This is a very interesting video. A group of Christians attempt to hand out English-Arabic versions of the Gospel of John outside a Muslim festival. After being detained, they are told they must be over 5 blocks away to do so legally. I’m not big on the over-hyped, scare the Christians sort of thing. And I’m not posting this to promote the idea that Christian liberties are on their last [...]
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Here’s a short video interview with a panel on ABC News discussion the “New Face of American Evangelicalism.” This is an interesting discussion. Ultimately, I’m not sure how helpful it would be to someone who holds to the more traditional American Christian ideals. It’s not particularly polarizing. The individuals on the panel are not some of the more “popular” names in the non-traditional evangelical world. Still, I think this is [...]
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Eddie just wrote a quick post about what a good idea intentional Christian communities are. I wanted to flesh that out a bit with some resources to check into and some thoughts that we have passed around ourselves about living intentionally for Christ in a community setting. First the resources! Here are some already existing intentional Christian communities that we are familiar with- Missio Dei be sure to thoroughly check [...]
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Seriously, the idea of an intentional community should invigorate, empower, and encourage any disciple of Jesus today. I love hearing about couples, families, groups being a part of an intentional community. I get a little more hopeful each time about the future of Christianity here in the US. A part of me gets jealous, but I think that’s okay. I consider it encouragement toward a goal my wife and I [...]
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I had mentioned in a previous post that we were thinking of including Redwall by Brian Jacques in our free-reading list for the boys this year for school. I always like to pre-read anything that we are going let the boys read, just to make sure that it is appropriate for where they are in their development and also to see if the book agrees with what we want to teach the boys, so that if it doesn't, we can be prepared to discuss it with the boys or hold off until they are mature enough to be able to discuss it.
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What do I communicate to a man about the love of God by being willing to consider him an enemy? What do I say about personal responsibility by agreeing to consider him my enemy when it is only the hazard of birth that causes us to live under different flags? What do I say about forgiveness if I punish him for the sins of his rulers? How is it reconcilable [...]
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Thursday afternoon, I was listening to Tuesday’s broadcast of Dr. Albert Mohler‘s radio program via podcast. I like to check out some of his shows because he always has relevant topics, presents his take on it, and interacts with callers and emailers with respect, intellect, and a genuine heart for not only truth but also for energizing people to get more involved in our communities (local and national). Tuesday’s show [...]
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