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Hitchens, author of God is Not Great and other “new atheist” sluggers, discusses his feelings about mortality[ READ MORE ]
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From the President’s statement on Father’s Day: Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian. We owe a special debt of gratitude for those parents serving in the United States Armed Forces and their [ READ MORE ]
Tim Challies, blogger extraordinaire, has an excellent review of an important book. Here’s an excerpt (but I’d check out the whole thing): James De Young writes from an interesting perspective—that of a former friend, or acquaintance at least, of Paul Young. He begins his book by providing some important but little-known background to The Shack. In [ READ MORE ]
A short documentary about my parents’ mission in Puerto Vallarta: A look at the ministry of Randy and Sandra Barr in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. This veteran ministry couple left their comfortable suburban life in Lombard, IL after 30 years of pastoral ministry to help children caught in devastating poverty. Their ministry focuses on connecting [ READ MORE ]
Can you remember the first time you saw it? Liberated munchkins. Flying monkeys. Fast-melt, green-faced witches. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? That technicolor feast for the eyes: The Wizard of Oz. Dorthy, her little dog TOTO and a quest of fantastical proportions. For Dorthy’s friends, it was a search for HEART, BRAINS, [ READ MORE ]
The first question in some of our catechisms is, “What is the chief end of man?” and the answer is, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” But we will experience God in such a fashion–we will glorify Him and enjoy Him–only in proportion as we know Him. The knowledge [ READ MORE ]
A recent survey conducted by CODEC, the research center connected to Durham University, found out something really important: people like preaching! Contrary to the proclamations of many in the emergent stream who advocate dialogue over proclamation, people in our postmodern world still connect to the Sunday sermon. No surprises there. The skinny: 97% say they [ READ MORE ]
Like so many words, “pluralism” can have many meanings. It can describe a religious ideology that asserts all religions are really saying the same thing about God (which is another way of saying nothing). It can also describe a sociological fact: many religions exist. And here in America, we better get used to it. We [ READ MORE ]
TruthTank is breathing new life into an old form. Street preaching is alive, despite all the rumors. Creative Truth – Tom Akers from Marc V on Vimeo[ READ MORE ]