Where do you get your news from?
on Nov 20, 2009 in blogging I’m interested in your sources of news.  In this internet age, I still get my news from traditional sources like TV and radio but also read news from websites.  I don’t get my news from any single source on a regular basis but seem to jump from...

Debate between Calvinism vs Arminianism
on Nov 18, 2009 in links theology arminianism calvinism Nick Norelli posted links to Michael L. Brown’s radio program Line of Fire on Calvinism vs. Arminianism. I have  previously heard him in person years ago and enjoy his passion for Christ. I love listening to theological concepts like these be...

Bishop T.D. Jakes on Larry King Live
on Nov 18, 2009 in commentary faith Larry King TD Jakes It seems like Christians are the CNN spotlight tonight: Sarah Palin critiqued on AC360.  Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House Church, was also on CNN’s Larry King Live for an hour and gave him the opportunity to promote his n...

God’s mission for the institutional church: What are you and your church doing?
on Nov 10, 2009 in church missional post-modern This art byJon Birch of ASBO Jesus says it all about our current state of the church and mission. Regarding many of our old and struggling mainline churches, Daniel P. Smith and Mary K. Sellon says: Declining congregations have lost connection with...

Why learning the catechism and bible is important
on Nov 10, 2009 in church ministry Christian education creeds Lutheran Martin Luther These day, I don’t know if many people take the catechism very seriously.  Most Lutherans have heard of Luther’s Large and Small Catechism; some have even heard of the Book of Concord.  Reformed and Presbyterians know of the Geneva, Hei...

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Mark by Robert H. Stein
on Nov 9, 2009 in biblical commentary book review biblical references reference MARK Series: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Author: Robert H. Stein Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. ISBN: 0-8010-2682-2 ISBN13: 978-0-8010-2682-9 I would like to thank the fine people at Baker Publishing for sendi...

Clergy vestments: black, white or none?
on Nov 8, 2009 in Uncategorized Personally, I don’t care for fancy colorful stoles or embroidered albs.  For me, the plainer, the better.   Personally, if I had a choice, I’d prefer to wear the black academic gown that Luther and Calvin wore during the time of the Reform...

On my clergy vestments: black, white or none?
on Nov 8, 2009 in church ministry clergy After I get my hands on a black academic gown, I’d like to wear it on a preaching Sunday just to be a rebel.  A secret: I think black is kind of cool.  Recently, I just purchased a Roman-style “doggy” clerical collar but I’m not...

Mel Gibson and wife Robyn to divorce
on Nov 7, 2009 in current affairs church Roman Catholic hollywood Mel Gibson Those who hold to conservative family values still end up in the same messy situations. Rep. New Gingrich, Pastor Ted Haggard, Senator Larry Craig.  Now it’s actor Mel Gibson’s turn.  Hollywood is as mixed up as always.  Mel GibsonR...

Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Mary and the evangelical mind
on Nov 5, 2009 in evangelicals faith apologetics Roman Catholic Virgin Mary In the November 2009 edition of First Things, a Roman Catholic journal on religion, culture, and public life, the Statement of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) article: “Do Whatever He Tells You: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Christian Fa...