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Gideon’s Bibles

Swat Team Food Raid

For anyone that’s ever read books on oppressive regimes, this kind of thing should send shivers up your spine.  In December of 2008, a SWAT team came in and raided the private home of family that was running the Manna Storehouse.

Waitress > God?

Gay Marriage and Newsweek

An older version of Newsweek Magazine tries to reconcile Gay Marriage with the Bible, and Albert Mohler is there with some great observations, but it’s his conclusion that we need to pay attention to:

Playing Dress Up

Costumes can be a lot of fun.  My kids always like dressing up as their favorite action heroes, and acting out their favorite adventures. Do you know someone that likes to play dress up?  Do you like to find unique costumes to play pretend?  What’s neat is that you can find well made costumes all [...]

The Philosophy of Ambiguity

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE  IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH:

The Lego Church

I got this in an e-mail from my dad, and thought I’d share it with you!

Procter & Gamble and Kroger Honor our Heroes

How would you like to shake the hand of a hero?  Procter and Gamble have teamed up with Kroger to allow you to virtually do just that through the P&G and Kroger Honoring Our Heroes campaign. Through a web application, you will be able to thank a member of the U.S. armed forces for fighting [...]

What Can Kids Get Out of Church?

A lot, if you’ll let them…  As Josh found out: Anyway, as part of the new schedule of things on Saturday nights, we started using the same curriculum for the elementary kids in both hours. By doing this, we are encouraging parents who are there for both services to take their elementary child with them [...]

Is This Billboard Shocking or Unsettling?

That’s what CBS Outdoor thought: This time CBS said that the picture needed to go because abortion “is a potentially emotional topic that might be unduly disturbing to young women who may have made the kinds of choices that the displays deal with,” according to the complaint. A message from the company to Counsel board [...]

What If Moses had Google?

Here’s a humorous take on what Moses could have done if he had Google: What do you think? [HT CNBC]

We Should Not Raise the Debt Ceiling

What would consumers do if they could arbitrarily print money or raise their credit limit every time they got out of debt?  Well, you don’t have to wonder at this hypothetical—the U.S. government is showing you in real-time. Vox Day addresses two of the main arguments for raising the ceiling: Not raising the debt ceiling [...]

Created To Be God’s Friend

I had done Blackaby’s Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God Workbook and I have to say that I totally recommend that book.  It’s a 12 week workbook that takes you through looking at the world from God’s perspective as well as your place in it. Since I enjoyed that book so much, [...]

At What Point Do Things Like This Stop?

If you follow the guidelines they shouldn’t have a problem, right? The latest case of TSA tyranny to hit the headlines comes in the form of a young mother who was subjected to enhanced groping and then shut inside a screening box for almost an hour by agents after she refused to allow them to [...]

10 Stupid Things That Keep Churches From Growing

As someone that is involved in the leadership of a local church, I find that I often have to think about what we’re doing as a church—why is it that some that come in the door never return, or why is it that some people leave in the first place. That’s one of the reasons [...]

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