Don’t Call Me Christian

• A question of identity November 7, 2009
  As I have gotten older it surprises me less and less to find that people of all ages, many of whom I admire and respect for their integrity of character and consider to be successful leaders within their chosen profession still ask the question, “Who am I?” No, this is not a matter of amnesia or [...]
• Spiritual Atheists October 2, 2009
  As a Christian, one of the things I have learned to accept is that not everyone believes in God. Atheists are everywhere living quiet normal existances side by side with Theists and Deists alike. I always find a person’s reaction interesting when they discover for the first time that someone they thought they knew turns [...]
• Happy Birthday! September 23, 2009
  Today is my forty-first birthday. To be honest with you, not until I got an email greeting from one of my online writing groups did I even remember this seemingly insignificant fact. But such is the way I perceive birthdays. It is not, however, the way God sees it. In the eyes of God, forty-one years [...]
• Who am I? September 14, 2009
  In recent weeks a series of interesting revelations has forced me to stop my life and ask myself: Who am I? Three weeks ago I experienced an emotional breakdown when the culmination of my abusive childhood, years of unresolved issues, and a lifetime of codependency became too overwhelming for me to bear. I woke up one [...]
• What is your (Christian) theological world view? September 5, 2009
  Years ago I discovered that a lot of pastors and Bible teachers do not know their theological world view of Christianity. I’ve seen Liberals call themselves Neo Orthodox, and Charismatics say they were Wesleyan. Back in February 2008 I came across across a quiz that asked the question, “What is your theological world view.” Curious, [...]
• Does God speak to you? August 29, 2009
  Not long ago I traded comments with a man on another blog who asked what I meant when I said “God speaks to me in my spirit.” I explained to this person that my Christian beliefs included the belief that I was a created being, fashioned in the image of my Creator and given the capacity [...]
• Jesus loves you and the Religious too August 28, 2009
  I’ve never met Craig Gross, but when I read about his new book Jesus Loves You This I Know, I felt I had found a kindred spirit. Gross recognizes that for years the conservative church has subscribed in error to a three prong approach to God. The approach can be summed up in the words, [...]
• Don’t Call Me Christian August 26, 2009
  Welcome to the new TimWade.WordPress.com While the URL has stayed the same, several things besides the theme are now different about this blog. First, the name has been changed to Don’t Call Me Christian, which reflects two things: 1) The name of the book I am writing that contrasts Christian identity with human spirituality; and 2) [...]
• The Church is called to tolerance August 8, 2009
  Growing up the son of a Southern Baptist minister, and the grandson of Southern Baptist home missionaries, I learned early in life the need to tolerate the beliefs of others. At the same time, I also learned that there is a difference between tolerance of the sinner and acceptance of the sin. Although you and [...]
• If we could talk… August 5, 2009
  Were we to sit down over a cup of coffee I would ask you many questions, and not just the typical questions associated with small talk when two people who don’t know what to talk about. I would ask you about your life, where you grew up, and what your favorite childhood memory was. I [...]