I love words. I love the way they sound (most of them, anyway), the way they look, and how they are combined with other words to communicate ideas from ridiculous to sublime. In that spirit, I introduce a semi-regular feature of this blog: The Word of the Moment. Today’s word is perspecuity. It means “being clear, and [...]
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The Word of the Moment
Posted in Miscellaneous, my life on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Precious in the sight of the Lord
Posted in Ministry, Miscellaneous on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” (Psalm 116:15). Cindy Hamilton, a member of our church, died earlier this week. It was my honor and privilege to lead the memorial service we had for her at Immanuel this afternoon. Cindy battled cancer for the last two years, but you [...]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Jesus Christ, Miscellaneous on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas! “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government of peace, on the [...]
Scripture Twisting
Posted in Bible, Miscellaneous, prayer, The Public Square, Uncategorized on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Brooks Thistlethwait, a liberal theologian, writing for the “On Faith” section of the Washington Post, advanced one of the demands of the Occupy Wall Street movement – student loan debt forgiveness – and ended up twisting and distorting the Scriptures in the process. She writes, Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, ‘And forgive us [...]
What You May Not Know About the Charlie Brown Christmas
Posted in Gospel, Miscellaneous on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘Tis the season for Christmas specials on TV. By far, my favorite is A Charlie Brown Christmasl. Unlike most, you can’t not know the meaning of Christmas after watching Charles Schulz’s production. You may be surprised, though, when you understand the “story behind the story.” It almost didn’t make it on television at all. Lee [...]
Tebow Time
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes, Sports on December 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Syndicated columnist Rich Lowry doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Denver Broncos and a man not ashamed or embarrassed to say he’s a Christian. Lowry echoes my own thoughts on Tebow. Read the article here. Here are two good quotes: Nonetheless, Tim Tebow is considered “controversial.” It’s now cutting edge to be [...]
What Can We Learn from Penn State?
Posted in Miscellaneous, The Public Square, worldview on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re not familiar with what’s going on at Penn State University, please read this first. In brief, a university president, athletic director, and a legendary head football coach have resigned or been fired due to terrible mishandling of an awful pattern of sexual abuse of young boys by a former assitant coach and heir-apparent [...]
What Have We Learned?
Posted in Dennis Prager, Jesus Christ, Miscellaneous on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As we moved closer to the 10-year anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attack on the United States on September 11th, 2001, there were dozens, if not hundreds, of articles and statements on talk radio and television made about the lessons we’ve learned. I’m glad we’re thinking about the subject, but I don’t think we in the [...]
How to Think On Your Feet
Posted in 5-Minute Primers, Miscellaneous, practical stuff, Tactics on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some people are gifted in their ability to “think on their feet,” while others aren’t. The gifted seem to have an innate capacity to answer questions, make points, and recall almost anything in an informative and clear way, while those not so gifted struggle in all of those areas. I don’t think, however, that this [...]
Fake Quotes
Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. we’ve been reading over and over again the past few days is fake. King said some of it, but not all of it. You can read the excellent detective work of a writer who got to bottom of the story here. I love this kind of work from [...]
