“One of the crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis snapped this photo of heavy cloud cover over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.” “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his…
Goog 411
This is really cool. I tried pizza for Stillman Valley, IL and it worked as advertised: 8 results, #4 is the preferred pizza. It now tells intersections, too. Does anyone use this? I am so impressed that I dedicated “g”…
Pentecost: When Babel Was Turned Upside Down
Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday when we celebrate the pouring out of the Spirit and the inauguration of the New Covenant. Think prayerfully and deeply about Pentecost. It is an epochal Sunday! In a “must own” book on the Holy Spirit,…
Spurgeon on Boring Sermons and What Should Be Done to the Pastors Who Preach Them
Charles Spurgeon: “No can ever equal some discourses in sleep-giving properties; no human being, unless gifted with infinite patience, could long endure to listen to them, and nature does well to give the victim deliverance through sleep.” As for…
Come Die
(I only recently realized that Tullian Tchividjian’s blog wasn’t showing up on my feed reader – be sure you update your subscription if you aren’t getting his blog now that he has been installed at Coral Ridge). Here is what…
Owen Strachan: Newsflash: Modern Women are Unhappy
Owen Strachan: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has just penned a provocative piece called “Liberated and Unhappy” that briefly analyzes a new study entitled “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. Here’s what…
Life Sometimes Hangs By a “Thread”
Peter Kreeft (Quoted by Russell Moore in Adopted for Life, 144): If one Egyptian tailor hadn’t cheated on the threads of Joseph’s mantle, Potiphar’s wife would never have been able to tear it, present it as evidence to Potiphar that…
Facing Some “Orcs” in an Adventure You Didn’t Ask For? Persevere.
Maybe you’re facing some ugly circumstances in life? That’s how the adventure of life sometimes goes. Tolkien’s, Frodo and Sam dialogue near the end of The Two Towers: ‘I don’t like anything here at all,’ said Frodo, ‘step or stone,…
On Why We Have Fond Memories of Being Spanked
Doug Wilson: At a recent conference, my wife heard a funny story about some old friends of ours who had moved to another state. They have two small children, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. Once when both children needed to…
Russell Moore on The Heart of the Matter Regarding Adoption
I highly recommend Russ Moore’s book on adoption. He writes: “Here’s where, I think the nub of the whole issue lies. Adoption would become a priority if our churches themselves saw our brotherhood and sisterhood in our church itself rather…