Meekness vs Machoism: The Call To Be Holy and the Cross

Jan 11

Hey I got a pair of shorts just like that. I wear them to the pool . Remember wrestling? I was a huge wrestling fan groing up. Junk Yard Dog, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Hacksaw Jim Dugan, the Iron Shiek, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, The Million Dollar Man, Jake the Snake, The Ultimate Warrior, The Bull Dogs, Coco B. Ware, man those were the days. Practicing wrestling...

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What You Do To The Least of These: Lend A Helping Hand

Jan 10

Okay Alan has been wanting to write about this for some time now and so I finally get around to it  . So what do I do with all my spare time you may ask? Some may wonder how do I serve given that we have been in house churches and we don’t...

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Church Searching Update: Forgot One Non-negotiable

Jan 09

I don’t know how I forgot this and how you guys allowed me to without eating my lunch. However, World Missions has to be a foundational core value. Actually over and beyond anything else on the my list. Here my friends is where I find my greatest problem with African American Urban Churches. I absolutely refuse tosubmit to leadership that has no global vision...

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Church Searching…. Let the Frustration Begin

Jan 09

Well since I have decided to go a new direction and pursue a more traditional church setting, I now have the very difficult task of searching for a church home (a group of believers to live life with larger than the current folks who are the greatest). The biggest problem is I have specific convictions that are important to me. These convictions would prevent me...

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….But They Are Not With Us

Jan 08

My good buddy Gabriel and I were talking about sectarianism and its dangers. Alan Knox posted a really good post  along these line also. Here is fundamental position I have taken and I refuse to back down from it. If your local Church is not accepting of other churches, it is not a healthy church and actually is very dangerous. If a Christian refuses other...

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Jesus Didn’t Come To Make Our Lives Comfortable.

Jan 07

I enjoy comfort. Actually I desire comfort. I want comfort for my children, my children’s children and their children. I hope to live my life in a way that enables them to live in comfort. I want to retire in comfort. I want my wife to be surrounded with comfort, I want to provide her comfort and receive comfort. There is nothing wrong with comfort. The...

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One Flesh… Its Implications and Application

Jan 06

There is a national attack on family today. Lets think about it. Today, more women are raising kids alone than ever. Rather that is from going to sperm banks or through a sexual relationship and now even adoption has gained popularity especially in Hollywood. Marriage itself is now old fashioned. We are at our highest rate as a nation as it relates to living...

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