Category: Doug’s Columns

We understand there are faithful and false ways to present Christ’s message of redemption — but did you ever stop to think there could be a false way to respond to it, too?

With Rich overseas earlier this month, he missed hearing all the hype surrounding the Superbowl and the mayhem that followed in the victory parade that followed.

You might think the creator of space-time and Lord of All Creation might be difficult to impress.

With the convoy coming and the Abbot vs. Biden showdown over the razor wire heating up, it would be easy to fall into the usual red team vs blue team cheerleading.

Do you remember those old Spy vs Spy comics from Mad Magazine where one spy sets a trap for the other one, only to have the other guy outsmart him so that it backfires?

So many of us understand the need for this shift, but so few of us actually DO it.

If you’re afraid that Evil seems triumphant… this message is for you

The pharisees recognized the power Jesus walked in, and they figured they could bait a lose-lose trap to trip up the Son of God.

It’s easy to make grandiose promises about what God is doing in a community when they’re vanilla enough that nobody notices just how wrong they were. Then along comes the Pandemic with a dose of humility letting everyone can see just how ‘off’ those snappy predictions can be.

Welcome to January. It’s that time of year for resolutions and for churches to hand out bumper-sticker rhyming marketing slogans for what God is going to do in the coming year.