by David McNeely | Oct 2, 2015 | General Blog Posts
Everyone Needs the Gospel Each year we focus on a particular aspect of faith. Year 1 we focused on prayer. Year 2 was on the Word. Last year we looked at the church. This year (year 4) we will hone in on the gospel. What are the implications of the gospel in our...
by David McNeely | May 7, 2015 | General Blog Posts
“Do you know how ridiculous it sounds?” Periodically I will hear that question. They are referring to THE reason behind why Christians believe what we believe. We believe many things. We believe some crazy sounding things. We believe that God is, that...
by David McNeely | Apr 30, 2015 | General Blog Posts
A seriously warped view of commitment. Commitment in dating is humorous to me. It’s like the emperor’s new clothes. Surely we all realize there is no actual commitment involved. Ex: She is required to be “faithful” to him. {Does anybody even know what that means? No...
by David McNeely | Apr 21, 2015 | General Blog Posts
Periodically, I speak on the subject of dating. I’m not talking about dating your spouse. I’m talking about the system we’ve designed to choose a spouse. Since I work with college students and those in their twenties, I think frequently about it....
by David McNeely | Mar 5, 2015 | General Blog Posts
Fifty Shades of Grey is a financial success. As a general rule of thumb the critics are not impressed. Regarding the movie, Roger Ebert said, “If anyone is punished by ‘Fifty Shades,’ it is the audience.” Frank Santo wrote of the book in the NY...
by David McNeely | Dec 17, 2014 | General Blog Posts
What is the value of Jesus? Last week we introduced the topic of rearing godly children in an affluent culture. The real question for parents is “What is the value of Jesus?” This is the question for all of God’s children – red and yellow,...