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Mark 6:20 details Herod Antipas relationship with John the Baptist:
for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.
Ekklesia’s Jonathan Bartley has written an interesting article called The End of Christendom as a Political Threat The article offers a number of thoughts from a British perspective, about the end of Christendom and the rapid movement into a post-christian culture that seems to be well underway in Europe (and some would say, to [...]
Anne Rice (author of Interview with a Vampire and more recently, Christ the Lord out of Egypt) shares her perspective on studying the life of Christ historically.
H.T. to George Woodlif via Stephen Shields
. . . Having started with the skeptical critics, those who take their cue from the earliest skeptical New Testament scholars of [...]
It appears the King of the World is taking on the King of Kings with the help of a video crew and some really bad science. Cameron claims that his new project will “shake the underpinnings of Christianity.” So far it appears Cameron’s findings aren’t supported by any serious archeologists or historians but [...]
Reflecting on some previous comments about Christians and politics, I want to ask for your opinions…
1. Does the Gospel of the Kingdom have primarily Spiritual or primarily Social implications? (or Both, or other?)
2. To the extent that it is has social implications, to what extent do those infer politicol obligations?
3. What other [...]
In a new book, author Matthew Avery Sutton, (who grew up in Foursquare Church) makes a case that today’s religious right owes its force and vigor to Foursquare founder and evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson who died in 1944. While I certainly look forward to reading this book (I am facinated with all aspects of [...]
This is a follow up on a previous post. Thanks to all of you (U.S. readers) who notified your congressperson. AIDS: Critical Disease and Poverty Assistance Funding Approved
At the urging of World Vision and other nongovernmental organizations and their supporters, the United States Congress approved a $1.3 billion increase in funding [...]
Since I have applied to Fuller Theological Seminary, I have been following the school’s goings on a little more closely. The President at Fuller has a blog where he posted his thoughts regarding the mystery of salvation. This particular post was a response to a Southern Baptist theologian’s confident assertion that Mahatma Gandhi [...]
I have posted before on the research done by Arthur C. Brooks that has been published in his book “Who Really Cares” which is a study into the giving habits of Americans. Here is a link to the website for this book and an intersesting stats page which highlights some of his major findings:
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The other day I did something about which my wife would later say: “That was amazing, I almost cried.” I’m not kidding here guys. Want to know my secret? Here it is: Toward the end of a busy week for both of us, (work, taxiing kids around, meetings, and so on) I [...]
On Sunday February 18th, my church will be participating in Amazing Grace Sunday (Since we meet on Saturday, it will actually be the 17th at 6pm). For those of you in the U.K., this event will be held on March 25. The film portrays the life and work of abolitionist [...]
Advocacy group is headed by leaders with experience in African humanitarian work and aims to shape U.S. foriegn policy, capitalizing on growing national awareness. New Advocacy Group Aims To Point Up Atrocities in Africa - washingtonpost.com
Veteran Africa activists, frustrated by the slow response from Sudan’s government to international demands to ease the plight of [...]
Great article by Andrew Jones at Books and Culture: What Did You Go Out to See? - Books & Culture
By focusing our attention on Western look-a-likes rather than the God-breathed expressions of ekklesia, we miss the joy of participating with the global church. We also miss the blessing these networks and ministries can offer us. [...]
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I have been pretty alarmed by the high anti-immigration sentiment that seems to be growing in many parts of the United States. This is one of its more extreme manifestations, although, from a public policy standpoint, the unwillingness of our last Congress to engage any kind of comprehensive immigration reform that includes a guest [...]
I really wish I had been doing a better job of tagging my posts from the beginning. I’m happy that I found Ultimate Tag Warrior 3 plugin for Wordpress that makes it much easier. BBC NEWS | Technology | Tagging ‘takes off for web users’
As more and more people put their own content [...]
After the Super Bowl ends, shirts and caps made for the losing team will be donated to a developing nation. Far Away, Super Bowl’s Losers Will Be Champs - New York Times
By order of the National Football League, those items are never to appear on television or on eBay. They are never even to be [...]
Wanted to highlight a great post from Ryan: Is Collaborative Blogging the Future? I think he’s on to something…
Many believe slavery ended in the 1800s, but the face of slavery has simply changed. There are an estimated 27 million slaves in our world today. They are enslaved in every nation of the world, including our own neighborhoods. The US State Department estimates that at least 17,500 people are trafficked against their will into [...]
I recently signed this World Vision Petition asking United States Goverment officials to reinstate funding previously earmarked for fighting AIDS. I recieved responses back from the offices of Congresswoman Lois Capps, and, the following email from Senator Dianne Feinstein. It’s always nice to discover that your elected representatives are actually listening!
February 1, 2007
Dear [...]
This site enables you to quickly and easily design a poll and than paste the html code for the poll into your blog. HTMLpoll.com
Should this blog include more polls?
Absolutely!
Uh, okay… why not.
I don’t care
I found this blog by accident and I’ll never be back so do whatever you want dude…
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This film premiered downtown last night and I wish I could have been there. The director, Micheal Apted, is being interviewed tonight at Victoria Hall. (Sadly, I don’t have tickets for this event…) Really looking forward to seeing this movie!
Santa Barbara Edhat - Amazing Grace
The film tells the story of [...]
This resource is a must for all of you bloggers. There are such a wide variety of RSS feed readers out there and it is hard to keep track of them and make sure that your blog is easily accessible to them all. That’s were iFeedReaders - Feeding Feed Readers Your Feed makes [...]
Had a great conversation the other day with Ronnie R. who suggested a couple of ideas based on the story of Jesus inviting Peter to step out of the boat and walk on water… Thanks RR!
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