Another one from up north… the heart of which says: Well, imagine that the Great One (that’s Wayne Gretzky to you non-hockey-ites) were to ask those involved in youth ministry that question – “how should I attract newcomers to hockey?” What answer would he receive? He might be told, by some, “Think about trying to…

I have long felt nauseated by Christian radio.  Not 100% of the time, but it just seems like there is too much on there that is superficial.  When I think about it and even more when I comment to someone about my views, I wonder if I am perceived as jaded or something because it…

A friend from up north posted some good thoughts on discipleship that are worth checking out… A snippet: It seems that we are so focused on numerical growth through evangelism that we have dropped the ball when it comes to helping those converts actually follow the one they have converted to. Discipleship is not about…

We all know that God is in charge, right?  If we are honest though most of us don’t think about it often and sometimes we forget entirely (but only briefly).  God’s sovereignty is not something we think about often but it has become central to my life in recent years or maybe more accurately stated…

This guy Nathan shares 5 likes and 5 concerns about the whole Tebow mania.  He stated a bunch of what I was attempting but does it much much better.  Read it HERE

Does Tim Tebow bug you?  I found myself cheering for the Denver Broncos against the Steelers on Sunday night not because I am a fan of Denver (though I have relatives in Colorado) nor because I have any ill feelings towards the Steelers.  Many of my friends are Steelers fans.  It was the controversial Tim…

Found this one at a blog called fors clavigera The kids are not all right. That is the evidence-based, data-driven picture that is emerging from sociologist Christian Smith’s National Study of Youth and Religion. His account of the paucity of moral reasoning among twentysomethings can’t be chalked up as mere grumpy-old-man harumphing about “those damn…

I was recently reminded of a rather challenging question that I have wrestled with for many years now.  The fact that I don’t really have clear resolution on it is probably reflecting the relative nature of the question as it pertains to culture.  Since culture is constantly changing, and the norms we have are in…

Go to Monergism and download some books for your Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc and enjoy some incredible reading.  I highly recommend Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen which I read for a course as few years back.  Written in the 1920’s, you would think that (apart from the writing style) it was written in…

Fun to consider the vastness of God’s creation… To try imagining how big, place a penny down in front of you. If our sun were the size of that penny, the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, would be 350 miles away. Depending on where you live, that’s very likely in the next state (or possibly country)…