Being a parent is wonderful. Parenting is filled with moments of joy and happiness and excitement and love. But it’s also filled with moments of almost overwhelming frustration. We’ve had plenty of great times and plenty of awfully frustrating times in the past few weeks. A couple of days ago Aileen and I were talking…
Wednesday January 21, 2007 Technology: Jollyblogger thinks that pastors should begin to use LinkedIn, software that builds contact networks. Cool: Memorizable is a flashcard wiki. Anyone can use the site to build interactive flashcards on any topic. So get to it! Bible: Travis Carden has released an ESV Bible language spell-check dictionary for the ESV.…
“The Long Tail” is one of those buzz-phrases I have heard time and time again in the past couple of years. In my ongoing pursuits to catch up with books that have been sitting on the New York Times list of bestsellers and to better under the culture we live in, I decided to read…
Tuesday January 30, 2007 Du Jour: Julian reflects on the “inadequacy” of language to describe God. Music: Derek Webb releases a new album today composed of acoustic versions of some of his hits (which, in my opinion, were already plenty acoustic). You can read a review here. Sounds like this one may be for only…
There is always a catch. You’ve gotten the letters, phone calls and emails just as I have. There is always someone wanting to offer us something, but things are never as they seem. There is always a catch. You can have a wonderful vacation in Hawaii, but you’re responsible for paying for your own accommodations…
Monday January 29, 2007 Church: From Fayetteville comes news of a church whose ads are too steamy for local newspapers. Technology: Ever wondered what slows Windows down? Here is a list of culprits. At the top of the list is Norton, to no one’s great surprise. Weird: A small town in Alberta is rocked by…
Guidance and the Voice of God is one of several books I have read that discusses the way God speaks to and guides His children. I initially turned to these books in response to the words I hear all around me in modern Christianity. People continually ask God to speak to us in circumstances and…
Just for kicks, here is a list of things you never knew about me and never wanted to. Since we got married, Aileen and I have lived in four different houses. Our current home is the only one we have owned as the previous ones were all rentals. The first vehicle I ever owned was…
Sovereign Grace Music is offering a free song written by Steve and Vikki Cook and sung by Vikki. It is from the Everlasting recording that was released in 1999. “I Bow Down” is a slow, meditative song that reflects on the holiness of God. Here is a sample of the lyrics: You saved me the…
Friday January 26, 2007 Sermons: Josh Harris has preached a three-part series on the topic of purity. Travel: Passengers who were stranded in a plane on a tarmac for ten hours are attempting to create a passenger’s bill of rights. Creation: Here are ten amazing things you may not know about animals (feel free to…
This article continues the discussion I began yesterday on the topic of self-centered sex. Because sex is created by God and to be used for His glory, it is not purely a physical or sexual or emotional issue, a theological issue. Thus in yesterday’s article we built a brief framework in which to understand sex…
Thursday January 25, 2007 Theology: Darrin has collected The Complete Life and Works of Horatius Bonar on a CD. Now he needs you to buy it. Sports: This Superbowl represents a meeting between two black, Christian coaches. Art: Amazing hand art. Weird: This is the internet at its best and its most bizarre.
Twelve or eighteen months ago I wrote a couple of articles about the always difficult subject of autoeroticism (i.e. masturbation). This is a subject I hesitate to write about and yet one that I feel is both important and relevant. It is a subject that takes us outside of our comfort zones but hiding our…
Wednesday January 24, 2007 Travel: New rules are finally in place and anyone traveling by air between the US and Canada must now have a passport. You have been warned! Theology: Bob DeWaay writes about God’s revealed will. Health: How do you feel about an STD vaccine that would be required for all girls? Evolution:…
This thing called blogging is not nearly as easy as it looks, and this is especially true in a blog that receives a good deal of traffic. I suppose if you were to plot out the history of this blog in terms of its traffic, you would end up with a graph showing a slow…
Tuesday January 23, 2007 Business: Forbes lists the 10 riskiest businesses to start. I’m guessing starting a church would prove more difficult than any of these! Interview: Timmy Brister has begun posting a five part interview with David Dockery, President of Union University in Jackson, TN. Blogspotting: Fill Up shares in movie format what he…
This is probably another one of those articles that discusses something everyone else already knows and has already thought about, but for which I am a bit late to the party. I’m not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer and sometimes you need to give me a little extra time to figure these things…
Monday January 22, 2007 Du Jour: Al Mohler reflects on Lessons Learned in a Crisis. Abortion: And it’s good to have Dr. Mohler back (he will be back at the helm of his radio program today). His most recent article deals with a topic I wrote about recently as well: a search and destroy mission…
King for a Week is an honor I bestow on blogs that I feel are making a valuable contribution to my faith and the faith of other believers. Every week (in theory) I select a blog, link to it from my site, and add that site’s most recent headlines to my right sidebar. While this…
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