Must Read Monday: Compassion International in India, Russian Interference, and more
December 12, 2016
Compassion: 145,000 Children Could Lose Sponsorship by Christmas— Christianity Today When India implemented new regulations governing foreign Non-governmental Organizations, it constricted how funds could enter the country. Despite months of work from interested organizations and lobbying by certain members of the United States government, India has not lifted the regulations, and as a result, 145,000 […]
Don’t miss your home field advantage: Thinking about Christmas differently
December 8, 2016
Christmas is the time of year Christians have the home field advantage. Arguably the biggest global holiday of the year centers around the birth of one person: Jesus Christ. Jesus may be now be sharing the stage with a whole cast of characters from Santa Claus to Frosty to the Nutcracker but He is still […]
Below the fold: Even the very stones cry out
December 7, 2016
It’s always fun when science discovers something the Bible has proclaimed all along. The findings are detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the revelation is that there’s a stash of water deep within the earth. “Current estimates suggest that the deep Earth may hold as much water as all […]
Must Read Monday: Santa Claus is coming to town
December 5, 2016
Tim Keller Wants You to Stop Underestimating Christmas– The Gospel Coalition Keller writes Christmas is “the most unsentimental, realistic way of looking at life.” That statement is a long way from the usual Christmas movies we love watching this time of year. Christmas is about much more than magic. It is the incarnation of the […]
What to do with the hard pieces of the holidays
November 30, 2016
The leftovers are almost gone. All that is left of everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving stuffing are the hard pieces. It’s hard to know what to do with the hard pieces of the holidays. As Christmas cards started to arrive this week, I was reminded of the imminent, annual task of the Christmas card list. That list […]
Must Read Monday: Castro dies, November Adoption month, Trump transition
November 28, 2016
Marco Rubio: World leaders praising Fidel Castro are “hypocrites”– CBS News Fidel Castro did not believe in the existence of a God other than himself. He was a self-glorifying, self-interested person. And how he’s dead. The death of a committed atheist whose worldview led him to lead in ways that had disastrous consequences for millions […]
Count your blessings: Cultivating a heart of Thanksgiving
November 22, 2016
This week, Americans will be gathering around the Thanksgiving table to count our blessings. Family, health and security regularly top the list. These are good things. Really good things. But even these good gifts are not the penultimate blessings. So, as lots of people are making Christmas lists and checking them twice, what if we […]
Must Read Monday: Thanksgiving is coming
November 21, 2016
The election is getting people uninvited to Thanksgiving– USATODAY Election comments on social media are dividing families before Thanksgiving, getting some members “uninvited” to a holiday designed to focus us on God’s sovereign provision not our personal pities. We each have a personal platform, and many Americans have used it— extensively— during the divisive election. […]
Table Talk: Preparing for Thanksgiving conversation
Thanksgiving brings family and friends around one table for a day of food, fellowship and giving thanks. But I suspect this year some of us are approaching the day with a little more trepidation than usual, concerned about how the nation’s political divisiveness will transform our gatherings. In the coming days and weeks of holiday […]
Of Man and Beast
November 18, 2016
The verdict is in: the Cincinnati zoo enclosure was not up to code and the Dangerous Animal Response Team (DART) did the right thing in shooting the gorilla to save the 4 year old boy who had fallen into his habitat. Harambe, you may recall, was a 450 pound Texas born, 17 year old, western […]
