Archives for December, 2006
Nope, it's John Stickley! I made a massive mistake while working on my blog database today and I thought I had lost my entire blog. If you stopped by this afternoon I'm sure you noticed the disaray. While contemplating the thought of losing 2 and a half years of my writing I called John for help. Amazingly enough, John tells ...more»
In America today we have a great problem with ethnocentrism. According to wikipedia "Ethnocentrism or ethnocentricity is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture." We have a tremendous tendency to relate to scripture and the characters in scripture in ways that are familiar to us. There's nothing unusual in that, it only ...more»
From my house, to yours, here's a wish that you have a Merry Christmas filled with worship of the Christ-child and surrounded by family and friends. Blessing to you and your family this season! ...more»
I have claimed, for some time now, that evangelism is not the first priority of the church. I have faced some significant opposition from friends, but my study of scripture leads me to believe that bringing glory to God is the first priority of the church. As such, evangelism takes on an incredibly important role, just as does discipleship, ministry, ...more»
Ok, so my break was really short! I read this article today and thought it would be something that many of you would find interesting.
According to the Guttmacher Institute in a recent survey, close to 95% of Americans have had pre-marital sex. Beyond that, their survey claims that this number hasn't changed much since the 1940's. They also claim that ...more»
While I'm not taking a blogfast, this Christmas season has been my busiest ever. As such I'm just giving you a heads up that I'll probably be offline for a week or so. If I unexpectedly get some time, or I find somthing important that "needs" my commentary :-) I'll be back. Otherwise, I hope that you all have a ...more»
Our family Christmas letter is now online. Some of you reading this blog will be getting a Christmas card from us, but even you will have to access the web to read the letter since we no longer send out hard copies of our Christmas missive. If you're interested in keeping up with our family you can do so by ...more»
If you are in the mood for Christmas shopping, and you haven't quite figured out what to get that hard to shop for "little hunter boy" than we have the gift for you! How about a hunter jeep complete with deer on the hood and cooler in the back, not to mention that it rides around accompanied by the sounds ...more»
