Paul Dean

Life is tough; there’s no doubt about it. I’ve seen people handle adversity well and I’ve seen others fall to pieces.

It’s shocking what’s shocking these days. Purity; honesty; things like that. But other things too; I read stuff from Lew Rockwell because the New...

I’ve had more conversations about corporate worship than I care to remember; not because I don’t like talking about worship but because I’m out of...

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso it wouldn’t be hard to find a cowboy church. We have them in my neck of the woods too; I met a guy the other...

I’ve tried not to weigh in on the recent kerfuffle over reformed hip-hop. It’s dangerous because no matter where you come down you’re going to be...

Auburn knocked off top-ranked Alabama on the last play of the 2013 Iron Bowl in a most unlikely fashion – and it was kind of a repeat.

I’ve called our church to keep visiting orphans and widows, adopting children, and ministering in the prisons. I’ve encouraged them to keep doing...

Let’s draw a picture of Churched Harry and Mary. They go to church and love the worship; they often have jubilant or overwhelmingly emotional...

In an ongoing and increasingly broad discussion concerning R2K vs. transformationalism, D.G. Hart posted an informative exchange involving J....

We evangelicals have “been dazed and confused for so long it’s not true.” Well, it is true.

It’s easy to start a fight between Christians; just talk about Halloween.

A question was asked in Sunday School regarding the reference to “heel” in Gen. 3:15: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between...

Part of our problem is well-meaning but biblically uninformed Christians.

You have to appreciate it when an unbeliever says something rooted in truth particularly when it’s insightfully penetrating. I came across this...

To say we have a big problem doing evangelism in the “Bible Belt” is an understatement. It’s also a problem of our own making.

Atheists will say the most interesting things. Of course they are more than interesting; sometimes they affirm God’s reality without realizing it;...

The biblical doctrine of hospitality has rich theological moorings and implications; for that reason it’s often misunderstood.

“Choir goes patriotic this Sunday, come worship with us.”