The Huffington Post reports, “A Christian pastor is asking customers to boycott Starbucks due to the company’s support of a bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state…” A few people have asked me about this boycott so I thought it might be helpful to explain why I’m drinking a big, steaming cup of Starbucks right now. We live in [...]
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God Owns Starbucks
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Paganism and Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes people ask about the pagan roots of Christmas traditions. Two of the biggest concerns relate to Christmas trees and the dating of December 25. In fact, Christianity Today just ran an article that repeated the urban legend that Christians “co-opted” a popular pagan holiday. This post explores the truth behind these claims, and then [...]
Our Compassion Ministry
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Compassion on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As our participation in compassion ministry grows, it’s fun to track our recent history. This article for the EFCA Beacon Magazine explains the last couple of years. Where I Started by Adam Talbott
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not [...]
A Divine and Supernatural Light
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A very important sermon here by Jonathan Edwards preached in 1734. It starts out difficult to read, but stick with it! The implications of this sermon could have a radical impact on how we approach God. Here’s an excerpt: There is a twofold understanding or knowledge of good that God has made the mind of [...]
Expressions of Faith for Killing Sin (Pt. 1)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Sin on September 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In four posts I’d like to describe four expressions of faith for killing sin. This post handles the first expression of faith, “Know what the Bible says about sin.” The other three are: 2) Mourn over the ugliness of sin, 3) Cry out to God for deliverance, and 4) Worship. What is an “expression of faith?” [...]
Prayers of Confession
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Confession, Prayer, Sin on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are two beautiful prayers of confession from the Valley of Vision, a collection of old puritan prayers. Confession and Petition Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, of failure to find Thy mind in Thy Word, of neglect to seek Thee in my daily life. My [...]
Real Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Love on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An incredible post from Justin Taylor quoting Piper & Welch. “…Yet Scripture seems to favor the imbalance. Not that we aspire to have our friend or spouse love us less, but that ‘in humility [we] consider others better than [our]selves’ (Phil. 3:4).”
Prodigals Like Us
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Confession, Poetry, Sin on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some of the Bible’s most encouraging parables are found in Luke 15. The chapter starts off by telling us that Jesus was surrounded by religious jerks who thought they were better than Him. They criticized Jesus for hanging out with “tax collectors and sinners.” Jesus pushes back, What man of you, having a hundred sheep, [...]
Priceless Goof
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Humor on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
