Aaron Taylor

America's Budget-Busting Foreign Policy Disconnect

A recent Gallup poll shows that 81% of Americans want the President to be focused on domestic issues, while 9% say they want him to focus on foreign policy issues. Not too surprising….Until you consider that the fastest growing domestic priority is the de... Read >

So, Am I a Reductionist?

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on my blog entitled "Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up?" In the post I talked about how America, being a trendy nation, seems to have a gospel to fit just about every corresponding trend in society. For the materialist t... Read >

Speak Evil of No Man...Really??

I love the New Testament. I think it's fair to say that I live, eat, breathe, and drink the New Testament. I honestly think that there's no piece of literature more inspiring and uplifting than the New Testament. Having said that, I have to admit that mo... Read >

Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up?

When I read the Book of Acts in the New Testament, I notice a stark contrast between the gospel that the Apostles preached and the gospel that is preached in many American churches today. America is a trendy nation. It seems that for every cultural trend ... Read >

Rethinking the gospel of "success"

Ever since the crash of 2008, I've found myself doing a lot of soul searching. At first, like most people, I had no idea what the crash was about. Who caused it? What political party is to blame? And, for Pete's sake, what in the world is a credit defa... Read >

Update Regarding Anthem Medicare Supplement Rate Adjustments

The state of Colorado has approved a move by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to keep rates for its Medicare Supplement plans the same in 2010 as they were in 2009. Accordingly, there will be no rate change for Anthem Medicare Supplement plans available in C... Read >

Adventures in parenting, the day I brought my newborn home

Sleep, oh sleep, where art thou? My wife and I's first child, Christian David Taylor, was born last week on Tuesday January 5th. I've been told by the sum total of everyone I've ever met that having children is going to drastically change my life. To demo... Read >

Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, should Christians take a side?

On the eve of the election last November, I wrote a thinly-veiled endorsement of Barack Obama and blasted it out to my friends and family. Now after listening to President Obama's speech trying to sell the American people on his decision to escalate the w... Read >

Dinesh D'souza, the New Atheism, and Constantinian Christianity

Last week at the Innovative Evangelism Conference I got a chance to hear Dinesh D'Souza speak to a standing room only crowd. Many in the crowd were fellow evangelists, but there were a few seekers and skeptics present as well. Dinesh D'Souza is a renowned... Read >

Billy Graham and theological humility, will the next generation follow in his foosteps?

Every three years, young evangelists from around the world gather in Portland Oregon to attend a conference put on by the Next Generation Alliance, an organization dedicated to mentoring the next generation of global gospel preachers. While I'm looking fo... Read >

The ACLJ and Israeli war crimes, who's imagining what?

A few days ago I received a mass e-mail from the ACLJ. For those that don't get their daily dose of Christian talk radio, ACLJ stands for the American Center for Law and Justice. Think of the ACLJ as the conservative Yin to the liberal ACLU Yang. Most of ... Read >

A health care whistle-blower and a call to Christian accountability

Wendell Potter worked for 15 years as the head of public relations for CIGNA, one of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S. Wendell's job was to keep high profile complaints from becoming major news stories. So when policy -holders were denie... Read >

On behalf of my fellow Christians, I apologize

In the Pentecostal Christian tradition, there's a practice that has gained some ground over the past few years called identificational repentance. Taken from the examples of men like Daniel and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Scriptures (also known as the Old Tes... Read >

Note to missionary critics. The persecution of Christians in Mauritania is a human rights issue

Mauritania is a land of striking beauty. With sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse; Mauritania is a land of extremes'extreme beau... Read >

A tortured life cut short--a reflection on Michael Jackson's tragic life

I used to draw crowds doing the moon- walk. Granted, I was five years old and the crowd was my friends and family. And my moon walk, well, let's just say that white boys can't danceâ€"at least not this white boy. I can remember watching the Thriller vid... Read >