Un-Deify The American Family

“Un-deify the American family, and say bodly that our children are not our cause; they are given to use to train for a cause. They are given to us for a short season so that we can train them for the great causes of truth and mercy and justice in a prejudiced, pain-filled, and perishing [...]

The Name Of Jesus

Have you ever noticed how simply mentioning the name of Jesus makes people uncomfortable?  You can be talking about God and having a wonderful conversation with someone but if you call Him Jesus they will immediately become very uncomfortable and some will even shut down the conversation almost immediately.  I have seen this phenomenon even [...]

But I Didn’t Feel Called

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The other day my wife and I were driving into downtown Indianapolis on our way to have dinner celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary.  We had a baby sitter and it was one of those rare occasions for parents of 2 little ones to go out alone and have an adult evening. As we were pulling [...]

Red Letters Living A Faith That Bleeds

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Last Christmas I received a gift certificate from  Family Christian stores and found a little book called Red Letters – Living A Faith That Bleeds by Tom Davis. Tom Davis author of Fields of the Fatherless and president of Children’s HopeChest a Christian child advocacy organization helping orphans in Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa. Tom puts [...]

Living Out The Words In Red

No B.S. Just Jesus is about one thing – living out the “words in red.”  It is about being a Christian to a hurting world.  In a world where a majority of people claim to be Christian it is clear that we who claim to be Christians are not always being obedient to the Word [...]