The Jesus Family Tomb?

Hopefully the responses to James Cameron’s documentary on the alleged burial tomb of Jesus will be calm and reasoned and will be used as catalysts to communicate the truth of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.  And hopefully Cameron won’t make as much money as Dan Brown did with his falsehoods in The DaVinci Code.
In short, [...]

Religious pluralism is intellectually bankrupt

There are two main kinds of religious pluralism.  One is good and one is intellectually bankrupt.
Good pluralism: Numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and tolerated within a society.
Bad pluralism: All religions are true and equally valid paths to God.
Pluralism can be a good thing if it means we should tolerate the beliefs [...]

Lent: It’s not just for Catholics anymore

I “borrowed” the title from my pastor, who probably “borrowed” it from someone else. 
Anybody giving up anything for Lent this year?  I gave up watching The Simpsons for Lent once (I normally watch a little every night as a humor fix.), but normally I don’t give anything up. 
One of my daughter’s friends gave up sarcasm [...]

Exploring Christianity – Part 2 – Credibility of the Author(s) – A

Click here to see the latest installment of my friend Nicholas’ interview with me about Christianity.  He set up a new easy-to-read page that he can just add to as we go along.  There is a link on the right of his main page called “Christianity Interview” as well. The second part dealt with the case for the credibility [...]

Weekly roundup

The battle for the single mind – good article on single people and the church.  It is unfortunate that churches are “marketed” more to families.
Clever marketing by the makers of Dove soap.  It is tragic how our image obsessed society puts such a burden on us all, and especially women.  Think of how many ads [...]

Popsicle stick shaving

This is one of my all-time favorite pictures (OK, I have a few hundred all-time favorites) that caught my eye when our screensaver was running.  It reminded me of the fun the girls would have when one of their cousins would visit.  All you need is shaving cream and a Popsicle stick.  It is a triple [...]

The exact number

This comment was made on another blog by someone advocating a pro-choice position:
As a loving mother of four and a staunch supporter of every woman’s right to have or not to have the exact number of children that they wish . . .
My guess is that this lady is a very loving mother to her four [...]

Three hots and a cot

The Houston Chronicle did a nice front page piece on the 100th anniversary of the Star of Hope mission.  They provide shelter, training and Christ-based spiritual guidance to homeless men, women and families. 
When I was at HP we used one of our quarterly team building outings to help decorate the women’s shelter for Christmas.  I [...]

Weekly roundup

The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement – it is a long article, but a very thorough and powerful personal account of what really happens under the facade the media sells you.  This should be required reading for those who have bought the lies of the media and liberal theologians. 
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Touching article about Valentine’s day chocolates and chastity 
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Barack [...]

Hip Hop singer regrets abortion – must see music video

From Lifesite News (read the whole article for more information): 
A hip hop group entitled Flipsyde, led by the singer known as Piper, released a song in Dec. 2005 entitled “Happy Birthday…so make a wish” which voices the remorse and love that a father feels towards his unborn child who was killed by abortion.  It is an [...]

Amazing Grace – the story of William Wilberforce

Here’s a great overview of his life and the movie.  As a wealthy young Englishman he was going to be a preacher but instead went into Parliament and successfully dedicated his career to abolishing the slave trade. 
He did other notable things as well, such as helping found the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, creating schools [...]

Exporing Christianity – Part 1 – The Bible

Why do I believe the Bible is the true word of God . . .and that other holy books are not?
This was the first question posed to me by my friend Nicholas during our conversation about Christianity.  He posted it at his blog last week.  I’m posting it here for archival purposes.  Here is my response:
First, let me [...]

Exploring Christianity – Part 1 – The Bible

This is a rerun from 2007.
Why do I believe the Bible is the true word of God . . .and that other holy books are not?
This was the first question posed to me by my friend Nicholas during our conversation about Christianity.  He posted it at his blog last week.  I’m posting it here for archival purposes.  Here [...]

Weekly roundup

Good quote of the week.  Tony Dungy’s attitude can work in almost any profession.  Also, don’t miss this video on YouTube where he talks about the aftermath of the suicide of his son.
That’s one of the reasons I stayed in coaching.  I wanted to show you could have Christian principles and do things that way and still [...]

A conversation about Christianity

Nicholas is a good friend who wanted to have a blogging conversation with me about Christianity.  He works at NASA and in his spare time he dances at the same ballet company as my daughters.  He is not a believer but is one of those well read people who enjoys a good debate and doesn’t let [...]

Is your enemy’s enemy your friend?

 Yes, there are peace loving Muslims.  I know many of them personally.  This isn’t about them, it is about the Left’s irrational ignorance of the dangers of non-peace loving Muslims. 
There is a saying that your enemy’s enemy is your friend, meaning that if a third party hates your enemy then presumably you are on the same side [...]