A Study of Discipleship: Considerations with Gender and Sexuality

Introduction

         She walks into the church sanctuary, a place she has not seen the inside of in twenty years. Despite her nervousness, she pushes through and walks in through the back of the church to find a seat. She is warmly greeted by a couple of gentlemen who hand her a church bulletin and help her find a seat. The visitor listens to the music, hears the sermon, and concludes by the end of the service that she finally has found a place she can call her church home

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Leadership Principles in the Story of Deborah

Called by God to be a prophetess and a judge, Deborah remains an enigmatic figure in the book of Judges. The myriad of interpretations to Judges chapter four and five are often polarizing and in opposition to one another. However, when you look at the actions and reactions of Deborah- everything from her day-to-day discourses and the famous battle that was kickstarted by Deborah answering a call from God, you will see humility and certainty in who Deborah is and who the Go

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Thoughts on How Christians Should Respond to Illegal Immigrants

Introduction

         The  Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) has had a massive spike in arrests of illegal immigrants from an average of around 21,000 per month (over the last several months) to 43,000 last month.[1] President Donald Trump’s administration says that number is too low and is expected to use military resources to aid ICE officers.[2] The United States has turned a corner with the immigration story in the United States in the last year. As debates heat up

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The Impact That the Hiring Process Can Have on a Pastor and What We Can Do to Improve It

Introduction

On July 26th, 2020, I was voted in unanimously by New Life Baptist Church, a small, rural Southern Baptist church as the next Senior Pastor of that church. The interim preacher who was filling in for that church at the time remarked that in the 40 years of doing ministry, he had never seen a pastor voted in unanimously. It was an exciting time in my life and having that unanimous vote felt like I had the wind at my back. Cut to three years later, the congregati

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A LEAP OF FAITH IN THE 21ST CENTURY: REVISITING KIERKEGAARD IN A POSTMODERN CONTEXT

      “It is really true what philosophy tells us, that life must be understood backwards. But with this, one forgets the second proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”[1] The prolifically quotable Søren Kierkegaard had many such sayings that would not look out of place on a college dormitory motivational poster or in a pastor’s Sunday morning sermon. This quote succinctly distills down his philosophy and faith that not only covers the breadth of his beliefs but show

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