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The Priesthood of the Unbelievable

By Paul Oyler / March 25, 2010 /

Jack Brooks has a great piece on the plague—and that’s not too strong a word at all—of every Tom, Dick, and Benny jumping up and claiming to have “an anointed ministry of God”, simply because he/she deems it to be so and can self-publish the latest “Christian classic” revealing some hitherto unrevealed “truth” of God:…

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Do it Yourself Worship

By Paul Oyler / 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…

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Tell Me it's a Joke. Please.

By Paul Oyler / March 5, 2010 /

The Holographic Preacher Then again, if you buy into a currently-popular, but aberrant, picture of what a preacher/teacher ought to be and do, perhaps there’s nothing all that wrong with this idea. As for me, there’s not a ghost of a chance I’d preach that way…

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Just Feel Like I Gotta Say This from Time to Time…

By Paul Oyler / March 5, 2010 /

If you think you love Jesus, but are not committed to being vitally involved in a community of people who also love Jesus (commonly called a “church), you really don’t love Jesus as much as you’d like to think you do.  If you can read the New Testament and miss that, read it again.  And…

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"Christian Voodoo": OK, NOW I've Seen Everything

By Paul Oyler / February 8, 2010 /

A friend sent me info about a family that is attempting–with the encouragement of their “church”–to incorporate voodoo (or, more technically as they call it, “vodou”) into their “Christianity” for the sake of two adopted kids from Haiti.  Now, of course it’s great that these folks adopted a couple of kids from Haiti–well, let’s put…

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