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Wednesday November 16, 2005 RIP: Adrian Rogers, longtime Bellevue pastor and leader in Conservative Resurgence, died yesterday at the age of 74. BPNews reports. Community: Carla wonders if she should have offered a ride to a rather downtrodden looking hitchhiker. She is looking for input. “I wished last night, that we lived in a world…
Tuesday November 15, 2005 Spiritual Hygiene: Noel has an excellent idea of what to do with The Outdoor Bible. “If I win, I plan on taping its pages on the wall in my shower or making a shower-curtain out of them.” You can, of course, win the Bible right here. Du Jour: Ingrid compares the…
Monday November 14, 2005 Du Jour: Maryanne reminds us “that hospitality is opening yourself up to people WHEN they arrive, not when you might plan to have them arrive.” There is a big difference! Archaeology: Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the…
Friday November 11, 2005 Du Jour: Kirk Wellum, a pastor who lives nearby (in Ancaster, where I grew up) has a thought-provoking little article entitled Al Qaeda “Takes Responsibility”. Community Blog: Ron Gleason posts Part 2 of his series “Postmodernism & the Modern Church.” Weird: Apparently upside-down Christmas trees are all the rage this year.…
Thursday November 10, 2005 Music: Marc Heinrich has uploaded an MP3 for his song Only Jesus. You can listen to that song and many others here. Review: Susan Verstraete of Christian Communicators Worldwide has reviewed Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. “My conclusion is that Captivating is a slightly sanctified—though somewhat misleading—romance novel about God,…
Wednesday November 9, 2005 Preview: CMCentral has an in-depth preview of Derek Webb’s upcoming CD, Mockingbird. In related news, I will be interviewing Derek next week. Quote: Where is the holiness of the church of God today? Ah! were she what she professed to be, she would be “fair as the moon, clear as the…
Tuesday November 8, 2005 Bible: The NET Bible is finally available in its first edition. Read more at bible.org. Politics: A new grammar rule devised in the Netherlands and Belgium stipulates the word “Christ” shall be spelled with a lowercase “c.” WND reports. Du Jour: Pastor Paul Martin at kerux noemata defends critiquing other Christians…
Monday November 7, 2005 Review Gary Gilley posts a scathing review of Barna’s latest book, Revolution. “This might be a good time to note that Barna (and his Revolutionaries) are largely reacting to the market-driven, seeker-sensitive church that he helped create.” Jollyblogger has thoughts as well. Du Jour Clint at Cowboyology suggests enhancing your devotional…
Friday November 4, 2005 Not Humor: Can you believe that someone has made the I Love Lucy Bible Study? “This program takes lessons learned from the classic I Love Lucy TV show and uses them as a discussion starter for small group study!” Prayer Carnival: Doug McHone, inspired by praying publically on his blog, has…
Thursday November 3, 2005 Prayer: Doug prays for his wife. You might like to do so as well. Humor: Amy discusses pragmatic gardening which involves planting lettuce along her front walk. Emerging Church: Ochuk has come to the not-so-startling revelation that the emerging church is obsessed with itself. Theology: Tom Nettles and Mark Dever headline…
Wednesday October 2, 2005 Quote: Woody Allen discusses aging. “I’ve gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today.” Family: Last night my daughter (age 3) said to my wife, “Mommy, the shadows prove the sunshine, right?” Methinks I’ve been listening to too much Switchfoot. Du Jour:Paul Lamey…
Tuesday November 1, 2005 Sad: A Texas pastor was electrocuted during a baptism service. “Kyle Lake, 33, was stepping into the baptistery as he reached out for the microphone, which produced an electric shock…” Bill comments. Get A Life: My parents visited this weekend on their way to the cottage to clear out the furniture.…
Monday October 31, 2005 Community: There is lots happening the community blog. Ron Gleason writes about Postmodernism & the Modern Church, Doug writes about Responsibility Within Freedom and Carla covers Contents Under Pressure. Web: Stand to Reason has unveiled a new web design. I give a thumbs up to the overall design, but a big,…
Friday October 28, 2005 Halloween: Apparently when it comes to pumpkins, White is the new orange. Du Jour: Laura touches on something I’ve been thinking about lately. “I’m coming to realize that surely, reading/skimming the amount of information that reaches my brain on an average day does me far more harm than good.” Politics: This…
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