Recently, I've started producing 60 second "Ministry Minute" videos and posting them on Facebook, Youtube, and elsewhere. I love doing them, but wonder whether a minute is, well, too mi-nute to matter when it comes to the deeper truths of God's Word, the Bible. The rationale behind these 60 second spots, is that people's attention span has shortened greatly and since social media is packaged with multiple distractions per second, anything "too long" will be ignored. Recent data collected during our worship service broadcasts shows a dramatic drop in viewers after about 30 minutes. People start watching with the best intentions...but then, "Squirrel!" (Life & Distractions Happen.) Now don't g

Matthew 27:25 And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children.” Sometimes in our efforts to be "politically correct," or "woke," we create more problems and totally miss the truth. In my opinion, this has never been more true than with the condemnation of any use of Matt 27:25 in public settings. For example, there was an outcry of disdain when Mel Gibson included it in the script for the movie, "The Passion of the Christ." When Pilot was deciding what to do with Jesus, the people call for his crucifixion. Pilot washes his hands of it and the people say, "(Let) his blood be on us and on our children." Progressives screamed intolerance, bigotry and claimed Gibson