of Pacific, From Justin a slave and a servant of Christ, from the town of Stockton, I write you. Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus be with you always. The grace that [...]

The art of Stories, Folgers commericals, and what we have robbed the Bible of…

The other day I asked a couple college students what people told them the Bible was. When they were young, what did their Sunday School teachers, and Pastors tell them the Bible was. Here is what I got. -A bunch of Stories – Rules for Life (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) – God’s Love Letter [...]

Pastoral Survival Tips…

Many times as a Pastor you can get caught off guard by the craziest things. Life is never normal for you and a million things can happen. You need to be prepared for everything and I am here to help you deal with hard situations you might find yourself in…hope you enjoy.       [...]

Q and A Time….Send me more questions…

I had these questions about faith come to me recently… 1″You think that God cares about the world’s suffering (i.e. Japan, Iraq/Afghanistan) and yet He still cares about you…your career, place of residence, life. Why do you feel that you are important enough for him to care about you the same way he cares about the [...]

I am not related to Jim Elliot…(I wish I was) and why Jesus probably doesn’t want you in yet another Bible Study

Hear me out…. I just got done reading the story of Jim Elliot, I found these two great quotes while reading his biography called “Shadow of the Almighty.” Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were [...]

Pray for His grace, but celebrate His justice? Osama Bin Laden’s death…

“Darkness cannot drive our darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Last night as most of the United States celebrated the death of Osama Bin Laden, I couldn’t help but get a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. As [...]

Tetelestai, Paid in Full…

…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. -Romans 3:23-25a (TNIV)   Grace and Peace. I recently [...]

Preparing for the Resurrection…

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” -Isaiah 53:5   Every year around Christmas time we as Christians see the “war” on Christmas, the secularization of Christmas and we want to bring it [...]

Goodbye freedom….we had a good run at it….

This Saturday as I was working on my house when the movie The Siege came on the TV,  (We don’t have cable, so there isn’t much options) the movie was really good, it was made in ’98 about a terrorist organization in NYC with 3 or 4 different “cells” that were causing havoc on the whole city. (Spoiler Alert) [...]

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