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Start Where You Are
By
Dillon Burroughs
After Jesus had cast the evil spirits out of a man in the region of Garasenes (see Matthew 5), the guy wanted to serve as one of Christ’s followers. He had been transformed. He was ready to go anywhere and do anything for the one who had changed him. You would think Jesus would have…
Never Stop Learning
By
Dillon Burroughs
Yesterday, CNN’s Belief Blog noted the rise in older Americans returning to seminary for education. Comparing the trend to Dennis Quaid’s role in “The Rookie,” it questioned the pros and cons of returning to school at an older age, especially in one’s retirement years. One wonderful aspect of this trend stands out–Christians are called to…
One Man in Afghanistan: A Call to Prayer and Action
By
Dillon Burroughs
ChristianPost.com noted yesterday that the World Evangelical Alliance, one the world’s largest religious networks, has spoken out against a man held in prison in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity. While we often hear stories of such persecution, we can easily forget that this is an issue of one man standing for his faith in a…
Do We Still Need to Confess Our Sins?
By
Dillon Burroughs
Religion News reports, “So that new iPhone confession app is getting lots of chatter around the Interwebs, from MoDo and WaPo and NPR and TIME and elsewhere, but the Catholic League is incensed that too many media reports imply that the gizmo replaces the need to actually seek out a priest for Confession. The Vatican agrees.”…
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