Archive for the Misc Category

From the outside looking in at church, I think the expectation that every single person sing when they come to church, whether they are musical or not, that practice of congregational singing, has to be one of the weirdest things about church, and I love it so much.

In my lifetime I do not think I have ever met anyone even close to George Mueller when it comes to the topic of living by faith, and yet I do not think he should be exceptional.

People seem to have strong opinions about tithing, and I have never really figured out if it is because they really, really want to give more than 10 percent.

In our wedding vows we might say “to love and to cherish, till death do us part,” but have you ever thought about the difference between the words love and cherish?

This is a story of how a Roman Catholic priest started preaching total abstinence from alcohol and then called out the bishop of Detroit for drinking minutes after he had signed an oath never to drink again.

“I have sworn never to interpret the Holy Scriptures except according to the unanimous consent of the holy fathers.

“Mr.

“He believes as an idiot believes.

“Poor Brother Mark had ceased to be a man; he had become a eunuch.”

Well, these days it seems like everyone is starting a new podcast or a new YouTube channel, and it seems like just as many people are shutting theirs down, either because of a small one going nowhere or because they have grown so big that they have reached the phase of burnout.