How important is marriage?

There was an intriguing article on USAToday.com addressing the issue of a federally funded ad campaign to promote the value of marriage in our society. Looking past the dominant theme of where out tax dollars go, I tried to soak up how the topic of marriage was being handled by the author. She claims that recent preliminary studies [...]

The Snuggie Stimulus!

After all, what better to fix the ailing economy than a giant, cumbersome product of questionable value and exorbitant expense?

The faith of Abraham

Genesis 15:6 – “And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.”
“Since the verb to ‘believe’ in Genesis 15:6 is the Hebrew hiphil form of the verb ‘aman (cf. English ‘amen’), Geerhardus vos pointed to the ‘causative-productive sense’ of the verb and to the preposition. Both, in his judgment, showed that [...]

All things are better in Koine…

This is great stuff:

Thanksgiving for a Life Well-Lived

Yesterday, at 3:50 pm, Kyle Wagner joined the chorus of the saints who have gone before us.  I must say that I have never looked back on the life of any individual with as much gratitude as I do with Kyle.  I am grateful to God that I was able to know Kyle, for the [...]

The Hypocrisy of Gay Marriage Activists

I am weary of talking about this issue.  I am weary of the tired rhetoric of homosexual activists.  I am weary of Keith Olberman’s polarizing caricatures of conservatives.  Most of all, I am weary of the liberal intolerance (interesting article here).  There will be a powder keg issue on the ballots for the next 12 [...]

Double-decker Dumping

Great Britain has reached a new level of secularization as the government is beginning to move and remove older gravesites because of supposed land limitations.  Apparently “burial space in England and Wales will be full in 30 years, while some urban boroughs are already out of room.”  The problem is clearly not a space issue [...]

Open Thread: Ultimate Seeker-Friendly Service?

Senior Rap: What is the future of the church with this understanding of evangelism and church ministry?
-Brad

The Theology of the Glass Steagall Law: Mutual Distrust

Is it the end of the world?  The financial meltdown of the world’s monetary systems is so pervasive that its stretches the globe and affects to some degree a majority of the planet.  This hugely important issue ultimately stems from a theological misunderstanding.  The snowball that started this avalanche of the stock market depends on [...]

From Gospel For Asia: Christians Martyred in Orissa

The following is an excerpt from Gospel For Asia’s website www.gfa.org :
Three more believers were martyred and twelve others were severely wounded in a fresh wave of violence in Orissa, India, on September 30. The latest attacks occurred in villages near Kandhamal, which has been the epicenter of violence against Christians since August 22.
The [...]