A while back I put together a new site design but elected not to change to the new design. I just couldn’t get it quite right, especially in regards to the colors. I spent a couple of hours tinkering today and came up with another design that I am quite pleased with. But, as usual,…
A reader posed the question this morning of what it means to be a Reformed Christian. His (or her) question made me realize that though I am Reformed in theology and have been for many years, I do not have a definition of Reformed to answer the question. So I thought today I would post…
I think I will coin a phrase today. The phrase I will heretofore take credit for is Creativity Cramp. I am a Web designer. As such I have to be creative on an on-going basis. Every time a client calls and asks me to make him a site I have to be creative and come…
A post in this thread about the band Blackball got me thinking about Christian artists who are theologically Reformed. It occurs to me that a huge number of Christian musicians attend Scotty Smith’s church outside Nashville and that is a Presbyterian Church, but it seems there is a vast difference between attending a Prebyterian Church…
I recently read an article (which alas I can no longer find) that described a search the BBC made for the Loch Ness Monster. They swept Loch Ness from end to end, back and forth for several days using some of the world’s most sophisticated sonar equipment. After a complete, thorough search they concluded that…
Though not a regular reader of The Door Magazine as I find it a mite disrespectful at times, I do enjoy the section they call Truth is Stranger Than Fiction. In this section they highlight the most bizarre Christian products and advertising. For example, they have an advertisment they found in a newspaper for “Jehobics”…
Think On These Things Ministries is a wonderful teaching and outreach ministry of Southern View Chapel in Springfield, Illinois. Pastor Garry Gilley publishes a monthly newsletter and offers a free subscription if you are interested in receiving it. In past months he has written about The Passion of the Christ, The Purpose Driven Life, Sexual…
Someone brought this article to my attenion and I thought I would post it. I do not wish to insinuate that any church I have attended has acted in this manner, yet have heard of many churches that have acted in this manner. The author says: “This article is based upon experiences numerous people have…
If you missed it yesterday, my wife is at a women’s retreat for the weekend, leaving me to look after the kids. Of course I am perfectly capable of doing so, but find it does alter my life quite radically. I also tend to overlook certain details… Number of doses of medication Abby was supposed…
Truth be told the cat hasn’t gone anywhere (unfortunately), but the wife has. Some ladies from our church hold an annual weekend retreat, and this just so happens to be the weekend Aileen is away. She is in Niagara Falls with the group just having a weekend away and a time of worship and learning.…
This is a story with a moral to it. The story involves my 18-month old daughter and a package of gum. It goes something like this: Abby loves to explore. She also loves to climb and it seems that these two traits often go hand-in-hand, for she has discovered that the higher she climbs the…
Ever since the Canadian dollar drastically weakened in relation to the American dollar, it seems that Christian concerts have become quite a rare occurrence in this neck of the woods. Yesterday, though, Switchfoot bucked the trend and made a stop in Toronto as part of their Beautiful Letdown tour. As they are one of my…
Are men and women supposed to relate to God differently? It seems to me that much of the women’s books in your average Christian bookstore these days attempt to make God out to be the ultimate Man. He is the one who is always there to listen and understand. His shoulders are always available for…
This is the second article in my series examining John Piper’s book Desiring God. The first article was co-written by myself and Doug from Coffeeswirls and can be found here. Today I am examining the first chapter of this book which is entitled The Happiness of God: Foundation for Christian Hedonism. You will recall that…
I recently read and reviewed Richard Mayhue’s book How To Interpret The Bible For Yourself. There was one part of the book in particular that has been on my mind since the moment I read it and it has to do with 2 Timothy 2:15. In that passage Paul is exhorting Timothy to preach the…
Today I thought I would highlight what some of the people on my blogroll have been writing about recently. If you are uncertain as to what a blogroll is, it is simply a list of other blogs I visit and recommend. You can see it by scrolling down on this page and looking in the…
For the first time in a long while I have added a site to my Blogroll. You can view my list of recommended links by scrolling down a little bit on this page. The site I added is Jollyblogger, the weblog of David Wayne, a pastor of an Evangelical Presbyterian church in Maryland. He writes…
Richard Mayhue is Dean of Studies at the Master’s Seminary and has sufficient credibility to write a volume about how to properly interpret the Bible. Writing in a simple and straightforward manner, he describes the process of “cutting it straight,” a term he borrows from Paul’s message to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:15. Though the…
Today is Good Friday. I was not raised as part of a tradition that celebrated religious holidays. Sure we took Good Friday off and visited family on the Easter weekend, but we never celebrated it in a religious sense. Christmas was much the same – we did gifts and celebrated family, but did not regard…
The first Challies Dot Com contest has ended and I am now ready to announce the winners. First, though, thanks to all of those who took the time to enter – this contest was a lot of fun. So here we go: Most Original: My name is Chris Roth, here’s a short introduction:I met Tim…