Archive for March, 2009
Mentioned this earlier, but we’re posting audio from the class I’m currently teaching on world religions (What Do They Believe?). Check out the class link (see under “Pages” on your right). Here’s the audio from session 3 (part 2 of a section on Hinduism)[ READ MORE ]
Jude 3-4 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly [ READ MORE ]
Remember this sequence in The Princess Bride: The kidnapping villain Vizzini, no matter how he runs, can’t outrun the man in the mask. Each time he believes he’s outwitted the pursuer, he turns to see the man on his tail: “Inconceivable!” he shouts. Finally, Inigo turns and says, “You keep using that word. I do [ READ MORE ]
1 Peter 1:14-19 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him [ READ MORE ]
Here’s the Scoop: Please help us get the word out about this site! We want to reach as many people as possible through it. The website will do much more than help launch a sermon series. After the series is finished, we’re going to continue to interact with these questions through video posts, blogging, and [ READ MORE ]
Isaiah 6:1-5 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with [ READ MORE ]
As he signed a bill that released federal funds for research that requires destruction of human embryos, President Obama said: …promoting science isn’t just about providing resources – it is also about protecting free and open inquiry. It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and [ READ MORE ]
An interesting study from Pew: March is Women’s History Month. A new analysis of data from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that women are more religious than men on a variety of measures. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1135/religious-fervor-sex-differences[ READ MORE ]
Take a moment and think about this: When Jesus ascended to heaven 2,000 years ago, there were only about five hundred people in the entire world who knew why he had come, what he had done, and what it meant for human history. Of these five hundred, only seventy-two had ever been sent on a [ READ MORE ]
