Article Directory :: Authors :: T :: Aaron Taylor Articles

Articles by Aaron Taylor

• Can Rich Folks Go to Heaven?
  I like stories like The Boy Who Cried Wolf or The Tortoise and the Hare, the ones where the smallest of children can grasp the moral of the tale. But a story that doesn't resolve? Not so much. Especially if the story deals with a high-stakes issue, like -say—what do I need to do to make it to heaven when I die? Which is why I really don't like the following story:
  Published 12May2012, viewed 18 times

• The Bible is not a Public Policy Manual!
  My pastor and I have a friendly tiff going on. He says that Jesus was strictly a-political; therefore Christians should abstain from politics completely. I say that Jesus challenged violent, poverty-inducing, socio-political structures throughout his life and ministry; therefore Christians have a duty to advocate for peace and to speak out for the poor and the oppressed.
  Published 21Apr2012, viewed 33 times

• God is Pro-Peace
  On Jan. 31, 2004, World Net Daily published an article written by (the now late) Jerry Falwell under the headline: "GOD IS PRO-WAR." While the article was intended to rally support for President Bush and the invasion of Iraq, for many readers it left the indelible impression that evangelicals are uber-nationalistic war mongers
  Published 21Apr2012, viewed 28 times

• What I Wish I Knew in Junior High
  Imagine being a 12 -year- old boy and all of your classmates agree that you look like the nerd on Saved by the Bell. Not exactly a confidence booster when it comes time to ask a girl if she wants to—as I remember the phrase—"go out with you." Though outwardly I was smart, confident, and ambitious, I used to lay awake at night thinking of suicide. Here's what I wish I knew back then.
  Published 17Mar2012, viewed 55 times

• Jesus Forbids Exclusion!
  The term evangelical Christian and I share a love/hate relationship. On the one hand, I believe in the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection and desire to share the implications of this news with others. The problem is that for most people in America, the term evangelical Christian is loaded with political undertones...
  Published 12Mar2012, viewed 48 times

• 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 deficit
  Published 09Mar2012, viewed 44 times

• So, Am I a Reductionist?
  The vast majority of my critics are people that comment anonymously (undoubtedly people that I know personally) that don't like either my implied political views or my stance on non-violence. In the case of my last post, however, I received a couple of anonymous comments coming from a different direction.
  Published 10Apr2010, viewed 305 times

• Speak Evil of No Man...Really??
  The more I read the New Testament, the more I realize that God has set the bar sky-high for those that would call themselves Christ -followers. Case in point. The Apostle Paul tells us in Titus 3:2 to "Speak evil of no man."
  Published 30Mar2010, viewed 301 times

• 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.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 336 times

• Ruth Was An Illegal Immigrant, So Does That Make Boaz A Villain?
  Every once in a while I get an "aha" moment and I can't turn my mind off, thus preventing me from a good night's sleep. Last night's "aha" moment came as I was reflecting on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.
  Published 15Mar2010, viewed 278 times

• What I Learned from the--Gasp!--Word of Faith Movement
  Perhaps you've heard of them. Televangelists with bouffant hairstyles and Rolex watches saying send me a dollar and God will give you a hundred, women with gaudy make-up, and the ever-famous "Be healed in the name of Jeeeee-sus" while pushing people to the ground.
  Published 10Mar2010, viewed 384 times

• 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 default swap?
  Published 14Feb2010, viewed 332 times

• Pat Robertson may be wrong, but so are academic and media elites
  When I was a student at Christ for the Nations School of Missions, I learned about the so-called "pact with the devil" that the African slaves of Haiti made to free themselves from the French. Later I learned about the so-called "renewal of the covenant" presumably made by Aristide in 2003 where he officially recognized Voodooism as a state religion.
  Published 19Jan2010, viewed 473 times

• 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.
  Published 14Jan2010, viewed 391 times

• Obama's Nobel speech, what did we expect?
  I didn't get a chance to watch Barack Obama's Nobel speech live, but I've read the transcript and found very little in the speech that couldn't have been given by any number of past presidents—including George W. Bush.
  Published 20Dec2009, viewed 484 times

• Hurray to Rick Warren for denouncing Uganda's anti-gay law, but where are other Christians?
  As a career missionary to Africa, I fear what would happen to me on judgment day if I didn't speak out against what is happening in Uganda right now in the name of Christ. I was in the middle of typing my monthly newsletter when I decided to check my e-mail. The subject line read, "Pastor Rick Warren condemns Uganda anti-homosexuality bill."
  Published 16Dec2009, viewed 355 times

