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Month: July 2011

Our “inconsolable secret”

Posted on: July 31, 2011 Last updated on: July 27, 2011 Written by: Chris
Cornelius Plantinga in his highly recommended, Engaging God’s World (page 7): Our “inconsolable secret,” says C.S. Lewis, is that we are full of yearnings, sometimes shy and sometimes passionate, that point us beyond the things of earth to the ultimate…
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If you think the Red Brick Church has accessibility issues. . .

Posted on: July 30, 2011 Last updated on: July 25, 2011 Written by: Chris
Our church currently has a project going to install a ramp to make it more accessible – – a project that I  heartily endorse.  However, after seeing the below, I realize that there are churches that are far less accessible.…
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Dealing with increasing distractions, information overload, and privacy

Posted on: July 29, 2011 Last updated on: July 25, 2011 Written by: Chris
Wise words from Tim Challies.
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It Only Takes One Generation for a Church to Die

Posted on: July 28, 2011 Last updated on: July 25, 2011 Written by: Chris
Justin Taylor offers a sobering post for long term churches: Sean Lucas, drawing on some of the lessons he is learning while researching the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, MS, writes: As part of the research work…
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Thankful for John R.W. Stott (1921-2011)

Posted on: July 27, 2011 Last updated on: July 27, 2011 Written by: Chris
John R.W. Stott died this morning and I am pausing in the midst of a busy day to be thankful for him. From where I type this in our small town in Stillman Valley, IL, I can look over onto…
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Tim Challies: Pondering Norway’s Darkest Hour

Posted on: July 27, 2011 Last updated on: July 25, 2011 Written by: Chris
Tim Challies: Norway has experienced a nightmare—3 hours of abject terror. On Friday afternoon, right around 3:30, thirty-two year-old Anders Behring Breivik ignited a bomb outside government offices in Oslo, killing at least 7. As the bomb exploded, he was…
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Thom Rainer reflects on the brevity of life

Posted on: July 26, 2011 Last updated on: July 25, 2011 Written by: Chris
Thom Rainer (President and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources) reflects on the race of life: When my son, Art Rainer, began work on the book we co-authored, Simple Life, he spent a good bit of time in a cemetery. That’s…
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Will you take your “boat” to the “island in Norway”?

Posted on: July 24, 2011 Last updated on: July 24, 2011 Written by: Chris
On an online news article tells how Norway’s Kasper Ilaug responded to a call saying that nearby young people were in grave danger.  Christian brothers and sisters, we have also received a desperate phone call. Will we respond like Kasper…
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A Case for Polygamy?

Posted on: July 24, 2011 Last updated on: July 21, 2011 Written by: Chris
Dr. Mike Wittmer: Many of us have been saying for some time that the normalization of homosexual marriage will inevitably open the door to the state’s acceptance of polygamy. Proponents of gay marriage typically scoff and say we’re silly for…
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Google+

Posted on: July 23, 2011 Last updated on: July 23, 2011 Written by: Chris
Yes. I did sign up. Time will tell.
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