Category Archives: Thought Questions

When a Christian retires, what does he do? Work his garden? Perfect his golf game? Travel the world? Here’s another approach — The Sojourners, a band of traveling workers for Christ, finished a two-week stay at Crowley’s Ridge College on Friday, … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, I posted this question: It’s a national holiday, the Fourth of July maybe, and a deeply respected, elderly member approaches you as a leader in your church. He’s a veteran, and he asks that the … Continue reading →

It’s a national holiday, the Fourth of July maybe, and a deeply respected, elderly member approaches you as a leader in your church. He’s a veteran, and he asks that the church prominently display an American flag in the church’s auditorium … Continue reading →

He is, of course, very wrong, and yet he’s almost exactly right. How would you have rewritten his talk?

Should churches place parental control software on computers used by church staff? From MMI Weblog, [Pornography’s] prevalence among staff members has been disclosed when some churches have decided to begin daycare centers to reach out to their communities, [Southern Baptist … Continue reading →

In Part 2 of Mark’s city, Mark writes, The most ambitious [missionaries] for God are sometimes even successful [at finding supporting and sponsoring congregations], but most potential missionaries are lost to the mission field, giving up on their call because they … Continue reading →

John T. Willis, ACU professor and author of many books on the Bible, recently wrote, As YOU study and meditate on the Bible and on life, be sensitive of the importance of humor, of various types of laughter. This is … Continue reading →

Anyone old enough to remember Flip Wilson? This is from Ed Sullivan, circa 1970 AD: Now, in the modern church, circa today AD, we don’t say “The Devil made me do it.” We blame God. Or the Holy Spirit. In … Continue reading →

I just discovered this really cool Google tool called “Trends.” You can enter one or more search terms and it will pop up a graph showing how often the term has been searched either by year or location (on a … Continue reading →

Interesting article from Christianity Today on Christian rock music. Here’s the line that caught my eye — Really, my concept of “Christian music,” which begins in about 1980 and ends in 2000 (around the time I got bored with it), … Continue reading →