In relation to my recent post about the importance of understanding Scripture as it comes to us instead of trying mold it to fit our...

"We are often more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it." -Rick Warren I have seen a lot of this and am admittedly...

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever...

Happy Easter, y'all. Christ is risen!! I'm excited to share this new project with everyone. The premier episode of the Southern Reverend...

Thirty-six went like a blur, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t eventful. I fell back in love with photography in a big way. I wrote an...

The parable of the Good Samaritan is much more subversive than most people realize. The lesson that often repeated from it is one of...

Judas is misunderstood. We revile him as a traitor, a man of greed and connivance, handing over his beloved friend for a sum of money....

“The best of all is, God is with us.” I grew up in the family of a Methodist pastor. When I went to grad school, it was at a Methodist...

It could be that I haven’t noticed it as much in the past few years, but it certainly seems like more and more people are decorating for...

Today is Thursday. It isn’t the first day of the week, when we still wish it was the weekend and we have to get ourselves ready to work...

Thirty-five has been quite a year for me. I visited Europe for the first time. I had to wake my parents up to get out of a burning house....

Suicide is messy. When an older loved one who is near the end dies, or when it is someone who has long been battling a disease—or even...

The year is 2018. Whether you call it AD or CE, it is measured from the same starting point. To many, Christianity is just one religion...

Today I turn 35. I am officially old enough to run for President, which is a strange realization. To a kid, I seem old; to an old man, I...

Let’s just get this out of the way right now: if we believe what we say we believe about who God is, if we truly believe in the...

Since election season in 2016 ramped up and our new President was sworn in earlier this year and everything since then, it’s been...

Today is Pentecost. For those unfamiliar, Pentecost is an event described in the Book of Acts where the Holy Spirit of God descends upon...