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Life Is Like Killing Snakes
Posted: 3:29 pm on September 06, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Gina Burgess
I don’t know if you have ever come face to face with a snake before.
They are God’s creatures just like the birds and deer, but for a reason God granted us a healthy fear of snakes.
One morning my favorite Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal were really upset, all atwitter and fussing up a storm in the ligustrum right outside Mom’s bedroom window, flitting from ground to branch to the top of the roof back to the ground. Their bleating was almost like fingernails on the blackboard, but I guess you’d
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Tags: Christian living, killing snakes, life lessons, problems
Stephen Hawking or God: Who Do You Believe?
Posted: 3:12 pm on September 06, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Bob Kellemen
In my post Stephen Hawking: Brilliant But Foolish, I shared what God thinks of Stephen Hawking. In his upcoming book, The Grand Design, Hawking tells what he thinks of God. So, in today’s post, readers have a life-altering, eternal choice to make: Hawking or God: who do you believe?
In The Grand Design, Hawking posits that given the existence of gravity, “the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” In excerpts released this weekend, he continues, “Spontaneous creation is the
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Tags: creation, evolution, intelligent design, Mike Wittmer, The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking
AD(H)D - Learning Disability or Gifted Ability?
Posted: 2:15 pm on September 06, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Jack Wellman
Let no one fool you. Special Needs children are not handicapped at learning. They may appear to be deficient in learning in traditional ways, but they most certainly are not incapable of learning. In fact, in my many years as a special needs teacher and working as a mental health case manager, I found that these children are not only gifted in ways beyond our comprehension, they are actually able to see what even the most highly educated can not even see. Let me explain.
The first thing
Categories: Christian Living | Family and Relationships | Health and Fitness
Tags: ADD, ADHD, children, school education, speical education, special needs
This Week’s Top Five: The Best of the Best Around the Net
Posted: 8:27 am on September 06, 2010 4 Comments
By Bob Kellemen
The Big Idea: The Best of the Best Around the Net links you to the top five Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck
Pastor and Professor, Russell Moore, shares an eye-opening, no-holds-barred analysis of what’s wrong with a Mormon leading Evangelical Christians in spiritual revival! Read God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck.
One Thing to Fear
We’re often told not to fear. But Pastor Kevin DeYoung
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Tags: Dane Ortlund, Glenn Beck, Kevin DeYoung, Mark Driscoll, Tim Challies
Labor Day, Unemployment And Prayer
Posted: 2:22 pm on September 03, 2010 1 Comment
By Peter Elliott
With Labor Day coming up Monday, taking stock of your career is natural.
For the millions of Americans who are still unemployed as the economic recovery slogs along as indicated by August’s unemployment data released today, prayers for comfort are called for. I, and perhaps you, know people who have been unemployed or found only occasional part-time work for more than year. The frustration is evident.
Those of us who are blessed to be able to do meaningful work and help provide for
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Tags: job satisfaction, jobs, Labor Day, prayer, unemployment
Not Your Father’s Seminary: Reinventing Pastoral Training
Posted: 8:35 am on September 03, 2010 1 Comment
By Bob Kellemen
The Gospel Coalition recently asked four well-known seminary professors and presidents, “What one thing would you change about seminary?” After a vigorous exchange of new ideas by Al Mohler, D. A. Carson, Jeff Louie, and Richard Pratt, the Gospel Coalition then posted a follow-up article by Ric Cannada, Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary.
Most of the ideas shared in these two posts pointed to the future. Few seminaries are currently doing the cutting-edge work envisioned by these
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Tags: D. A. Carson, Gospel Coalition, pastoral training, Rob Green, RPM Ministries, Al Mohler
How Many Christians Today Look Dead?
Posted: 8:30 am on September 03, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Gina Burgess
The man gave the bolt a final twist and stepped back from under the hood of the car. He wiped his grimy hands on a rag and then stuffed it in his back pocket. He gave a satisfied sigh as he headed to the office and the coffee pot. The coffee was strong and fresh, just like he liked it. Tossing a grin to Gertrude, his part time office help, he said, “Gertie, call Kent Boudreaux and let him know his car is ready and he can pick it up any time today.”
With only a little regret, he set his cup
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Tags: disobedience, revival
A Living Dog Is Better Than a Dead Lion
Posted: 8:25 am on September 03, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Gina Burgess
Well that is certainly true. Did you know it's in the Bible? Solomon writes that as a proof of hope for the living in the ninth chapter of Ecclesiastes. Actually, he says, For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion. While there is breath, there is hope. Even in hopeless situations, there is hope that the situation changes for the better.
While there is life, there is hope. No where in scripture is this exhibited better than
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Tags: David, healthy liviing, hope, Solomon
Charles Swindoll’s ‘The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal’
Posted: 10:07 pm on September 02, 2010 2 Comments
By Jack Wellman
Charles Swindoll, the voice behind the ministry, Insight for Living, is also an accomplished author. I am enrolled for my M.A. in seminary and am pastoring a church that has a desire to grow and evangelize the town of Mulvane, Kansas. The arrival of the book by Charles Swindoll, The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal was perfect in timing. This book shows how you can make your church contagious…so much so that people just can’t stay away. I devoured the book in less than a week and
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Tags: books, Christian books, church growth, Jesus, The Church Awakening, Charles Swindoll
Christian Musician Meredith Andrews Gives Birth To A Son
Posted: 8:24 pm on September 02, 2010 Be the first to comment on this post
By Amy Wingfield
Back in July, I had the privilege of meeting Contemporary Christian singer, Meredith Andrews. She's a little woman with a passionate heart and very powerful voice. Last month, I checked back in with her. She was off the road and her doctor was feeding her anything and everything and had told her to rest as she prepared for the birth of her first child due on August 28, 2010. Maverick Elijah Sooter arrived a little off schedule on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Mom and baby are doing
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Tags: As Long As It Takes, Can Anybody Hear Me, Christian music, music, You Are Not Alone, Meredith Andrews
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