The Westminster Bookstore is a great place to get quality Christian books at extremely low prices. They recently redesigned their website --- and it looks great. Why not poke around a bit? … [Read more...] about Great Westminster Bookstore Website Re-design
An Info-Techno Sabbath
Blogs. E-mails. Voice mails. News. TV. Joe Carter, reflecting on the information overload so many of us know and love, commends a weekly 24-hour break from information and technology along the lines of what Kevin Miller describes in Surviving Information Overload. Carter quotes Miller: The Sabbath ... had two purposes: rest and remembrance of God. An info-techno Sabbath, as I dub it, has the same goals: rest for our minds and over stimulated senses and remembrance that life is bigger than the news stories, stock quotes, and sports scores. It's bigger than our selves. There is, in fact, a … [Read more...] about An Info-Techno Sabbath
Joel Osteen (and Michael Horton) on 60 Minutes
In case you missed it, Byron Pitts did a great job interviewing Joel Osteen last night on 60 minutes. The engaging interchange included these remarks regarding Osteen's latest book Become a Better You (which hit stores nationwide today, and is reviewed by Tim Challies): Byron Pitts: "To become 'a better you', you must be positive towards yourself, develop better relationships, embrace the place where you are. Not one mention of God in that. Not one mention of Jesus Christ in that." Joel Osteen: "That's just my message. There is scripture in there that backs it all up. But I feel like, … [Read more...] about Joel Osteen (and Michael Horton) on 60 Minutes
Why CAL is Not Ranked #1 in the Nation
Too painful for words! What matters now is how they respond---particularly the young Riley. … [Read more...] about Why CAL is Not Ranked #1 in the Nation
Essay Contest for High School Students
From Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt educational organization whose purpose is to convey to successive generations of college youth a better understanding of the values and institutions that sustain a free and virtuous society: HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING "George Washington and the Future of the American Presidency" "As the first of every thing in our situation will serve to establish a precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." —George Washington, 1789 ESSAY … [Read more...] about Essay Contest for High School Students
Albert Mohler and Tim Stafford on Church Planting
Tim Stafford writes in the September 2007 issue of CT on the growing trend of church planting in North America: "North America is the only continent in the world where the church is not growing," says Eric Ramsey of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board (NAMB). George Hunter of Asbury Theological Seminary says, "Churches after 15 years typically plateau. After 35 years, they typically can't even replace those [members] they lose. New congregations reach a lot more pre-Christian people." Those who study churches say established congregations tend to turn inward, no … [Read more...] about Albert Mohler and Tim Stafford on Church Planting