(ABP) -- If I were being completely honest, I would tell you that the whole idea was a little, tiny bit self-serving.

Having recently completed my doctor-of-ministry degree in preaching, I, strangely enough, managed to maintain my passion for the subject even through all the pain of slogging toward graduation. I love preaching; I feel an urgency about how it should and can be done; and, most of all, I love to talk about it with other people who feel the same.

(ABP) -- I have a bone to pick with the Coen brothers.

After preaching a 3-week series on the book of Job, I was looking forward to a new take on Job’s story when I went to see the famous sibling directors' new film, A Serious Man.