Tag: love

July 9, 2011

Think by John Piper (audiobook)

In Think: The Life of Mind and the Love of God, bestselling author and pastor John Piper aims to encourage and help Christians to think. He argues that “thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God” and uses scripture to debunk and bring to light the dangers of the anti-intellectualism movement in the church. At the same time, he makes it clear that using human […]

October 27, 2009

Your Whole Self

Several years ago, Christian singer Dan Haseltine (of Jars of Clay) challenged readers of Relevant Magazine to bring our whole selves into our relationships. I must admit that when I first read his article, entitled Your Whole Self, certain aspects turned me off. However, on closer inspection the truths found within overpowered the negatives. There is a weight to the Gospel. There is a mass […]

January 22, 2009

Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary can’t use TurboTax?

Maybe, next time, Timothy Geithner should pay an accountant. Or take a simple computer course. via Geithner Links Woes to Tax Software Used by 18 Million Americans. You gotta love this report from Fox News. This guy can’t figure out how to use TurboTax and President Obama wants him in charge of the Treasury? How is that logical?

July 27, 2008

Proverbs 3:1-6

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the […]

October 3, 2007

Wisdom from an old man

One of my favorite lines from the movie Secondhand Lions is spoken by Hub, the character played by Robert Duvall: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most[…] that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I […]

December 15, 2006

Portland’s "Holiday Tree"

Officials in Maine’s largest city have decided to call the traditional Christmas tree at Monument Square a “holiday tree,” citing a desire to be sensitive to other people and religions as the reason for their decision to avoid directly referencing the Christian holiday. But Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine (CCLM), notes that the Portland officials apparently have no problem […]

December 14, 2006

Biblical guidance from The Lord of the Rings

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will […]

December 11, 2006

Immigration enforcement is for feds

An interesting view of Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to give state police the task of arresting illegal immigrants from Thomas Keown, the director of media relations for the Irish Immigration Center in Boston: …beyond immigration it is the purely law enforcement angle that shows most clearly the danger of state police enforcing immigration law. Effective community policing depends on effective partnerships. Police departments have […]

March 28, 2006

Pat Robertson, will you PLEASE GO HOME!

A few months back my Dad and I discussed the fact that Pat Robertson seems to be shooting himself in the foot quite often lately. Well, apparently we are not the only ones who feel that way. Tom Ponchak has started a petition entitled Christians Against Pat Speaking (CAPS). I have great respect for Pat Robertson and consider myself honored to have walked within 6 […]