Author Archives: Ron Amundson

I’ve known a ton of youth ministers over the years, and a common headache that many experience is the search committee says one thing, but the church in actual practice wants something else. Its pretty easy to present the case … Continue reading →

RachelHeldEvans wrote this fascinating blog post called They Were Right (And Wrong) About the Slippery Slope. A selected bit follows: It was easier before, when the path was wide and straight. But, truth be told, I was faking it. I … Continue reading →

Yep, even comedians like Jay Leno are having a bit of a field day over 3 republican candidates leaving the campaign trail being that all of them said God told them to run… Some atheist friends are having a field … Continue reading →

Its huge… from when I first got a link to it on Tuesday and it had just under 300 views to last time I checked this afternoon when it hit 10,000,000 it’s definitely struck a nerve with a lot of … Continue reading →

Some questions were asked on star measurements and the age of the universe in a forum I hang out at. Being I taught observational astronomy for a bit, I figured ok I can chime in on this… So, here we … Continue reading →

A somewhat recurrent them is that those young in the faith need protection. This seems to be backed up by Mark 9:42 where Jesus talks about not causing a little one to stumble and the millstone around the neck deal … Continue reading →

Hous was asking some questions concerning Exodus 38:8 on his facebook wall, so I just had to run with it. Its a fascinating piece of scripture, and also one that really seems way out of place with the rest of … Continue reading →

A recurrent theme by some Christians, is that the church can take care of the poor, and that it would be more compassionate and efficiency if they did rather than the govt. Certain Matthew 25 is pretty hard core that … Continue reading →

“No real Christian would do that” seems to be a common Christian apologetic to what Breivik did. Most assuredly his actions were exceedingly evil… but whether he is a Christian or not is another story. If we believe the words … Continue reading →