The Purina Diet

I’m not sure who the original author was, but thought this was worth sharing:
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I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my dog Lola and was in line to check out. A  woman behind me asked if I had a dog . . . Duh!
I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I [...]

The Book of Acts

The Bible Study Blog begins our study of the Book of Acts today.  All are welcome to join.  Here’s an introduction.
The Book of Acts is fast-paced and full of action.  It chronicles the early church, from Jesus’ ascension into Heaven through Paul’s imprisonment shortly before his death in Rome roughly 30 years later. 
I used to not like this [...]

Which is it?

Whenever tragedies happen (9/11, Virginia Tech, etc.) people often ask, “Where was God?” as if He were asleep at the wheel.  (Oddly, we usually ask that question for our tragedies and not for those endured by others, but that is fodder for another post.)
Yet many people – Christians included – tend to be repulsed by the doctrine [...]

The Divine Transaction

There is a divine transaction that takes place when someone becomes a Christian. By trusting in Jesus the following trade takes place:

 

Your sins and the associated guilt are transferred to Jesus’ account. He willingly took the punishment for these sins on the cross.
Jesus’ righteousness and perfection are imputed or credited to your account.

It is the ultimate good [...]

Kids and Quicken

When teaching Junior Achievement classes I always point out that while money can’t buy you happiness (really – studies show that aside from abject poverty money won’t make you happy), mismanaging money can buy you unhappiness.  So we’ve tried to teach our kids how to esteem money properly (give 10% or more back to God, save [...]

How to find a good church

Click here for a good checklist.  I should have used a checklist like this 10 years ago when we were switching churches.  At the time I was a little naive about such things and didn’t think there was much of a difference between Protestant denominations. 
Things have worked out fine, because the church has generally become more orthodox [...]

Weekly roundup

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CARM Radio Show Podcasts is one of my favorite new Podcasts.  The host is Matt Slick (his real name) and he covers a variety of topics, including conversations with atheists, Mormons, etc.  I’ve mentioned the CARM website before (Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry).  It has a wealth of easily accessible information.
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Sting only has seven opulent [...]

The human condition

Many great works of literature such as Crime and Punishment, Macbeth and the Tell-Tale Heart explore the truth that no amount of rationalization will drive away guilt.  This works on big and small sins.  And as Romans 1 points out, rejecting God is a big sin.
All people sin, and they know it.  This leads to [...]

Busy busy busy

Hi – I’m going to be rather busy the next couple weeks so I’ll be doing a limited amount of commenting here and at your blogs.  I just didn’t want you to think I’d forgotten about you.  I really appreciate all the loyal readers and visitors, and I enjoy reading your blogs.
I have posts set [...]

Off to prison (ministry) follow up

I blogged previously on the Kairos Prison Ministry weekend program that I participated in.  We also do follow up visits once per month and I enjoy those even more. 
We visit with the inmates for a couple hours.  There is some singing (it is a good chance for me to play my guitar), small group sharing [...]

Fashion tip 1 of 1

For various reasons I don’t dispense a lot of fashion advice.  I generally like to keep things classic and simple, though my daughters do find some more fashionable things for me at American Eagle sometimes.  They assure me that they look nice without it looking like I’m trying too hard to be hip.  I hate [...]

Tough questions

Virtually all of the toughest questions asked in skepticism of the Christian faith are already in the Bible.  So is God bad at marketing, or is He omniscient and caring enough to include what He knew we’d want and need to know?
Why do the wicked prosper?  Why do bad things happen to good people?  Where [...]

Abstinence – still the best option

Thoughts on various articles on abstinence and sex education.
The MSM and Planned Parenthood types like to trumpet studies that say abstinence programs don’t work.  But here’s an interesting perspective: Abstinence Doesn’t Help or Hurt; Sex Ed Doesn’t Work.  Check it out.  It examines what really does work (Hint: It doesn’t involve “hip” adults, condoms and [...]

Medical Bridges

Medical Bridges is a charitable organization that gathers surplus medical supplies and sends them to less fortunate countries around the world.  Over $9 billion of medical supplies are discarded each year in the U.S.  Medical Bridges sends millions of dollars worth of recovered supplies each year.

Chilren who couldn’t walk now have crutches and wheelchairs.  Surgeons [...]

Planned Parenthood vs. Planned Parenthood

Marc T. Newman, Ph.D., President of MovieMinistry.com, gave a terrific presentation at the CareNet Pregnancy Center Fall Fundraiser this week. 
One of the most intriguing things he mentioned was a Planned Parenthood advertisement published in 1964 to promote birth control (click the link or go to the end of this post).  Read the whole thing, then consider this [...]

Weekly roundup

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In an Internet era, you should never-never-never have nude photos taken.  A lot of things can happen and nearly all are very bad.  Even if you think pictures are deleted from hard drives and memory cards they might still be accessible.
Many people will regret their MySpace pages and such when they apply for their first jobs.  [...]