Ohio State football players selling memorabilia and autographs for cash. Auburn potentially paying Cam Newton hundreds of thousands of dollars. Photographs of Alabama players signing autographs and wearing suits from a local business owner. University of North Carolina coaches funneling players to an agent. With each new week, a new scandal involving major college football [...]
The primary failings of many Christian marriages is not due to a lack of a financial plan, understanding of marital roles, or not reading the Bible enough. I believe a huge miss in many supposed Christ-centered marriages is a lack of companionship, joy, and intimacy. To put it plainly, many spouses just aren’t friends. They [...]
Listen to Jay’s recent sermon from Mosaic Church Ann Arbor on discipleship.
I’ve mentioned before that my old mentor, Andy Kerr, leads a church plant in Erie, PA. Although it’s been years since we were meeting weekly over coffee in “The Bagel Shop,” Andy still has a great deal of influence in my life and ministry. Recently, there was a write-up on a local news site about [...]
Yesterday I introduced the implications of sin and the stench it creates, as well as unpacking the first part of the statement, “When we catch a whiff of ourselves we’re inclined to take one of two routes: 1) we may try to turn something rotten into something good; or 2) trying to cover up the [...]
By definition a stench is an “offensive odor.” Even as I utter the word stench I find my shoulders getting tense and I sense my brain sending signals to my nostrils to watch out and be extra sensitive in order to guard my olfactory nerve from some disgusting stink. A stench can clear a room. [...]
Marks of a Church Throughout church history theologians and clergy have sought to clarify what constitutes a church. Traditionally the First Council of Constantinople in 381 was viewed as laying out four marks for the church when they said, “We believe in one, holy, catholic (simply means universal), and apostolic church.” Both Martin Luther and [...]
Last Saturday the NY Times posted an article about Columbus, OH’s pursuit to establish its image. It’s actually a really nice write-up about Columbus with mentions of several of the features that make this a great city. Nevertheless, the “City without a Pseudonym” finds itself having trouble communicating who exactly they are, so they’re in [...]
Take 51 seconds and watch this video: The Drunk & The Crocodile I think my favorite lines are: “Just as I touched it, it had my leg at the same time…when it grabbed me I thought, ‘I’m in trouble.’” (drunk) “How bizarre could you be, that’d be my worst nightmare to go in and spend [...]