A good few months, back before I got a self-hosted blog, I wrote a three-part series entitled “Rob Bell Speaks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth”. That 3-part series, especially the second part, is probably the most read piece I have ever written in two years of blogging. You can read that series in [...]

Any written document must be interpreted if it is to be understood. The United States of America has nine highly skilled individuals whose daily task is to interpret the Constitution. They comprise the Supreme Court of the land. To interpret the Bible is a far more solemn task than to interpret the U.S. Constitution. It [...]

I like to play basketball – even though at the current time I’m still recovering from an injury and shouldn’t even be thinking of the court right now. One thing I learnt playing basketball against people who could wipe the floor with me was to not hate the player, but to hate the game (I’m [...]

Well, my friend “reformed pilgrim” left a comment on my last post exhorting me to check out some videos where Rob Bell, the Emergent preacher, supposedly defends himself from the information presented about him from various sources. This is probably the only time I’d give Bell a platform, but I will on this occasion as [...]

Please watch the following video. I do not endorse its contents in any way, shape or form, but it will serve as the “object” for today’s object lesson:
(As an aside, I could have used the music video, but I decided against it.) Now you may think, “Eedjit! Why you corrupting my ears with that”. You [...]

I finished the paper yesterday, but had to take care of family business all day today, which impaired me sending it out. I have found this to be providential as the following was sent to me via -email anonymously:

The Christian Civil War!
The Christian Church is in a Civil War.  Many Christians are unknowingly in the [...]

Last time, I began with some background as to the topic before us, looking at attitudes to the practice of tithing, and why people do it. Today, I wish to consider the definitions of tithing that are extant in the Christian world.