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The site OurAmazingPlanet (about which I know nothing, never having heard of it until I found this article) has an interesting piece entitled, “Parting of Red Sea Jibes with Natural Laws.” It’s an interesting article that discusses how wind might have caused the parting of the Red Sea that we read about in the Exodus account. Read the rest of this entry »
This morning after our church’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Brian asked me if I had a phone that could take a picture of the board on which the various prayer requests were written. I’m a professional geek, so of course I did! :P I took the picture and emailed it to him right there. Once he got to his desk, he emailed me, thanking me for the picture, which prompted this email exchange:
Brian: Thanks for taking a picture of this morning’s requests.
Me: Modern technology in church life saves the day! ;)
Brian: Touche! If only the early church had had iPhones and Androids to go with their intercessory prayer and apostolic evangelism and martyrdom…
Me: “Just got back from Macednai. Pual wuz right. Gentiles clean. That’ll teach me 2 doubt. LOLZ!”
Once this computer fad wanes, I’ll answer my calling as a comedian…
Over at First Things, Jim Hoft post a truly sad look into the mind of our president. Watch the video and see how he mangles the Declaration of Independence:
In the words of the ever eloquent Brandon Dutcher, he can’t bring himself to say it. The really, really long pause before he omits the reference to our Creator reminds me of King Henry’s lament regarding Thomas Becket. I can imagine the President thinking, “Who will rid me of this troublesome deity?”
Go ahead and say it, Mr. Obama. That’s the God you claim to worship! :)
Recently, Sanctus Real lead singer Matt Hammitt and his wife shared with the world the news that their unborn son had an underdeveloped heart. Matt has shared updates on Bowen since then via twitter, as well as on radio stations like K-LOVE. A listener heard Matt’s story, and called in with one of his own.
The caller shared how he and his wife were expecting, just like the Hammitts, and received word that there was a problem with their unborn son’s heart. The doctor told them that if the baby survives to term, that he wouldn’t live long after birth, and advised that the couple abort their baby. They refused, and seventeen years and a few surgeries later, their boy is alive and well, having recently received a transplant of a healthy heart.
Obviously, not every story has such a happy ending. Sometimes, the doctor is right and the baby dies, but as long as there’s hope, we have no right to end that child’s life preemptively. Every life is precious, and every life deserves a chance.
‘The Case for Marriage‘ is the most important piece National Review magazine has published in quite some time. It begins:
If it is true, as we are constantly told, that American law will soon redefine marriage to accommodate same-sex partnerships, the proximate cause for this development will not be that public opinion favors it, although it appears to be moving in that direction. It will be that the most influential Americans, particularly those in law and the media, have been coming increasingly to regard opposition to same-sex marriage as irrational at best and bigoted at worst.
They therefore dismiss expressions of that opposition, even when voiced by a majority in a progressive state, as illegitimate. Judges who believe that same-sex marriage is obviously just and right can easily find ways to read their views into constitutions, to the applause of the like-minded.
The emerging elite consensus in favor of same-sex marriage has an element of self-delusion about it. It denies that same-sex marriage would work a radical change in American law or society, insisting to the contrary that within a few years of its triumph everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about. But its simultaneous insistence that opponents are the moral equivalent of the white supremacists of yesteryear belies these bland assurances.
Read the rest here.
This new documentary called, “Blood Money” attempts to expose Planned Parenthood.
Christianity Today posted an important article by an author of a new book that explores if and how Christianity and cool go together. It begins:
To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ?
From WORLD Magazine’s website:
“To make a (way too long) story short, Gilbert (who is actually a great writer), spent months on the bathroom floor crying out to an ambiguous god/being/universe/Jiminy Cricket, begging for communion. She decides, after one particularly emotional episode, to take a year off to find him/her. She just wants God, she says, more and more of Him. Filled up and flowing over. The rub, being, of course, that she isn’t looking for God as much as she’s trying to create Him from scratch:
“I think you have every right to cherry pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. I think you are free to search for any metaphor whatsoever which will take you across the worldly divide whenever you need to be transported or comforted. . . . If humanity never evolved in its exploration of the divine, a lot of us would still be worshiping golden, Egyptian statues of cats. And this evolution of religious thinking does involve a fair amount of cherry-picking. . . . That’s me in the corner, in other words. That’s me in the spotlight. Choosing my religion.”
“Sounds more like a kid in a Build-a-Bear store than a spiritual quest—but with more fluff.”
Me: Save $10 and skip the movie. Save $20 and skip the book. Read the rest of the review here.