Tonight I want us to forget the “quality” question. Just ditch it. It’s not going anywhere, so we have plenty of time to discuss it. I want to look at what’s in you instead. Please don’t notice me saying this here. I’m not what’s important here, and that should go without saying, but I’m afraid it often doesn’t (and it
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In the midst of all this mess about Haggard and Mike Jones, I’ve been trying to find one person talking about the real social issue under the microscope here. There are already over 2,200 articles linked on Google news (and certainly more to come), and yet no one seems to be saying what keeps coming up in my mind and
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I’ve got far too much work to do on this lovely Monday, so excuse the brief post. But I wanted to mention a few things coming up you’ll want to be sure not to miss. The first is a Carnival of Christian Writers happening right now through the diligent work of Gina Conroy and Michelle Pendergrass. Stop by and sample
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"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things," Philippians 4:8, NIV. How many times have you heard that verse? How many times have you heard it used as a reason not to think "ugly" thoughts? Personally, I’ve heard it a
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Man, this thing on Sesame Street going all over the world is fascinating. Talk about a vision for excellence. I wish people would leave Phil Vischer alone for his “equivocation” on Veggie Tales. Anyway, Billy Graham recently spoke with Christianity Today, making a particularly interesting comment: “Evangelicals have not tried to capture the intellectual initiative as much as we should.
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