May 2009
4 posts
are you feeling a bit like mr. bill
do you remember mr. bill from the late 70’s, early 80’s SNL? he was the guy always being run over by the steam roller…oh noooooo! i don’t know about you, but i’m feeling a bit like him lately. not to gain your sympathy, (but all sympathy is appreciated) i’m tired from helping my son remodel my mom’s master bath last week. non stop construction from...
christian activism???????
its sunday morning and we just got done looking at ephesians 6:10-13 in our worship service. in this text paul is focused on spiritual warfare. in preperation for this message i looked into the subject with some depth. one of the things i discovered is how serious this issue actually is. let me share one example, and then make my point.
in daniel 10, daniel describes a time when he had been...
letter to the editor
i was at a bible study this past monday morning and someone in the group had a letter to the editor from the modesto bee dated may 6, 2009 under the heading “religion touches a nerve”. it was written by a gentleman from modesto in reaction to a previous letter that suggested “we should return to moral and spiritual absolutes” as a nation. in his response, he bashes...
get the conversation started
hi out there. i want to let you know what i’ve been chewing on the past few days. i used a phrase this past sunday that prompted a pretty good response…polarized externalist. i am not sure that is actually a legit term…i made it up on the fly to describe what i see going on in too many families. we happened to be focused on parent child relationships and i used this term to...