The gospel offers hope when family feuds cause problems
Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in recomended article, wisdom | No Comments »The Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation has posted a portion of Tim Lane’s booklet, Family Feuds: How to Respond. The author summarizes his booklets with these words: Christmas is coming and that means family get-togethers. ...
Barna reports on the health of Mainline Protestant Churches
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »From The Barna Research group: When Baby Boomers were born, the Protestant landscape of America was dominated by the six major mainline denominations. (Those bodies are typically considered to be the American Baptist Churches in the ...
Away in a Manger, but Not in a Barn
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »To find out more about the birthplace of Jesus please check out the links found in this article from the Logos bible software blog In the Nov.–Dec. issue of Bible Study ...
A Lutheran Pastor Looks at The Twilight Series
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »The Twilight saga is series is a young adult vampire-romance novels that are quickly becoming the most popular teen-girl novels of all time. Dr. Richard Stuckwisch was recently interviewed on the Issues Etc radio program about his reactions to ...
Theology for Kids
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »The latest issue of Themelios includes a helpful article entitled Theology for Kids: Recommending Some Recent Books for Younger Children. You can read the article by clicking HERE. The authors also provide a link to an article that looks ...
What Does in Mean to be Created in the Image of God?
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in recomended article, wisdom | No Comments »I want to encourage you to read a recent opinion piece by Amy Julia Becker entitled Babies Perfect and Imperfect that was published in the November edition of First Things magazine. Becker challenges us to think about what it means ...
Lutherans, Luther, and that Crucifix
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »Higher Things magazine has just published a short article about crucifixes in the Lutheran tradition that you can read by clicking HERE. This article answers several commonly asked questions including: “But, aren't crucifixes Roman Catholic?” “But, I've been ...
Election year preaching
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »Mark Galli, senior managing editor of Christianity Today, responds to the report that 31 pastors endorsed a candidate from their pulpits this past Sunday in an article entitled Tempted by Politics: Why many pastors want to, but shouldn't, endorse candidates ...
The Risen Christ and Down syndrome
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »Al Hsu, associate editor at InterVarsity Press, author, and blogger who writes extensively on what it means to do mission in the suburbs has written a very brief reflection on living with his son Elijah, who has down syndrome, and ...
How to live more missionally in suburbia
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | No Comments »Ed Stetzer the Director of Lifeway Research and Lifeway’s Missiologist in Residence. Stetzer was recently interview on his opinions about life and ministry in the suburbs. This interview is short and helpful and I encourage you to read the entire ...
A Clay-Footed People
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | Comments OffHere is a good quote from an excellent article on the dangers of idol worship and the blessings of Grace: I’ve got to believe that nothing would profoundly change the focus, direction, praxis, and reflection of ...
Preaching, Politics, and Jesus Christ
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | Comments OffPlease consider reading this short but powerful reflection on preaching and politics by Russell D. Moore entitled The Messiah Channel: Jeremiah Wright & the Conservatives Who Preach Just Like Him. Please keep praying for me, and for every other preacher ...
Why God Doesn’t Fully Explain Pain
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | Comments OffIf you have been following along in the sermon series on 1st Peter you know that the Apostle worked diligently to keep disciples of Jesus Christ attuned to how God was at work in the midst of their ...
Artist He Qi
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in recomended article, recommended sites | Comments OffI am a fan of the artist He Qi. Click HERE and you will find a recent article from Christianity Today about the artist and his work. Click HERE to see He Qi's online gallery.
Valley of Vision
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in recomended article | Comments OffBanner of Truth - Valley of Vision Daily Devotion The Valley of Vision Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou has brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains ...
