THIS DAY IN JESUS’ NAME WE MEET This day in Jesus’ Name we meet,Our Lord, Redeemer, King;This day around Thy mercy seatWe all Thy praises sing;Thou gavest us this day of rest,Of holiness divine;Lend comfort to each troubled breast,And make us ever Thine. Oppressed with earthly toil and painsThe weary week did close;Yet God’s own…
My reading in Proverbs today seemed to fit nicely with Valentine’s Day. Proverbs 12:4 reads “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.” Naturally my thoughts today tend towards my wife anyways and this seemed to be confirmation of what I already felt. I then turned to the very end of the book where…
I love television. I love to be able to turn my mind off at the end of a hard day’s work and just lie back on the couch with nothing more to think about than who will be the next person voted off the island. I love following the lives of fictional characters whose lives…
I have an article nearly written but it seems that real life continues to get in the way of blogging. I have about 10 Web projects underway at the moment, not to mention a family, friends and a church that all seem to want a bit of attention! I will post the article tomorrow and…
Today the nominations were announced for the 35th annual Dove Awards. It seems that the Doves will maintain their reputation of nominating popular albums over good albums. The top nominees are Steven Curtis Chapman (as usual), Third Day (as usual), Cece Winans (as always) and Stacie Orrico. Let’s look at some of the categories: Song…
Newsweek is featuring a cover article on The Passion of the Christ in their current issue. You can read the full text of the article here. From a Christian perspective the article shows terrible theology and a view of the Bible that strips it of its inspired origin. Though deeply flawed, the article makes for…
An interesting article on Yahoo News which you can read in full here. Though not a single television ad has aired for “The Passion of the Christ” two weeks before its release, Mel Gibson (news)’s depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus is eclipsing mainstream Hollywood fare in audience interest…Total awareness for “Passion” is 60%, but…
Evanescence were big winners at the 2004 Grammy Awards, walking away with the awards for Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance. Amy Lee accepted the awards on the band’s behalf since Ben Moody left the band last year. Of greater interest to me was her time on the red carpet. She was nabbed…
The New Yorker ran a fascinating article on The Passion of the Christ in their September 15 issue. It gives a lot of the background to the movie, focusing on Mel Gibson’s background and beliefs as well as the controversy the movement generated based on its perceived racism. The full text of the article can…
I believe every Christian has had an experience like I had a few days ago where a passage of the Bible I had read many times and even memorized suddenly took on a whole new level of meaning to me. If you are a regular reader of this site you will know that I have…
The Grammy Awards are underway as I write this. I couldn’t really care less about the show since the only two categories I really care about were given out in the pre-telecast portion of the show. The winner of the Rock Gospel Album was Audio Adrenaline for Worldwide. It just so happens I picked this…
Today marks the 100th consecutive day I have posted on this site. I think it also marks the longest I have ever maintained my interest in any one thing. Usually I get enthusiastic about something for a few days and then it tapers off. But this site is still the favorite part of my day.…
It turns out our church, along with giving out about 2500 tickets to The Passion of the Christ, will be distributing copies of John Piper’s The Passion of Jesus Christ. I enjoy Piper’s writings and consider him a very trustworthy teacher, so I am thrilled that we will be giving these out. At just over…
John Piper has just released a new book titled The Passion of Jesus Christ. Sounds vaguely familiar, doesn’t it? The book is obviously intended to coincide with the release of the movie. He is offering cases of 108 of the books for a suggested donation of $130 provided you promise to give the books away…
I found the following article posted over at He Lives. I had intended to go searching for just such an article today, so thanks David for saving me the Google time. It was not until I had finished reading that I noticed it was written by a close friend of my parents who is also…
The L.A. Times published a fascinating article in yesterday’s edition about The Passion of the Christ. Written from a skeptical point-of-view, it provides some interesting food for thought. Below are some excerpts: Just what kind of box office “The Passion” will do when it opens Feb. 25 is impossible to predict. But it is clear…
After posting about pragmatism yesterday I spent some time “corresponding” with various people about it, mostly by email and MSN Messenger, though at times I do step back in time and carry on old-fashioned verbal communication. I found that there is a misunderstanding about what pragmatism is. So let me explain by way of two…
Pragmatism has become a dominant force in the Christian world. I want to take a brief look at the history of pragmatism and then show how it has influenced the church. In following days I am going to write about areas in the Christian world where it has had a significant impact. Pragmatism is rooted…
Two years ago I won an auction on eBay for J.A. Wylie’s History of Protestantism. This huge three volume history of Protestantism was written in the late 1800’s and was published until 1920’s. It was republished for a short while in the 1980’s but it was a small print run and is no longer available.…
This Sunday let’s look at what the Westminister Shorter Catechism teaches about honoring the fourth commandment. This is a very traditional view of how the Sabbath day is to be honored – a view that, for better or worse (probably worse), is rarely recognized in Christian circles today. Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment?…