Traitors for Christ
I am thankful… For a forgiving Lord who has promised an eternity with Him for those who believe (which came at such great cost to the Godhead). For an awesome family: my beautiful and undeserved wife Michelle, two tremendous girls April and Jennifer, and two incredible sons Michael and Augie. For the body of Christ…
Not a Christian song, but in great respect the attitude members of the body of Christ should have (and a tremendous version of this tune): [youtube=http://youtu.be/Aw2YvkxaD0U&w=512&rel=0] And a bonus non-Christian recent-tune favorite:
I’ve heard this C.S. Lewis quote before…but was glad to run into it in page 72 of my The Great Divorce: There are two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ All that are…
My present “below 10,000 feet” book is The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. Without spoiling the story, it is a fictional way of discussing all the different excuses people have for rejecting the truth. In one of the interesting dialogues, the saved friend is trying to convince a to-smart-for-his-own-britches former (before he died) intellectual minister….
Scanning through various sites, I ran into two polar articles. First, a church stands for life: "No communion for Nancy Pelosi: Vatican court head" Second, a country stands for death: "Number of Dutch killed by euthanasia rises by 13 per cent" I disagree with the Catholic Church in major doctrinal ways, but kudos to them…
If you take the time to read (or listen) to my sermon from today, "Ya Got Trouble," then you'll agree that this article from August 31 (that I only saw today) is fitting: "If the Devil had to invent a game, it would be this one" It starts off like this: If the Devil had…
Here's something that probably won't surprise most men (or women)… "Brain scans find porn addiction" COMPULSIVE users of pornography show the same signs of addiction in their brain activity as alcoholics or drug addicts, a study has revealed. In the first research of its kind, scans showed that a central portion of the brain which…
"Officials: Ohio man who held 3 women captive for nearly a decade hangs himself in prison cell" Versus… Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? (Ezekiel 18:23, ESV) Say to them, As I live, declares the…
I suspect it won't be often that I find myself agreeing with militant atheist Richard Dawkins, but after igniting a furor with a comment about Islam, he said something that I think bears repeating: A statement of simple fact is not bigotry. (From "Richard Dawkins Muslim jibe sparks Twitter backlash.") Now, if you always focus…
UPDATE: It was a priest. From Christianity Today’s "Angel priest, Missouri [VIDEO]: Mysterious holy man vanishes after miracble blessing and saving car crash victim": A mysterious "angel priest" appeared at a car crash scene in eastern Missouri on Sunday and prayed at the scene before vanishing without a trace. The Catholic priest does not appear…
I think every Christian, well at least every one who speaks English :-), should see this video. I am usually not impressed when Christian ministries claim they have disproven some secular view (or have proven some supernatural one). They are "preaching to the choir" with me, but that doesn't mean their arguments don't usually have…
I may cringe at some other things he has been quoted as saying, but… Admitting that he's never played a video game before, televangelist Pat Robertson said Friday morning that murdering someone online in a video game is no different than committing the act in real life. (From "Pat Robertson: 'Murdering someone in cyberspace' is…
As I continue reading through the New Testament this year, I recently ran into this: Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo…
I do not know this minister beyond what LIGHTNING ROD NYC PASTOR’S STUNNINGLY CONFRONTATIONAL SERMON ON TRAYVON MARTIN: ‘YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR BLACK EYES’ says (and it isn’t terribly positive), but he had a jarring reaction to the outcome of the Zimmerman trial: [Dr. James David Manning] urged his mostly black congregation to…
If you are a Christian, there is a decent chance you've heard Tertullian1 quoted as saying, "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church." I could not find that exact quote in my Logos library, but perhaps this is its basis: Nor does your cruelty, however exquisite, avail you; it is rather a…