Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community [...]
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Doug Wilson’s novel is a piercing and direct critique of the uniquely American religious institution, the mega-church. Wilson takes the gloves off in this story and aims straight for the heart of a mega-church, its pastor. Make no mistake, for any Christian that reads this book there will be discomfort, and probably a lot. But [...]
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The life of the mind is critical to the growth of a Christian, and my fear for our generation is that we have not been taught this from childhood and today we still have not committed ourselves to that pursuit. We are a people who value the Word of God. God chose to speak to [...]
After reading Doug Wilson’s excellent post on Ephesians chapter 1 I wanted to create my own outline of Paul’s prayer in the first fourteen verses of this chapter. I find it helpful for me to parse Paul’s writing into a logical outline in order to really begin to grasp his intended meaning. I’ve posted it below, and I [...]
Robert Morrison at NRO has a great perspective on the new Obama regulations regarding religious institutions and the impending implementation of Obamacare. My twin granddaughters were born in a Catholic hospital last December. On Christmas Eve, they were rushed back into that same hospital, fighting for their lives. For nine days, we prayed without ceasing [...]
Tags: catholics, healthcare, obama, obamacare
This is just a short entry, but an important one. If you are in church circles I would bet my tax return that you have heard the term ‘post-modern’ tossed around by now. But do we really understand it? If you do not have a full grasp on the concept and its effect on the church [...]
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Our culture and society is deeply divided on issues of “life”. There is no better place to see this than the recent discussion around the Santorum family’s handling of a stillborn child… in 1996. The fact that some will go back more than 15 years and pull such a painful and private episode for criticism surely says [...]
I pushed my chair back from my desk in my home office. It was 7 o’clock and for the last hour or so I had been making my rounds on the conservative and libertarian blogs. The “Occupy Whatever” protests had been going on for a few days and I had been reading reports, opinions and [...]
Tags: politics
Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community [...]
Tags: 100people, storytelling
Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community [...]
Tags: 100people, story-team
