Francis Chan has decided to go and plant a new work, answering what he describes as a “stirring in his heart.”
Additionally, he said he wants to start over and get a core group of disciples who just try 100 percent to follow the life he felt was clearly spelled out in Scripture.
“While I feel like [...]
Since its earliest expression, followers of Christ in the church distinguished themselves among other regional religions as a faith that meets the listener in their cultural milieu and seeks to explain Jesus in a historically accurate, culturally sensitive way. Unlike many global religions, Christianity translates and accommodates the limitations of the audience to make Christ [...]
What on earth does earth does Geneva have to do with America? Interestingly, Josh Burek addresses the subject in this morning’s CSM. Here, Calvinism is described as the theological foundation for America’s patriotism, work ethic, sense of equality, public morality, and even elements of democracy.
In fact, he argues, they “all sprang in part from the Calvinist [...]
I saw this video some time back and was glad to find it this week again making the rounds:
HT: Denny Burk
From the lists of statistics compiled, here’s a look at the president’s first year in office.
7,949.09—Dow Jones Industrial Average close on Jan. 20, 2009.
10,609.65—Dow Jones Industrial Average close on Jan. 15, 2010.
13 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of January 2009.
14.7 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of December 2009.
7.7 percent—Unemployment [...]
He created all of it by a word. As you consider what this year has brought and the coming year will bring, watch this video and marvel at the work science has accomplished in compiling what we know of this cosmos God created and cares for deeply.
Watch this video and rest well tonight knowing the [...]
“Patrick Hughes plays so that we might hear the music of opportunity and the sound of potential.” This story moved my family to tears as we watched this University of Louisville, KY, student whose father marches with him in the band. Watch it and enjoy.
(HT: DMB)
I prefer these in the 13 or 16 layer variety. I will have both waiting on us upon arrival to Georgia. All things in moderation, of course.
Layer Cakes as Southern-Style Stacks of Tradition.
(HT: RAM)
With the influence and magnitude of sexuality in our culture, you’d think with all of that “out in the open,” Christian parents would have an easier conversation with their children, or at least before they’re heading over to the church to get married (don’t laugh: I actually have a friend whose father gave him “the [...]
Good post this morning in the Wash Times:
HAGELIN: Created in the image of God – Washington Times.
