Severity of God
22 Apr 2013

Teaching the Severity of God

Currently I am reading through The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler for our young adult discussion group at church.  This book has made me rethink a lot of things in my faith, theology and the way I teach.  Something that has been rolling around in my head now for weeks is a...
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Loving Each Other Through our Differences
07 Apr 2013

Loving Each Other Through Our Differences

We started a new sermon series at Castleton UMC today called “Students Ask, Pastors Answer”.  Our teenagers in Phao Student Ministries wrote out some faith questions for our pastors and instead of just writing back answers, the pastors decided to preach the answers to...
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i feel like
06 Apr 2013

I Think and I Feel: Why I don’t like these words in Bible study

It’s come to my attention that there are concerns over the fact that I don’t particularly like to use the phrases “I think” and/or “I feel” in my high school Bible study.  This is correct…partially.  Let me better explain the context for...
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