Income Disparity? What's the Big Deal?

By Byron Harvey / March 19, 2010 /

I get more than a little cheesed when I hear the Ron Siders and Jim Wallises of the world (evangelical lefties, if you didn’t know) talk about how “income disparity” is an outrage that Christians ought to be concerned with.  I believe that the proper response, in the original Greek, is “baloney”.  But it’s become…

Do it Yourself Worship

By Byron Harvey / March 18, 2010 /

OK look, I don’t want to be hyper-critical here; I appreciate the intent, I really do.  But really? Create Your Own Worship Experience If you’re keeping score at home, this is Ted Haggard’s former church in Colorado Springs.  You know, getting the gospel out there, yeah, that’s a good thing, but I just wonder what…

Is it Time to Talk about a Tax Revolt?

By Byron Harvey / March 18, 2010 /

That’s a provocative headline, I realize, but it’s a question I am beginning to wonder if it’s time to raise, with my principle reason for asking being the fact that we may need to think about the appropriate way to respond to the concerns Charmaine Yoest raises in this article about the likelihood that the…

A Famine in the Land

By Byron Harvey / March 18, 2010 /

The prophet Amos wrote of a coming famine in the land of Israel, not a lack of food or water, but of the Word of God.  This piece details the situation Amos described, but not in the place Amos prophesied; rather, it talks about how–and why–we are seeing that famine in all-too-many churches in the…