Sex and the City

Carolyn McCulley has some good thoughts about the movie “Sex and the City” especially in light of knowing that some of my Christian friends have seen the movie.

Women’s Ordination and Cultural Conditioning

William Weedon posted a letter written by Orthodox priest, Fr. Alexander Schmemann that he wrote to a friend about women’s ordination.

It is well known that the advocates of women’s ordination explain the Scriptural and the traditional exclusion of women from ministry by “cultural conditioning.” If Christ did not include women into the Twelve, if the [...]

Renewing Your Mind

…be transformed by the renewal of your mind.  (Romans 12:2) 
Without a renewed mind – without the mind of Christ in operation – God will never really be able to hold the reins of our lives.  This is why Satan battles so hard for our minds.  If he can control or thinking, ultimately he will [...]

Reason Applied to New Atheist’s Arguments

Go HERE to see how Greg Koukl from Stand to Reason applies critical thinking skills to the claims and arguments of the New Atheists.

HT:  Justin Taylor

Dallas Willard on Doing Good Work

For those of us who are Dallas Willard fans here is a rare glimpse into his personal life as you can read what Dr. Willard said at a faculty forum luncheon on the topic, “My Journey To and Beyond Tenure in a Secular University.”
 

My strategy was this – do really good work. Do work [...]

Learning From the Southern Baptist

Ed Stetzer responds to the latest Southern Baptist statistical report with some analysis and suggestions that would be helpful not only for Southern Baptist, but for people in any denomination.
“For now, Southern Baptists are a denomination in decline. Some of you were born into an SBC church; others of us chose it of our [...]

Devotional Moments

Pastor Scott Murray, Senior Pastor of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston writes a very good devotional called Memorial Moments.  He generally writes them six days a week and makes them available not only members of the congregation he serves, but also for anyone who would like to subscribe to his free email list.  They are [...]

The Extent of Holiness

Holiness is likeness to God, to Him who is the Holy One of Israel, to Him whom they laud in heaven, as “Holy, holy, holy” (Rev 4:8). It is likeness to Christ … [and] it is separation unto God and His service…
This holiness or consecration extends to every part of our persons, fills up [...]

Biblical Geography Helps

David Instone Brewer has assembled an amazing collection of online tools related to  biblical geography including:

1) Interactive maps & GoogleEarth
2) Traditional maps & powerpoint maps
3) Photos of places & archaeology
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HT:  Justin Taylor

Christian Sacrifice

Brian Main of Warren, Ohio gives a true example of radical Christian sacrifice.
“My friend’s mom used to cry when [her daughter] returned to college after visiting home. As her daughter became more intent on pursuing missions in a Muslim country, it was not easy for the mom. But she grew to see the need for [...]