I think my least favorite phrase for 2020 will be “an abundance of caution.”
Like you, this week, I’ve turned on the news every morning to make sure the zomb...
I’ll never forget the day I discovered I was a racist.
We’d just moved to St Louis, and I was trying to connect with area forums online. I wanted our church ...
2019 was a tough year for our family. Another of our fathers died unexpectedly (my father-in-law passed late in 2018), and two of our family groups were uproote...
People always tell you God is the most important thing in their lives, the main course. But today, we’re discovering he’s nothing more than an appetizer.
Chr...
Anyone remember Bizarro? He was an imperfect take on the perfect Superman introduced in DC Comics. In fact, Bizarro World not only had Bizarro-Superman but also...
The problem with Jesus is he’s just so doggone unreasonable.
One of the basics of my faith as a Protestant Christian is Solus Christus—that salvation is availa...
"And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, a...
I served for over two years at a place I called “the church of a hundred funerals.” Actually, we only had about 25 my first year, but those actually start to fe...
Just how many movies about revenge has Liam Neesen made now?
I’m glad you asked me! Let’s see…
First, there was Taken (2008), which is described as “A ret...
A man asked me to meet him at Starbucks. He was probably in his late 60s or early 70s, and he immediately impressed me by riding his bike to our little meeting....
I was browsing through local church websites the other day, looking at their statements of faith. Basically, that's a list of what they believe. Most had predic...
I watched a worship service on the internet recently. I was pretty familiar with the church I was watching. It had been known for its powerful worship and a big...
Dave Gipson is a husband, father of 4 adopted children and one biological child, former foster parent, and pastor at Tower Grove Baptist Church in St Louis, MO. He’s also an author, contributing regular commentaries to the Naples Daily News as well as other international publications. He has served churches for the last 25+ years, from Florida to the inner-city of Chicago. Rev. Gipson holds his ordination in the Southern Baptist denomination, and has two earned Masters degrees in Religion and Divinity. Read more at http://RevBigHair.com. Follow him on Twitter at @realdavegipson.
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