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Delaying Adulthood ..and sharing the Gospel

Posted on May 5, 2010 by admin

There is a new journal out that focuses on the transition to adulthood that includes an excellent article entitled: What’s Going on with Young People Today? The Long and Twisting Path to Adulthood. You can read the entire article HERE. … Continue reading →

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Applying the Bible to your life..and Silly Putty

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

Greg Koukl from Stand to Reason has an excellent article entitled Enhanced Solid Ground-Silly Putty Bible Study that helps you apply biblical promises to your everyday life. Koukl writes: To many Christians, the Bible is like silly putty. Just add … Continue reading →

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“A Relationship With Jesus” or “Going Through the Motions”?

Posted on May 1, 2010 by admin

I came across this article that talks about what it means to have a “relationship” with God, and how that relationship is related to the sacrament of Baptism. Here is one quote that really jumped out at me: I don’t like the word “relationship” because … Continue reading →

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What do our young people really believe?

Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin

USA today has published an interesting article (HERE) on the spiritual lives or America’s young people which reads in part: Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research … Continue reading →

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Teen Texting Soars

Posted on April 24, 2010 by admin

National Public Radio covers text messaging and why teens rely on it so heavily (Click HERE). The report finds that 75 percent of teens between the ages of 12 and 17 now have cell phones, up from 45 percent in … Continue reading →

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Fireflies and Jesus

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

Christianity Today magazine has a short interview with Adam Young whose song Fireflies has been a big hit on the pop charts. What’s the source of your creativity? Faith and imagination. Faith is the reason I do what I do, … Continue reading →

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The gospel offers hope when family feuds cause problems

Posted on December 18, 2009 by admin

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. But these celebrations are not … Continue reading →

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Barna reports on the health of Mainline Protestant Churches

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

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 USA; the Episcopal Church; … Continue reading →

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Away in a Manger, but Not in a Barn

Posted on December 1, 2009 by admin

  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 Magazine, Gary A. Byers, archeologist of near eastern … Continue reading →

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A Lutheran Pastor Looks at The Twilight Series

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

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 the … Continue reading →

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Theology for Kids

Posted on December 18, 2008 by admin

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 at … Continue reading →

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What Does in Mean to be Created in the Image of God?

Posted on December 4, 2008 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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Lutherans, Luther, and that Crucifix

Posted on October 6, 2008 by admin

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 a Lutheran … Continue reading →

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Election year preaching

Posted on October 2, 2008 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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The Risen Christ and Down syndrome

Posted on September 30, 2008 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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