Archive for August, 2008
Almost Persuaded
Image via Wikipedia I almost made coffee last week. I’m a cheerful riser. Happy to talk and visit, happy to greet the new day. I’m almost always in a good mood first thing in the morning. But my brain isn’t exactly working at full speed. I need a routine to follow in the morning or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Heart of Compassion, Hands of Care
A couple of years back, I wrote about our experiences in Kenya while on a mission trip. I stopped before I completed the series, though; the next episodes were fairly emotional, and I was traveling a lot on business at the time and my notes were in a box somewhere. i no longer have that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Question for Obama: Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
La Shawn Barber asks Obama, “Who Do You Say Jesus Is?“ Obama portrays himself a man of faith. But a man’s level of faith is far less important than what he has placed his faith in. If you have a tremendous amount of faith in the Energizer Bunny, it’s far less effective than faith the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Russia Will Get Away With It
Russia invades Georgia, and we’ll make mewing-like complaints. Russia will conquer our ally Georgia and we will do nothing useful to stop it. Georgia, once part of the Soviet Union, has become a strong ally of the US. Three quarters of their country voted to join Nato. That must gall Russia. So they weighed their [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Edouard
Image via WikipediaThe newscasters failed to get us into a tizzy over the weather. Tropical Storm Edouard never grew up into a hurricane. Actually, I think it’s a himmicane, not a hurricane. And he seems to have swerved a bit east and is coming ashore around Beaumont this morning. As one Houston newscast put it, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Facing Questions
Fred took us through Acts 15 last week; we’re going to cover from the latter part of Acts 15 through Acts 18 today, Paul’s second missionary journey. In Acts 15, Paul and Barnabas have spread the gospel of Christ among many churches. Now, they want to revisit those same churches and see how the new [...]
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