Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, apparently decided to share his opinion of President Barack Obama last Sunday (Easter Sunday). Through this, he expressed concern regarding Obama’s birth-certificate. White House spokesman Jay Carney said this of the situation: “I think it’s unfortunate that a religious leader would choose Easter Sunday to make preposterous charges”. [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Love is optional, right?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s sunday morning. The pastor is on stage, the lights go down, mics on. This is like a production in which the starring role is given to Gods word. I always thought that the main character of any production was given the most attention, listened to carefully, and to be honest, all else is ignored. [...]
The Dangers of the “In-or-Out” Way of Thinking
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged catholicism, chris butson, denominations, facebook, protestantism, spirituality on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I got into a “Facebook argument” recently. This is something I tend to avoid (simply because social networking sites on the Internet are not the place to look for a decent intellectual discussion), however the person sent me a private message regarding their concern. The message was to say that they were worried about the [...]
Philippians 2.5-8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chris butson, devotional word, metro south church, philippians 2 on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following is the script I wrote and used for a five-minute devotional thought at Metro South Church on Sunday April 3, 2011. My actual presentation was nowhere near word-for-word. There were two services, and unfortunately I was only confident in my sharing the second time around (that’s what nerves do to you, I guess). [...]
