Tag Archive: Christian Living

Healthy Christians Part 2 – A Healthy Christian Submits

In my last post, I discussed that a healthy Christian works. I have a feeling that this didn’t go over well since I didn’t get any responses. Nevertheless, on we go! So what is another characteristic of a healthy Christian? I propose that a healthy Christian submits. Submits? Submits to what? To whom? Christianity has within it an authority…

Church Membership

  Normally John Stryder goes straight to the sanctuary when we get to church Sunday mornings. I justify this by telling myself that he’s getting “socialized,” but lately he has started mimicking speech so I wanted him to come into the sanctuary for the music this morning. After our church finished singing I took him…

God is Green

This subject has finally begun to get some serious attention in evangelical circles, and all i have to say is that it’s about time. Ever since I was a young boy, I have always found the typical Christian perspective on the environment difficult to understand. When people were chaining themselves to trees to save a…

Healthy Christians Part 1 – A Healthy Christian Works

Preface Question: What does a healthy Christian look like? To ask it another way: How do I know if I am a healthy Christian? As I write these articles I want to make it clear that I don’t claim to have a comprehensive understanding of what the answers to the above questions are. I am…

Sin and God's Righteousness

I heard a teacher say “The origin of all sin begins with a wrong understanding of the character of God.” Perhaps it is too absolutely stated, but I think there is something to this. In Genesis 3 Satan tempted Eve. He didn’t just say, “Hey, you should rebel! Eat this non-specified fruit. Everyone’s doing it.”…