The Magna Carta of Christian Equality
This morning for my morning meditation, I watched Rev. Ben Boswell‘s sermon at Collective Liberation Church in Charlotte on August 3, 2025, “The Liberating Reality of a New Creation.” It’s just over...
View ArticleUncle Charlie and Jesus’ Love
This past Sunday, Shelly and I both taught Sunday School lessons at our church in Charlotte, North Carolina: Caldwell Presbyterian Church. I taught the adult lesson for our “ACE Sunday School” class...
View ArticleSon of Man in The Bible Project
Frequently in the Gospels of the Bible, we hear Jesus call himself, “The Son of Man.” The December 2018 video from The Bible Project, “Why Jesus Called Himself the Son of Man,” provides an outstanding...
View ArticleLessons from the Prophet Amos
These are my notes from today’s Sunday School lesson and worship service at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 21, 2024. “Praying The Hours” is a Catholic prayer...
View ArticleAsk for Signs and Directions!
These are some of my notes and “takeaways” from a sermon shared today on January 7, 2024, by Rev. Dorothy J. Killian at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The sermon was...
View ArticleNo Human Hierarchy in God’s Family
Through the YouVersion Bible app for iPhone, Shelly (my wife) has discovered the “Eyewitness Bible Series” of videos. This morning, on her recommendation, I watched the 11.5 minute video, “Topics 07...
View ArticleAI Helps Sunday School Lesson Planning
Our adult Sunday School class (ACE) at Caldwell Presbyterian Church is reading and studying the book, “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” by Kevin Nye. Tomorrow I’m...
View ArticleHuman Rights and Southern Baptist Protestant Christians
This should be obvious to all people in all modern cultures, but sadly it is not and some groups are working to “turn back the clock. Women are full human beings and should be accorded FULL human...
View ArticlePrinceton Theology and Christian Fundamentalism
This is another ChatGPT 4 “theological and historical coaching” example today, in my continuing quest to better understand the historic roots and contemporary flavors of American Christian...
View ArticleCharlotte Church Hunting (Sept 2022 Update)
As new residents of Matthews, North Carolina, and the Charlotte area, we are hunting for a new church. In this post, I’ll share about four of the churches we have visited so far, and some reflections...
View ArticleThe Origins of the Universe – Free Will and Quantum Mechanics
On July 10, 2020, I shared a lesson on “The Origins of the Universe – Free Will and Quantum Mechanics” for our Friday Morning Men’s Group at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma, meeting...
View ArticleGenetic Editing and BioEthics (3 July 2020)
This morning I shared the lesson at our Friday Morning Men’s Group for First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Because of COVID-19, we continue to meet “virtually” via Zoom each week. I...
View Article6 Ways to Safely Serve Others During COVID-19
Yesterday our “Friday Morning Men’s Group” at our church met for the first time over a Zoom videoconference, which is the first time we’ve ever gathered virtually in the history of our group. Things...
View ArticleBioEthics and Acting Like Jesus
Today I shared a lesson in our Sunday School class titled, “BioEthics and Acting Like Jesus.” We discussed and explored the appendix of Francis Collins’ book, “The Language of God: A Scientist...
View ArticleResponding to Possibilianism & Dr. David Eagleman: Knowing & Authority Beyond...
As I’m continuing to teach and lead the class, “Curiosity and Questions: Jesus and Science” this year, I’m enjoying the YouTube recommendation engine (in moderation, of course) to help me discover...
View ArticleTakeaways from Curt Gruel’s Presentation about Christian Faith from a...
Last Sunday during our “Curiosity and Questions: Jesus and Science” Sunday School class, Curt Gruel was our guest speaker. Curt is a very unique Christ follower. He was an orthopedic surgeon and the...
View ArticleResponding to Stephen Fry’s Arguments Against God
Inspired by the sermon on September 1, 2019, at First United Methodist Church in Manhattan, Kansas, today our adult Sunday School class in Edmond, Oklahoma responded to a controversial and challenging...
View ArticleBible Study Assisted by Google Home
This week Rachel and I have started a morning Bible study together, reading through the Gospel of John. This is something we’ve talked about doing for many months, but we finally decided to do it over...
View ArticleThinking about Christian bumper stickers
So this is an unusual find this weekend. One of Alexander’s roommates shared this with me. You can ask for 10 random “Christian” bumper stickers from the website below, or select 10 that you want for...
View ArticleMy Gospel Encounter with Bob Sprankle
Today in our adult Sunday School Class, I shared a 3.5 minute narrated slideshow titled, “My Gospel Encounter with Bob Sprankle.” I created this video after writing a 9 part, short script and...
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