The Most Subversive Protest Yet

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the gospel on display in Egypt. Christian churches were bombed by terrorists and the 90% of Egypt's population that is Muslim expressed their outrage by attending Christian Mass on Eastern Orthodox Christmas Day (Jan 7) to keep extremists from bombing again. I read today that on last …

Modern Day Proverbs on Good and Evil

I taught my last Proverbs class today and we looked at an interesting contrast between modern day proverbs and the proverbs in the Bible. I found a website explaining modern proverbs (a stitch in time saves nine, a penny saved is a penny earned) and created a Wordle of all the proverbs listed. A Wordle …

Weirdest, Thing, EVER!

This blog entry is for my Church of Christ peeps. The rest of you might not find this interesting. I just read the darndest thing. Some of you might know that Caleb Hawley advanced to the Hollywood round of American Idol last night but I'll bet you a ham sandwich you would never be able …

Beginnings and New Beginnings

Guest post by Julie: I love the song, In Christ Alone. From the time I first heard it at the ACU lectures it has been one of my favourites and I can barely get through it without choking up. The last verse has special meaning for me No guilt in life, no fear in death- …

God Must Break Us To Make Us

The prophet Jonah is an interesting study in grace. He is a man who was used by God to make a most outrageous statement about God's forgiveness of mankind. At the beginning of the book we find Jonah being called by God to deliver a message to Israel's sworn enemy, the Assyrians. Jonah was to …

Wordless Wednesday: More Stuff For Next Year's Christmas List

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Don't Put God First

. . . . . . Among believers there is general agreement that God is ultimate. But we have to be careful how we express it. Our words convict us. One pastor put it like this: The bottom line is that we are to put spiritual values above temporal values. Serving God and being obedient …

The Gospel in Action

A remarkable thing happened this weekend in Egypt. Just last week religious extremists affiliated with al-Qaeda targeted Coptic Christian New Year's celebrations by bombing churches, killing 21 people and injuring hundreds more. Egyptians of every religious affiliation condemned the act and today, on Christmas Day in the Orthodox calendar, Muslims turned up in droves to …

Bird "Die Offs" Are Not Rare

Something about New Years this year has triggered a huge increase in Apocalyptic fascination in Western Culture. On a related note, my kids have asked me about the world ending in 2012 just about every day since my son saw the disaster flick 2012: Doomsday at a friends house over the Christmas break. (There's someone …

Wordless Wednesday: R2D2 DVD Projector

I found something for my Christmas list this year: