Randy's Rag

THE CHURCH MILITANT By Randy Nabors FIT TO FIGHT It kind of amused me when I realized that the Army wanted me to be as healthy as...

SHOW SOME RESPECT! BY Randy Nabors I have a friendly name.  Actually it’s my middle name, which I prefer, and I think it sounds friendly...

RACISM BY Randy Nabors Racial discussions in America are full of rhetorical flourish, phrases, and powerful words which sometimes are not...

Recently someone called me from an inner-city non-profit ministry.  They had some unfortunate experiences with trying to hire people and...

WE NEED SOME BIG GOD THEOLOGY! In a world with so much injustice, suffering, and legitimate sorrow it takes a “Big God” theology to help...

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM We went to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum yesterday.  An institution and monument of statewide lament.  My...

Questions to ask a young white church planter who wants to do a cross-cultural church plant; some of these apply to People of Color as...

THE BEST THING I CAN DO! What’s the most important thing that I can do with my life, according to my calling that will make an impact...

One of the problems of finding qualified church planters, (and that phrase needs explanation) is that one needs certain basic things...

Personal Disclosure Some personal disclosure as I write on this subject. One of my sons is part of the federal work force that is...

STAYING UNDER THE UMBRELLA “Can two walk together unless they be agreed?” Amos 3.3 If you have ever tried walking in the rain under an...

“I want to be famous,” he told me. Now this was in a prayer session, and he obviously saw it as a struggle, but nevertheless it was a...

Lex Talionis versus Lex Orandi. Say what? These are Latin phrases standing for the Law of Retaliation versus the Law of Prayer. I had...

I feel caught between a rock and a hard place in the conflict between sympathy for the victims of sexual assault or abuse and the rule of...

Someone has asked my opinion on local churches cooperating or interacting with other organizations, and possibly other ministries. What...

I like Deacons. I honor the office of Deacon. I love the men and women who serve in the ministry of mercy throughout our churches. ...

FAILING There are ways we can fail in our pursuit of cross-cultural ministry. I refer to this as “malpractice.” I am not speaking...

It is hard not to say something about this latest activity by our President, and I speak of the comments President Trump made in Finland...

Where do I stand? I don’t think the middle is a proper understanding of my position. I am trying to stand on the Rock, on the Word of...

Do you ever get bothered by pictures of young white people surrounded by little black children, whether American or African, as they send...