C. S. Lewis had been asked to put the Second World War and education in perspective. How could the life of the mind thrive in the face of war? How could Europe, do anything that was not directly related to defeating the Nazi evil sweeping the continent? Does education still have a place? How can … More Nero’s True Tragedy
Science and Technology How the Origin of Life Points to the Existence of God Short video discussing origins and unlikelihood of life coming from inorganic materials. New Tsunami Warning Could Get More People to Safety Politics, Culture, Public Morality, Entertainment A Queer Positive PCA Church A truly alarming article about the departure from orthodoxy … More Weekend Links for the Discerning Reader
Christianity, the Church, and Theology Top Ten Biblical Archelogical Discoveries in 2018 This is always a great year end summary and this year is no exception. Of particular importance to me are numbers 5, 6 and 7 because they reveal how trustworthy the Bible is even back to the time of Moses. Good stuff. Three … More Top Links; Church Idols; Electoral College; Border and Sexuality Issues
Reading with the Pastor Joshua 11, Revelation 15, and Psalm 103 Read Psalm 103 15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; 16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and … More “My Green and Grassy Days”
I picked this up from the wonderfully and absurdly titled site: BOOKS ARE PEOPLE TOO. Hopefully, we won’t have to almost get shot to wake up, smell the coffee, and begin to live lives of real purpose for the glory of God. Dostoevsky on Almost Dying In 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky was arrested, along with the … More Dostoevsky on Almost Dying
Two years ago, I had just gotten off the phone with a brother in Christ who was a stage 4 colon cancer patient living on miracle time. He was a man learning how to pour out his heart to God (Ps. 62:8). He was also an inspiration and one week later I interviewed him in … More A Dying Friend’s Lesson in Life
That’s one way to think of Christmas. With the incarnation, with the God-man Savior, the plan of the Father to conquer sin and its effects, including death, is unleashed. Christmas is the beginning of the end for death. All those who rightly fear death can run to a Savior who rescues them from death and … More The Beginning of the End of Death
Weekend Links Weekend Links going up a little late this weekend. Had to make two trips to the doctor (nothing serious) but time consuming. My hope is that all these links will help you love Jesus and your neighbor better. As always, inclusion is not necessarily an endorsement of everything within the link. Better Thinking … More Beating Demons; Helping Homosexuals; Destroying Sex Trade; Sweden’s Stupidity; Lotteries; and much more
Monday Discussion There is a thinness to evangelical piety in America that is in danger of undercutting everything that the church is doing in the world. Such is not the case with the following sound clip from Dr. Wayne Grudem. It is apparently something from a class that Dr. Grudem was teaching at his home … More What is a Biblical Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden?
One of the most cherished books in my library is The Journal of Jim Elliot. I have read it twice and will soon read it again. Every age has its heroes. Some of them are worthy. Some are just popular for a moment, brilliant flames that draw our attention and then disappear. But men like … More Missions Quote from Jim Elliot
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