I’ve heard of lots of corny gimmicks designed to get people into church, but this one tops them all.  At Lighthouse Church of All Nations near Chicago, if a lucky — or “blessed and highly favored” — churchgoer is in the right seat, they can win a cash prize.  At each of the three Sunday [...]

Onstage in Fort Worth, Texas before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of “prosperity gospel” preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God.  Private airplanes and boats. A motorcycle sent by an [...]

Hate the sin.  Love the sinner. I’m really starting to hate this saying.  It’s a phrase that has been used repeatedly by Christians over the years who are trying to figure out how to deal with people who live like hell.  For the most part, the Christian world has endorsed it, but I for [...]

Just wonder what the thousands of non-believers who drive by this sign each day think.  While it’s true that the Scriptures say that followers of Christ will reign forever with Him (Rev. 22:5), is this the one concept that we should emphasize to our unbelieving neighbors?  I don’t think so.
What should we emphasize first as [...]

I was driving through rural Ohio earlier this week and came across this stupid church sign.  As I approached the sign to take this picture, I noticed that it was in front of a Catholic church.
Looks like even our Catholic friends have a penchant for the lame and cheesy.
Couldn’t they think of anything else other [...]

I’m sitting here with my family watching So You Think You Can Dance, and I’m thinking: “What would this show be like if it were called So You Think You Can Preach?“  Here are some ideas…
Premise
So You Think You Can Dance is a show that allows dancers (and wanna be dancers) to audition before a [...]

We Christians can really be goofy sometimes.  Take this local church for example.  My church is near this one, but for some reason, the Lord never told me that He was going to show up in the neighborhood to heal people and perform miracles between June 11 and June 14.
I really wish He would have [...]

I recently visited a church where the best parking spots were marked “reserved.”  These spots were not reserved for visitors, widows, orphans, the poor, or visiting missionaries serving heroically in faraway lands.  Nope.  They were reserved for the senior pastor and his wife (whom the church refers to as the “First Lady”).
Michelle and I got [...]

Teens should be taught by their Christian parents, Christian schools, and churches to behave themselves and act like Christ’s representatives in these types of scenarios rather than avoid them altogether.

I don’t know why, but when I drove by this one, I did actually laugh out loud. It’s clever, but it’s still stupid. Stupid to the non-believing thousands that drive by it every day and stupid to the Christians who drive by, most of whom probably chuckle…then shudder like I did.