Pastor Bo: Christ’s story endures 2,000 years later because of an empty tomb
"Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question " (Acts 23:6).
Pastor Bo: Christ’s blood reaches deeper than the stain has gone
He was just a relatively unknown Nazarene preacher in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. But Raymond Browning, born March 30, 1879, in Giles County, Tennessee, at some point put pen to paper and wrote some of the most beautiful words ever written. Adger M. Pace took those words and set them to music in the hymn titled "Deeper Than the Stain Has Gone." Not many people these days have ever heard it, and that is a bit of a shame.
Pastor Bo: Banishing cartoon characters dulls our colorful world
When I learned that Pepe Le Pew was the latest casualty of cancel culture, I shook my head in mild amazement.
Pastor Bo: Our bit of data from one year of COVID and the church
There has been, to put it mildly, "much more heat than light" when it comes to discussion of COVID-19 and the church over the past year.
Pastor Bo: The cold doesn’t care how our homeless neighbors got there
"Cold doesn't care how you got there; it's just as cold whether you got there because of laziness or because of circumstances beyond your control."
Pastor Bo: The potential beauty of the post-pandemic church
Among other unusual things, I belong to that unique fraternity of wandering souls known as backpackers.
Pastor Bo: Instant ordination shows the folly of shortcuts
Since the time our children were babies, we have always gathered together as a family and prayed together before bed.
Pastor Bo: A message from (and for) the prophets
Baptists are traditionally known for many things, among which are casseroles, potlucks, fried chicken, banana pudding (nanner pudding, when spoken familiarly), hacking preaching, shouting, camp meetings and a strong aversion to anything "new." Mind you, not all Baptists fit everything on that list; I myself only fall into the sporadic banana pudding/occasionally shouting/every now and then go to a camp meeting categories.
Pastor Bo: A shiny new package for the old heresy of racism
Coming as it was from one of the most well-known pastors in the world, I could not have been more disappointed with what I was listening to.
Pastor Bo: Scraping away the evil just above our heads
We Americans really don't ever seem to agree on much, and 2020 did not improve that situation any.