THIS IS MY DAILY REMINDER TO ENTER THE CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST. I WILL ACCEPT CAPTION SUBMISSIONS FOR THE CARTOON UNTIL SUNDAY MIDNIGHT MY TIME (ATLANTIC). TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND YOUR CAPTION, GO HERE. HAVE FUN EVEN READING THE ONES ALREADY SUBMITTED AND CREATE YOUR OWN! Read more
A. W. Tozer, in his concern for the lack of the right kind of leadership in the church, wrote: Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. When he comes (and I pray God there will be not one but many), he will stand in flat contradiction to everything our smirking, smooth civilization holds dear.... Read more
We had a small group meeting last night. People were talking about how awesome Sunday was… that a church can be that open, honest and authentic and expose it’s ugly side and ask some seriously unanswerable questions in a context of understanding, patience, and love (well, most the time). As you will hear more and more about and I’ve commented on briefly before, we went through a church split 10 years ago. Since then we’ve made some enemies as a... Read more
THIS IS MY DAILY REMINDER TO ENTER THE CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST. I WILL ACCEPT CAPTION SUBMISSIONS FOR THE CARTOON UNTIL SUNDAY MIDNIGHT MY TIME (ATLANTIC). TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND YOUR CAPTION, GO HERE. HAVE FUN EVEN READING THE ONES ALREADY SUBMITTED AND CREATE YOUR OWN! Read more
Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, who was one of my seminary professors, in his book on preaching, Speaking of God, writes: For some listeners the overfamiliarity is the greatest single obstacle to hearing the claim of the gospel as a fresh alternative to the competing claims of our culture. Read more
I’m reading Karen Armstrong’s Islam: A Short History. If you need a good overview of the Muslim faith, then pick this one up. It’s a good read. But I’ve got to tell you something: it is a long, sad, and exhausting thing for me to read this history. You have the dynamism of the Prophet who had his first revelation in 610 CE, started to preach in 612 CE, and died in 632 CE. It was an amazing time. I’ve... Read more
YEH!!!! Another cartoon caption contest. All you have to do is enter a caption to go along with this cartoon drawing: The one who enters the best caption (you can enter more than one), chosen by myself and a couple of my comically-inclined friends, will win my original watercolor painting (2.5″x3.5″), called Northern Lights Town: The contest closes Sunday midnight Atlantic Time (my time-zone). May the goofiest, funniest, hilariousest, WIN!!!! Read more
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