Matthew McCraw

I just finished reading a book called Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna.  The main premise of the book is that we do many things in the contemporary church that are birthed out of paganism rather than the New Testament.  The authors laid out several traits of the early Christians and New Testament Read more

Our church is currently in the middle of a capital fundraising campaign.  I wanted our students to better understand what the Bible says about giving so I am teaching them this lesson tonight.  Here are the downloads for the Word and Power Point files. Word file Power Point file Read more

Check out this post by Tony Morgan that lays out 14 ways to spend less so you can do more.  I believe that God wants us to be responsible with the money He has entrusted to us. Common sense is very helpful in accomplishing that task, but so is wisdom from men such as Tony Read more

“A single phase of God’s Truth has so impressed this man or that, that he has concentrated his attention upon it, almost to the exclusion of everything else. Some portion of God’s Word has been made a ‘pet doctrine,’ and often this has become the distinctive badge of some party. But it is the duty Read more

Like it or not, one cannot deny that Calvinism is making a huge comeback among Southern Baptists.  A friend of mine in ministry allerted me that even Time magazine recognized it in their “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now.” Check it out here. Read more

I just finished watching an episode of House on Fox. The patient this week had a medical condition that did not allow him to restrain himself from saying whatever was really on his mind. He said many hurtful and embarrassing things in front of anyone that was around him. This episode made me think what Read more