• 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 war in Afghanistan, there's a verse of Scripture that's taken on a profound new significance, "Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man in whom there is no help" (Psalm 146:3).
  Published 04Dec2009, viewed 305 times

• 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. Dinesh D'Souza is a renowned Christian apologist known for taking on the proponents of the New Atheism (people like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens). He's also one of America's most influential conservative thinkers.
  Published 20Nov2009, viewed 245 times

• Billy Graham and theological humility, will the next generation follow in his foosteps?
  While I'm looking forward to the Innovative Evangelism Conference next week, I think a serious reflection on the man that most of us attending the conference draw the bulk of our inspiration from—Billy Graham—is in order.
  Published 04Nov2009, viewed 375 times

• 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.
  Published 08Oct2009, viewed 331 times

• 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 denied care or were kicked out of the plan for getting sick, Wendell's job was to make sure that the fewer the people who knew about it, the better.
  Published 29Sep2009, viewed 362 times

• 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 Testament), identificational repentance is when a group apologizes for the sins of its ancestors or when an individual apologizes for the sins of his or her family, church, or nation.
  Published 08Aug2009, viewed 432 times

• 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 beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.
  Published 10Jul2009, viewed 538 times

• A tortured life cut short--a reflection on Michael Jackson's tragic life
  Michael Jackson was a tortured soul whose life was tragically cut short. What can we learn from his tragedy?
  Published 01Jul2009, viewed 502 times

• Which should come first, spouse or children? Reflections on Jon and Kate's break-up.
  After watching Jon and Kate's high profile separation on Monday night's episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, author Aaron D. Taylor elicits readers response by asking the question, which should come first in family relations, the spouse or the children?
  Published 24Jun2009, viewed 309 times

• The line between truth and hate speech is sometimes blurry
  Where is the line between truth and hate speech? In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor tackles tough issues on both sides of the political aisle with this question in mind.
  Published 15Jun2009, viewed 268 times

• Early Christians' views on war, power, and politics
  How does Western Christianity today match up with the vision of the earliest known Christians? In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor reveals a shocking truth that the earliest Christians were far more radical than many of us realize.
  Published 10Jun2009, viewed 411 times

• Note to President Obama. For Muslims worldwide, actions speak louder than words.
  There has been a lot of speculation about how President Obama's speech in Cairo will impact U.S./ Muslim relations. In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor offers praise, criticism, and thoughts into how the Muslim world will react.
  Published 06Jun2009, viewed 472 times

• This just in....the Iraq War was a holy war....according to the Pentagon!!
  Was the Iraq War a holy war in the mind of George W. Bush and his top military aides? In this article author Aaron D. Taylor discusses the release of new memos that answer the question in the affirmative.
  Published 22May2009, viewed 359 times

• Should soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan proselytize?
  In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor discusses why many Muslims around the world view the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war against Islam.
  Published 15May2009, viewed 329 times

• Intolerance wears many faces these days
  Last week Carry Prejean lost the Miss U.S.A. pageant because of her comment on gay marriage. Also in the news, two young boys hung themselves because of bullies taunting them for being supposedly gay. In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor compares the two stories to show that intolerance wears many faces these days.
  Published 25Apr2009, viewed 524 times

• Chumming with pentecostal scholars
  Very few pentecostal/charismatic Christians know that the original founders of the pentecostal movement were nearly all pacifists. In this article, author Aaron D. Taylor describes his feelings about rubbing shoulders with pentecostal scholars trying to convince them to tell their people about their heritage.
  Published 28Mar2009, viewed 314 times

• Grace abounds to the chief of torturers
  In this article, Aaron D. Taylor describes the conversion of Duch, a war criminal that tortured 17,000 people under Pol Pot's brutal regime.
  Published 06Mar2009, viewed 280 times

• Now that history has been made, it's time for the black church to reclaim its non-violent heritage.
  While much of the world is focused on the inauguration of the first African American president, author Aaron D. Taylor challenges the black church to reclaim its non-violent heritage inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  Published 22Jan2009, viewed 277 times

• There's an upside to economic disaster
  While many people are in disarray over the harsh economic times America is facing, author Aaron D. Taylor thinks that God may be using the crisis to teach us all a spiritual lesson.
  Published 15Feb2009, viewed 347 times

• The world must act now to stop genocide in Burma!
  While much of the world's attention is focused on what's happening in Gaza, author Aaron D. Taylor writes a first-hand report about the ongoing genocide of the Karen people in Burma.
  Published 16Jan2009, viewed 406 times

