The article was titled, Why every Christian should care about the demise of newspapers, and it was compelling. “The statistics are astonishing. In the UK alone, 293 newspapers have closed since 2005. In America it’s 2,500. The whole world is affected by Big Tech’s colonising of advertising revenues, on which print depended for income. 52 … More What Happened to Journalism?
I have been an admirer of Peter Williams scholarship and communication ability for some time. (There is at least one video of his up on the ChosenRebel Blog that gives testimony to both.) Recently, I started reading his 2018 book on the reliability of the gospels. It does not disappoint. Here’s a brief quote from … More History and Christ: Can We Trust the Gospels?
I learned a new word today and it stimulated some new thoughts. “Sprezzatura” is a kind of studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature. Sprezzatura ([sprettsaˈtuːra]) is an Italian word that first appears in Baldassare Castiglione‘s 1528 The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author as “a certain nonchalance, so … More Christians Need to Learn the Art of Sprezzatura
There are exceptions but . . . Extended Male Adolescence is a Problem Why is it that some men act like they got dropped on their head around their 40th birthday? Good grief, for many of them (most?) of them, they didn’t even start acting semi-manly until they turned 28! Twelve years is all they … More Men Behaving Badly – an Epidemic
Are You Loved in Heaven, A Pest on the Earth and Hated in Hell?(Living for Christ in Christ-less Culture) Here are three simple questions that flow from three texts in the New Testament that can be used as a ruler or measuring stick for our discipleship. They aren’t the only tools of measurement, but they … More Loved in Heaven, a Pest on the Earth, and Hated in Hell
I was coming back from an early morning breakfast appointment with a local Christian leader. Accelerating into traffic, I looked up and saw a billboard with 6 words, 2 sentences, 1 sign of an imploding culture in two foot high letters. Life is Short. Get a Divorce. Really? This is the best or first solution … More 6 Words: Signs of an Imploding Culture
When I was in college there was a cult pouring its poison into unsuspecting students who didn’t know their Bible. Truth is there were dozens of these cults stalking the spiritual lives of young impressionable students. The one that I am thinking of called itself “THE WAY”. They used biblical words, talked a lot about … More “This Life” / “The Way”
This is a site designed to provide materials, ideas and hope for Christian Leaders. It is pastoral care for church planters, missional leaders, pastors and missionaries and all those who want to be more effective and more Christ-centered in their lives and ministry. Working with Standing Stone Ministry, I meet with pastors on a regular … More When Christian Leaders are Criticized
“Whenever a man is praised it is meet for him to think about his sins and then consider, he should say ‘I am unworthy of the things that are said about me.” —Anonymous One of my professor colleagues at the seminary I taught at in California had a raw bluntness that cut through false modesty … More The Awkwardness of Praise and the Cancer it Feeds
Ran across this while looking for something else. (Happens all the time). Here, a husband and wife team up to give a humorous but insightful and intelligent look at what theology is and why it is important to all of us. Enjoy.
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