As I said after church, I’m surprised by the pride I felt seeing my brother taken by the spirit. At the rock show that is new Christianity, Joey was in the mosh pit. Front and center. Fearless. I was awestruck by his belief.
But there’s just one little problem with that belief. If you read the small print, part and parcel in that belief is that [see entire entry...]

Okay, cut the talk. Time to go to church. Wednesday isn’t a full service, it’s just dinner and some singing. But it’s still church. I don’t know if my brother is more nervous about it or I am. We haven’t been to service together since we were ten years old.
The one good thing about Northridge Church is that it’s huge (900 members). So I can pretty much get [see entire entry...]

So I bought a Bible. And a guide to the Bible. And a criticism of the Bible. And, as instructed, I read Acts.
If my brother’s church is based on the book of Acts, then I should be seeing some dancing in the aisles, speaking in tongues, and if I’m lucky a miracle or two at his church. See, in Acts disciples Peter and John traveled the land spreading [see entire entry...]

It’s a common belief that the media loves to pick on evangelical Christians, and who can deny that Christians feel the media is out to get them. The mutual dislike of these groups is pretty much accepted. But what about when that evangelical Christian, or that media person, is your brother?
Hi, I’m Jason. I’m not a Christian. Oh, I once was, but like most kids in the 1980s, I hit high school and went from [see entire entry...]

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