Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
“An Evangelical Manifesto”
Alan Jacobs: “Come On, You Call This a Manifesto?”
In 1974 a committee of evangelical Christians, headed by Billy Graham, convened an “International Congress on World Evangelization” in Lausanne, Switzerland … From this meeting emerged a document, signed by over 2,000 participants, called the Lausanne Covenant.
Much of the covenant is a restatement of basic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Trials are designed by God for our good. They are custom-fitted for each of us, made with great care and thoughtfulness to help uncover the enemy within and purify our hearts to create a dwelling-place for the Spirit. “The Lord disciplines the one He loves.” Trials show God’s great knowledge of us–for how else could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
The Atlantic recently ran an article comparing the political approach of future president John McCain to the conservatism of British political sage Edmund Burke.
For those who are unfamiliar with him, Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish member of the House of Commons, best known for his grave and impassioned criticism of the French Revolution. He was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I miss my sister. She helped me see fairies. This place isn’t so magical without her.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
This heavenly city, then, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations, and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages, not scrupling about diversities in the manners, laws, and institutions whereby earthly peace is secured and maintained, but recognising that, however various these are, they all tend to one and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Someone posted this on a Ron Paul bulletin board. I’ve highlighted particularly funny bits.
Patrick Henry College (www.phc.edu, in Purcellville, VA) is a private school, and someone not from the college passing out literature would be trespassing and would give the Ron Paul campaign a black eye. Don’t even think about trying it without permission. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Author: Letting Kids Drink Early Reduces Binging
In this age of “just say no,” some people believe it is time for Americans to reconsider how they teach kids about alcohol…
“We taught them to drink in a civilized fashion, like a civilized human being,” says Stanton Peele, psychologist and author of “Addiction-Proof Your Child.”
He says many [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Pagan morality is tidy and respectable; Christianity is a wild comedy with a horrible enigma at its center.”
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I somehow slept past church, so I ended up listening to one of the sermon CDs I had gotten when I was teaching Sunday School. It was a good sermon. Since I typed out my notes I thought I might as well put them up here. Note: Some of these notes may be abbreviated [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
With a headline like that I knew I’d draw you in! Go read the article.
“Let’s Get It Through Their Thick Skulls,” ha ha! I’m so dense it took me twice before I got the joke. I should probably read more slowly…
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