Last year around this time, I asked you for your predictions for 2008, promising that we would check them once the year was over, seeing who was right and who was wrong. Read them all at Predictions. The winners, who predicted the most at-the-time unlikely
The election of Barack Obama and the financial meltdown are clearly events that will go down in history. Usually, though, it’s hard to say from near to the time what will prove to have lasting significance. Looking back on 2008, what events, people, ideas, trends,
British columnist Christopher Booker of the London Daily Telegraph proclaims that 2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved: Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year
Today will have a “leap second.” From Tick tock … tick: Extra second added to 2008 : The world’s official timekeepers have added a “leap second” to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks to the Earth’s slowing spin on
British atheist Matthew Parris says that what Africa needs is Christianity–not just the material help but the spiritual and world-view transformation that conversion brings. From the article As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God | Times Online : Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve
Thanks to Pastor Erick at Joyous Exchange for alerting me to this surprisingly comprehensive collection of resources on vocation: Monergism :: Vocation & Work. It includes hard to find but exceptional material from Steve Hein and John Pless, as well as a series of brief
Remember when MTV ran a constant stream of music videos? And how people thought that was the wave of the future? A revolution in music, television, and youth culture? Well, MTV hasn’t been playing much music for a while now. And in response to new
According to a fascinating bit of investigative reporting by Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Brady Dennis in the Washington Post, the cause of the world’s current financial collapse is not so much sub-prime mortgages but two young guys in the late 1980s who, with their computer
Inspiring words to consider about your own mundane-seeming congregation from Rev. Rick Stuckwisch: The catholicity of the Church comprises two aspects: (1.) It is the unity of doctrine and fellowship, of teaching and practice, which is shared by all the congregations of the whole Church
Israel attacks the Gaza Strip , as Palestinians proclaim another intifada, one they vow will unleash “hell.” I understand that Israelis are fed up with Palestinians in Gaza shooting rockets at them from across the border. But choosing now to come down on the Palestinians
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