• Who would Jesus bomb? A serious response to the crisis in Gaza
  While many Christians support the Israeli siege on Gaza, author Aaron D. Taylor challenges his fellow believers to look at the situation from a higher perspective.
  Published 07Jan2009, viewed 337 times

• Barack Obama visited my house!!
  This article describes a rare encounter between a middle class commoner and a powerful political ruler.
  Published 12Sep2008, viewed 332 times

• Note to self--never say yaaahh!!!!!!
  In this article, author and world traveler Aaron D. Taylor shares a funny story that happened on a recent missionary trip to Guatemala.
  Published 21Jul2008, viewed 295 times

• Onesimus, Indiana floods, and a lesson in perseverance.
  In this article author Aaron D. Taylor compares his experience of driving through a flood zone to the Biblical character Onesimus.
  Published 11Jun2008, viewed 463 times

• Don't call me a racist! (thoughts on Obama's speech)
  In his article "Don't Call me a racist!" author and freelance missionary, Aaron D. Taylor gives his thoughts on Obama's speech on race.
  Published 19Mar2008, viewed 359 times

• Meeting the Jesus Campers
  In this article, author and speaker Aaron Taylor describes a weekend he spent with the O Brien family, the same family featured prominently in the film Jesus Camp.
  Published 26Jan2008, viewed 547 times

• Road Rage
  In this article, author Aaron Taylor describes how a moment of Road Rage helped him understand the plight of the world's poor.
  Published 19Jan2008, viewed 344 times

• My Most Embarrassing Moment
  Have you fallen and you can't get up? Author Aaron Taylor would like to help you get back on your feet again by sharing this humorous story.
  Published 03Jan2008, viewed 371 times

• Jesus and the rejection of earthly power-now that's the meaning of Christmas!
  What is the true meaning of Christmas, in this article, author Aaron Taylor gives a surprising answer.
  Published 26Dec2007, viewed 432 times

• Governor Huckabee: Will you Go on Record?
  Which is scarier? A Mormon in the White House or a Baptist pastor? Evangelical author Aaron D. Taylor gives a surprising answer.
  Published 19Dec2007, viewed 427 times

• Releasing my inner sissy
  All over the world, people are sharing their secrets on websites, blogs, coffe-houses, and chatrooms. In this article, author Aaron Taylor shares one of his childhood secrets.
  Published 15Dec2007, viewed 542 times

• Jesus and the Rich Young Reprobate
  Does God really love sinners or does he predestine some for damnation? Aaron tackles this question head on.
  Published 10Dec2007, viewed 540 times

• The Christian Right and the Pledge of Allegiance-Is There a Contradiction?
  Is there a contradiction between the Christian Right's obsession with keeping "Under God" in the pledge and Biblical Christianity? Have American Christians created an unholy alliance by equating patriotism with following Jesus? Author Aaron D. Taylor weighs in on this often overlooked issue.
  Published 05Dec2007, viewed 382 times

• Progress or Apocalypse?
  Will the world end in a catyclismic bang or will society gradually improve until Jesus takes over? In this article, Aaron Taylor tackles two very different end of days scenarios and asks if there can be any common ground between the two.
  Published 28Nov2007, viewed 279 times

• Average Joe Liberal's Bleeding Heart Dilemna
  In Average Joe Liberal's Bleeding Heart Dilemna, author Aaron Taylor makes an unusual comparison between bleeding heart liberals and the Apostle Paul.
  Published 27Nov2007, viewed 332 times

• Theology from African Chickens
  Theology from African Chickens tells a humorous story of Aaron's observations of chickens living in African villages and what they tell us about God's relationship with His creation.
  Published 01Nov2007, viewed 373 times

• Red head beer drinking evangelist
  Red head beer drinking evangelist tells a moving story of an encounter between a seasoned missionary evangelist and a struggling Vietnam veteran.
  Published 17Oct2007, viewed 327 times

• The day I got Left Behind
  The Day I got Left Behind tells the story of when Aaron and his brother heard a piercing trumpet blast and believed that they were Left Behind at the rapture. This article explores the political implications of Left Behind theology.
  Published 09Oct2007, viewed 364 times

• The Good Muslim?
  In defense of ordinary asks a simple question. Why don't we hear more preachers talk about God using ordinary people to do ordinary things? Aaron believes that ordinary gets a bad rap and proposes a new thesis. God uses ordinary people to do ordinary things, but ordinary things really matter.
  Published 04Oct2007, viewed 425 times

Free Report!
Ten Essential Secrets Of Article Marketing ... Grab Your Free
Copy Now:

Need Content?
Regular Top Quality Content for your Blog, Ezine or Website ...
Delivered Direct,
For Free!
Click For Details