In the movie “Cold Mountain”, Inman says, “I’m sure God is weary of being called down on both sides of the argument.” Set during the Civil War, it is an obvious reference to preachers and people on both sides laying claim to be on God’s side or rather having God on their side.
I wonder if [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2003
Figured it was coming …
Jordon Cooper posted the following on his website.
The excerpt must be from a book he is reading – he is a voracious reader. I find this piece very lifting and humiliating at the same time -
God’s Company
Eugene Peterson on David at Ziklag
Moralism is death on spirituality. Moralism is the approach that puts all the emphasis on our performance. It operates out of [...]
A response worth looking for …
Over the last few years there has been an attempt to understand and succintly draw some conclusions about the cultural shift taking place in our world – we used to say in our Country but it can no longer be limited so. Often people respond dismissively when they do not understand a given subject. Other [...]
Carl F.H. Henry dies …
An important Christian figure – Carl Hengry dies at 90
New Church …
I picked up the latest issue of RELEVANT Magazine and found interesting spot on a new church. Seems as though those into “body modification” needed their own church. The group seeks “to teach acceptance, safety and variety of body modification (such as tattoos, piercings, implants, brandings, suspension, scarification, cutting, etc.” (Nov/Dec 2003, p.9)
Allegedy body manipulation [...]
Emotions, Education and Young People …
I mentioned an article in a previous post. I wanted to put an excerpt up that really set me to thinking …
In the Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis argues that the major problem plaguing young people is not exuberant emotionalism, but â??cold vulgarity.â? When we teach children to be exceedingly wary of emotions, we are [...]
The Sword of Truth …
One of the great tensions for people of faith is truth-telling/truth-sharing. We make an appeal to “telling the truth in love” when we decapitate. Oops! Only meant to inform not annhilate. I came across a paragraph in a book about life and writing by Anne Lamott. She shares,
“I told the young woman, in front of [...]
