Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • our modern sin

    Koinonia asked me to comment on Anne Rice’s renouncement of her church, and I thought I might post it here in the hopes that my friends might catch any glaring problems before it goes up there! Anne Rice has left the church again.  Raised in “an old fashioned, strict Roman Catholic” home, Anne left the church…

  • is this offensive?

    You know how certain verses you’ve read many times suddenly smack you upside the head?  I just read this from Paul:  “If anyone does not love the Lord–a curse be on him.  Come, O Lord!” (1 Cor. 16:22).  I suspect that many evangelical Christians would be embarrassed by such talk, and if you told them that…

  • ohio gets it. Go Bucks!

  • competition

    This is a dangerous message that could easily be taken the wrong way, but I think that it may be useful–at least Paul seemed to think so (2 Cor. 8:8).  Here is another trial balloon for Our Daily Journey. read > 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it…

  • it could be a tiny bit worse

    This story is an exaggeration, but not by much.   And here’s an idea if you’re shopping for a Clevelander who’s hard to buy for.

  • regret

    I just returned home from a talk given by Miroslav Volf at Eerdmans’ bookstore—and I want to relay a story he shared. Volf said that once he was having dinner with his dissertation supervisor, Jurgen Moltmann. Moltmann is widely held to be the second greatest living theologian, next to Pannenberg (note that “greatest” does not…

  • witness this

    Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, Art Modell was on a Cleveland TV station telling us all to “deal with it quickly and move on.”  So before I go to bed, here are my random thoughts. 1. I now know another human being that I am morally superior to.  So there’s that.…

  • the kids aren’t all right

    This weekend a new movie opens which would have been unimagineable (both scientifically and morally) just a few years ago.  In The Kids Are All Right, the children of two lesbians search for their biological, sperm-donor dad.  I obviously haven’t seen the movie, but I suspect that it will push the typical cultural message that non-traditional…

  • amplified

    Here is my latest entry for Our Daily Journey.  It’s a thought that occurred to me, perhaps by the Spirit of God, as I attended Acton last week. read > Matthew 12:22-37 “A tree is identified by its fruit.  If a tree is good, its fruit will be good.  If a tree is bad, its…

  • churches without borders

    This month a nearby church changed its name from “Christ Community Church” to “C3Exchange.”  Besides the obvious benefit of being mistaken for a Star Wars character, the pastor said the name change indicates their desire to be an “inclusive, spiritual community” which includes Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and even atheists.  The church will remain true to…