Did you know that the favorite indoor sport of Christians is to try to change each other? And that’s been a major problem in the church for centuries. Too many brothers and sisters in God’s family think like this: “God is clearly pleased with the way I live – but you’re a mess and it’s my responsibility to fix you.” Continue reading
Early in my Christian life my view of the Bible was not well thought out. I had not considered whether a well-developed conviction about the Bible’s trustworthiness was actually needed, past my basic willingness to simply testity that, “I believe in the Bible.”
“Good ol’ boy!” Are you familiar with this phrase?”
It can be used in a sentence like this: “Ah, that Joe, he’ll hog all the coffee at the Gathering breakfasts….but he’s a good ol’ boy.”
Good ol’ boys do us favors. When we’re rushing into AM/PM they open the door for us, sometimes getting a quick “thanks” in return. And if we’re standing in line at Starbucks frustrated by something rattling around in our heads, a good ol’ boy might even jerk his chin and say, “Hey, man, how’s it going?”