Jeff's Musings

History over the past two thousand years has painted many pictures of what Jesus looked liked and who he was. Many theologians and skeptics throughout the centuries have each had their idea of Jesus and the truth of the matter is, not a single one of them has done Jesus justice.  As I look back...

It seems like the issue of Intelligent Design is geting major attention around the country as lawsuits are being filed in several states to stop the teaching of ID in schools systems. Those who back ID believe that ID should have an equal stage with the teaching of the theory of evolution. The probl...

If you were to look at my personal profile on this site you would see that one of my hobbies is trying to get my basement finished. It has been a three and a half year project, with all the labor being done by myslef and my wife Julie. When we bought our home our […]...

Happy New Year!!!  Sorry that I am a day late and possibly a dollar short as the old saying goes. Many of us have made the annual resolutions that will be broken before we see the next President’s Day most surely.  None for me this year. Yes, I do need to lose weight and be […...

If you haven’t gotten the email forward from American Family Association asking you to send a letter to NBC to share your thoughts on the their upcoming new television series, consider yourself lucky.  I am not railing against the AFA, as they do great work in keeping network and movie ex...

If we want to be a true Christian ourselves and live an authentic Christian life, it is imperative that we understand the essence of real Christianity and not be taken in by a caricature. Additionally, it is vital that the world see the real thing, not some pale substitute impersonating the genuine ...

In 1974, when I was in the 8th grade there was a book that our English class had to read titled, "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe." It was the second book of C.S.Lewis’ adventures of a land called Narnia. I vaguely remember what the book was about, with the exception of the all...

If you noticed, I haven’t had any posts in a couple of weeks.  I have been using spare time to begin outlining a new sermon series that will start in January.  The title of the series is "Who Is Jesus" and it will cover some areas of Jesus’ life that we don’t sp...

I am going to embark further into a topic that I whisked over in yesterday’s post, the seeker sensitive church.  As I look across the church landscape today, I am really amazed at the number of churches that are getting on the sensitive seeker bandwagon.  This is a movement that has ...

Move over mega-churches, forget about seeker sensitivity, the day of the teaching/relational church has arrived. It’s not that churches like Saddleback and Willow Creek are no longer relevant or will not continue grow, on the contrary.  There will be thousands of churches that will make i...