Jake Young is pastor of North Anderson Community Church, Presbyterian.

Blogging the Bible: More on Matthew 10:24-42

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted June 22, 2008

Jesus Christ was not threatening eternal damnation of those who failed to do God’s will. He was telling all the world that we are already damned, here and now if we cannot see that all people everywhere are God’s children, even two-cent sparrows. Read more...

Blogging the Bible: Be Not Afraid (Matthew 10)

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted June 18, 2008

Just in case we still don’t get it, John finally gives us the keys to the kingdom of God when he says, “Perfect love casts out fear.” (This passage always reminds me of its inverse: “Perfect fear casts out love!” Clever! And true.) Read more...

God's Desire for Death? Blogging the Bible (Psalm 116)

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted June 11, 2008

Deathwish is a bunch of violent movies with Charles Bronson, right? What's it got to do with Holy Scripture? Read more...

God and the Final Four

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted April 8, 2008

Kansas beats Memphis in overtime! It was an exciting game, indeed. But is there any theological significance to it? . . . Read more...

Sounds of Silence

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted March 11, 2008

Recently, I attended a Quaker meeting. You know what we did? Nothing! Read more...

For every (perfect) season there is a time...Just not right now

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted February 4, 2008

One sports headline this morning read, “Giants ruin Patriots’ bid for perfect season.” That’s a giant (pun intended) false assumption. Read more...

Celebrating MLK: A Non-Moderate Justice Saint

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." Read more...

Posers in the Gym

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted January 7, 2008

It’s early January. Let’s see who’s left standing on the treadmill in February when posers’ bodies pile behind the conveyor belt in a sad physical eulogy to the weakness of good intentions. Read more...

"I Found Jesus!"

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted December 19, 2007

Imagine my horror last Thursday when I go to the office and examined my DPL. The first item was easy enough: “contact so-and-so about such-and-such.” But then came the horror: “find the Christ child.” Read more...

Being Effective in a Task Oriented World

By JAKE YOUNG
Posted December 15, 2007

Most people I know operate with a “to-do list” (TDL). It may be written on a piece of paper or in a calendar, it may be in a personal digital assistant or just in your head. Read more...

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