Through the months I’ve spent writing my book on spiritual discernment, I have wrestled with various definitions of the word. While several definitions have been offered by other authors, none struck me as being quite right or quite complete. I have offered a definition on this site and was glad to receive some good feedback…
Thursday February 8, 2007 Video: Andrew Lindsay shares some wise advice on the subject of homeschooling: Beware the Homeschoolers! Church: Amazing Grace Sunday is coming on February 18. Travel: This is a good site to consult before you book your next plane ticket. Books: I stumbled across this yesterday: the title of Joel Osteen’s next…
Born on a Blue Day is the memoir of Daniel Tammet, a British autistic savant. The subject of a documentary entitled The Boy With The Incredible Brain (also broadcast under the title Brainman) Tammet has gained some notoriety and worldwide attention for his incredible feats of memory and mathematics. Tammet has a form of autism…
Wednesday February 7, 2007 Du Jour: The family of Al Groves celebrates his homecoming in a beautiful, faith-filled way. Missions: Paul wants your assistance with a project our church is undertaking. Politics: Americans complain about Bush’s lack of mastery over the English language. It could be worse. The man who wants to be Canada’s next…
I’ve always loved Calvin & Hobbes. My friend Brian first introduced me to the comic strip back when I was a young teen and I immediately fell in love with it. (Here is a must-have for any true fan: The Complete Calvin & Hobbes). The strip works on at least two levels. There is the…
Tuesday February 6, 2007 Science: National Geographic interviews creationist and Christian Francis Collins. Technology: This guy nicely sums up my feelings about Macs. “Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.” Pastors: Paul finishes…
Last week I wrote an article about the Christian and birth control. Before I continue this short series, I feel it is important to point out that I do not approach the topic from the viewpoint of a professional doctor or a professional theologian. Rather, I merely offer my reflections based on reading books, discussions…
Monday February 5, 2007 Blog: Desiring God now has a blog. Du Jour: Mel Duncan writes about an evening he spent with Joel Osteen. Religion: After a break of 16 centuries, Greek pagans are worshipping the ancient gods again – despite furious opposition from the Orthodox church. Humor: Net Finney guards families against the harmful…
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 (or two) I select a blog, link to it from my site, and add that site’s most recent headlines to my right sidebar. While this…
I am drawing ever-closer to the deadline to hand my book to the publisher. The current word count is somewhere around 43,000 and the page count around 140 (though obviously the page count can change a whole lot based on the spacing, font selection and so on). As work continues and as the book draws…
Yesterday afternoon a reader of this site sent me a link to a recent article from WorldNetDaily. According to their “About Us” page, WorldNetDaily is “an independent news company dedicated to uncompromising journalism, seeking truth and justice and revitalizing the role of the free press as a guardian of liberty. We remain faithful to the…
Friday February 2, 2007 Prayer: This one slipped by me until today. Alistair Begg has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and though it is considered curable, he covets our prayer. You can read a note from him here. Conference: For those who are going to the Ligonier conference, Brian has a list of things to…
Last week I posted a couple of articles dealing with auto-eroticism. I believe there was some useful discussion following those and was glad to hear from people who felt that they benefited from them. Since then I have received a couple of questions regarding my views on birth control (from people who, I suppose, feel…
Thursday February 1, 2007 Islam: Australia’s Herald Sun brings a story about “Muslim-only washrooms at La Trobe University.” Conference: The Shepherd’s Conference is now offering a live video stream from the conference which will be held next month. Details here. Marriage: Justin Buzzard wonders about a Christian minister’s involvement in a non-Christian wedding. Du Jour:…