Backward Mutters

  • More Bitter than Death: Ecclesiastes 7:15-8:1

    As the Teacher has considered his pursuit of wisdom in chapter 7, he has shared that the day of our death has more to teach us about life than the day of our birth. Additionally, he has shown us our fretting and worrying about tomorrow is only relieved by our…

  • American Teenage Mutant Christians

     Thanks Nathan G for pointing to this. ( via CNN) — If you’re the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning: Your child is following a “mutant” form of Christianity, and you may be responsible. Dean says more American teenagers are embracing what she calls “moralistic therapeutic deism.”…

  • Those Who See the Sun: Ecclesiastes 7:8-14

    The second section of proverbial sayings in Ecclesiastes 7 is comprised of verses 7-14 which reads, “Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly…

  • Are You Hip?

    Article in the Wall Street Journal by Brett McCracken earlier this week on hipster Christianity here. He concludes, “If the evangelical Christian leadership thinks that “cool Christianity” is a sustainable path forward, they are severely mistaken. As a twentysomething, I can say with confidence that when it comes to church,…

  • Sorrow is Better: Ecclesiastes 7:1-7

    Here’s a summary of the teaching of Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 which I will elaborate on Sunday morning. Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 (NIV) reads, “A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than…