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Ho, Ho, Ho.....or No, No, No....? Biblical Thoughts on Kids, Santa, and the Gospel
To do Santa or not to do Santa....that is often the question faced by parents of small kids each December. So we thought we'd search out some thoughts from friends on the web. Here's the question---and a valid one, regardless of where ...
Well Done, Linus
Chris Edwards Jensen takes a look at one of the few remaining television specials that hasn't completely lost it's way: A Charlie Brown Christmas. First aired in 1965, it continues to be a classic Christmas special to those of us who gre...
The Hypersocialized Generation
From Al Mohler: For a generation that is always on, texting is an outlet that keeps on giving. In public and private, there is never a moment when this generation feels awkward about using social media. How can Christians live like this, with no...
Please Be Unfashionable
From Tullian Tchividjian: I wrote the book Unfashionable to make the point that Christians make a difference in this world by being different from this world; they don’t make a difference by being the same. My deep concern (which prompted me to wri...
The Real Islam
From Boundless: Now it's true that there's a lot more to Islam than you'll glean from the likes of bin Laden. But it's also true that there's a lot more to it than strictly individual, spiritual struggle. What UNC may be try...
Former Terrorist: Moderate Islam More Dangerous Than Islamic Fanaticism?
Grace and Truth to You has posted an inside look at Islam as told by a former leader in the world's largest terrorist organization who now claims to be a Christian. All of the posts are worth a read. In the first post, entitled Escape from ...
Woof ‘n Worship? Seriously?
From Dr. Al Mohler: Just for the sake of adequate seriousness, I will resist all temptations to pun. That is no easy resistance in light of the report from the Associated Press about American churches developing special services for congregants and ...
Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World
Free MP3s from Northbrook Baptist Church: Embracing God's definition of femininity is a radical choice. Have you considered how feminist ideals have affected your perception of the role of women? At the Fall 2009 Northbrook Conference for Women...
Halloween Questions From Don\'t Waste Your Life
Are you a flesh loving zombie, mindlessly wandering a bleak world craving fleshly things? Eph 2:1-3, 4:18-19/Titus 3:3 Are you the lustful simpleton following the hot girl into the house overlooking the fact that it is haunted? Prov 7:24-27...
Halloween Worries, Doctrine Apathy
From Melinda at Stand To Reason: I'm surprised each year by the amount of concern and attention given to whether Christians should participate in Halloween, especially when the same amount of concern and attention isn't given to issues at ...
Distracting Ourselves To Death
From Margaret Manning, member of the writing and speaking team at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Seattle, Washington. Though writing hundreds of years ago, Blaise Pascal captured the spirit of our present age prophetically and profoundly...
U2 Concerts Make You Wanna......Worship?
From our friend Jonathan Dodson at the Creation Project: There’s something about a U2 concert that makes you want to worship. The raw emotive power alone moves you to sing, to rejoice, to feel for something bigger. Every concert has that song, th...
The World In Which We Live
Think you know something about the world in which we live? Watch this video. (HT: Matt Ballard)...
Unfashionable
"Is it possible that the contemporary church has been so caught up in the quest for relevance that it has ceased to be noticeably different from the world? That's the thesis of Unfashionable, a new book by Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graha...
The Idol of Cool
Writes Glenn Lucke: ...given that fashion is at least significantly about creating obsolesence so as to separate you from your money, why play ball? I once asked a guy attending my church's high school summer "Beach Retreat" what the difference was b...
Lazarus Waits, Rachel Weeps
From Jill Carratini at Ravi Zacharias' Slice of Infinity: In our impervious boxes and minimalist depictions of the Christian story, we comfortably live as if in our own world, blind and unconcerned with the world of suffering around us, intent to tel...
Worshiping Michael Jackson: "What I Really Wanted Was a Dad"
Interesting article in a UK newspaper on the worship of Michael Jackson. Writes William Langley: In the sense that Michael Jackson's life was a celebration of strangeness, his death, at the age of 50, lays the groundwork for something much stranger. ...
TIME Magazine:10 Ideas Changing The World Right Now
Things are changing. Read TIME Magazine's observations here. Below are the bullet points. Interesting that most seem connected to the environment, international affairs, and faith. 1) Jobs are the New Assets 2) Recycling the Suburbs 3) The New Calvin...
