This time of year, pastors usually have problems coming with “new” and “fresh” ways of presenting “the old, old story.”
How many times can we go through the same passages (Matt. 1; Luke 1-2) without them becoming dry and familiar? How long can I go without becoming dry and familiar? If we’re not careful the incredible [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Telling the Story
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Movie Review
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Rick Phillips has posted a review of the movie The Nativity Story at the reformation21 blog that’s very positive. “Go see the movie,” he says (in short).
Time for You
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Time has named you the Person of the Year!
Thank you. Thank you very much!
Tolerance
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve spent any time at all talking with non-Christians, you’ve been labeled as “intolerant.” Well, are we?
It depends. Greg Koukl of Stand To Reason has a good explanation at Townhall. Read it here.
He says that “one of America’s noblest virtues has been so distorted it’s become a vice.”
Keeping Christ in Christmas Cards
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
We always seem to have a hard time finding suitable Christmas cards. The vast majority are sappy, sentimental, or miss the point of Christmas completely.
We (my wife and I) don’t want to send cards that don’t reflect our commitment to Christ, no matter how cute and cuddly they might be. Most of the time, the [...]
Christmas Book Recommendations
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here are three recommendations of books that specifically deal with Christmas.
The first is Christ in Christmas: A Family Advent Celebration. It includes hymns, prayers, passages of Scripture, Christmas carols, and questions (among other things) to make the Advent season more meaningful. James Boice, James Dobson, R.C. Sproul, and Chuck Swindoll all contributed to this book.
The [...]
Does This Mean That?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s often stated by some Christians that we (as Christians) should not think about what we’re going to say to other people about Jesus or the gospel. In other words, we aren’t supposed to prepare, but simply rely on the Holy Spirit to give us the words.
Matthew 10:16-20 is the passage used as support. Jesus [...]
"The Nativity Story"
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Steve Beard of Breakpoint has a good post on The Nativity Story movie.
I’ll be going to see the movie on Sunday with a group of people, so I’ll see for myself. Any thoughts?
The Darker Meaning of Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Touchstone magazine has posted an article by one of its editors, Wilfred M. McClay, that’s worth reading. It’s called “God Rest Ye Merry: On Celebrating the Darker Meaning of Christmas.” Check it out.
New Link Added
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve added www.snopes.com to the list of links. It’s a clearinghouse of just about every “urban legend” imaginable.
Even if you’ve never heard the term “urban legend” you know what they are. Stories like “the vanishing hitchiker” or that needles full of the HIV virus have been found in payphone changeslots all over the country. These [...]
