The Importance of Punctuation
A WOMAN WITHOUT HER MAN IS NOTHING. An English professor wrote these words on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly. All of the males in the class wrote: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.” All of the females in the class wrote: “A woman: without her, man is nothing.” Punctuation [...]
TNT…For Jesus
- 06.28.10
- Church, Culture, Money
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I drove by a church today here in Albuquerque that is selling fireworks out of a huge tent in their parking lot. When I came back to my office, I read a story about a church in Louisiana that does this too. Interesting. Here’s the story: The House of Prayer First United Pentecostal Church in [...]
Predictions for the Next 40 Years
- 06.24.10
- America, Culture
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According to a poll from the Pew Research Center For The People and The Press/Smithsonian Magazine, the next 40 years are looking bright to most Americans. By 2050, 71% believe that cancer will be cured, 66% say artificial limbs will work better than real ones, and 81% believe computers will be able to have conversations [...]
The Lord Has Spoken
- 06.16.10
- Christian Cheese, Touchdown Jesus
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I used to live in southern Ohio, and about 10 times a year, I’d make the trek from my home in Dayton to a Reds game in Cincinnati. Every time I did, I would drive by a giant and horribly gaudy statue on the east side of I-75 just north of Cincinnati of Jesus coming [...]
The Untimely Death of A Christian Pioneer
- 06.11.10
- Music, Dana Key
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I was shocked and saddened when I learned this week that Christian rock pioneer Dana Key had died unexpectedly from a ruptured blood clot last Sunday night at the age of 56. Key was the co-founder of the Christian rock band DeGarmo and Key back in the 1970′s and was serving as senior pastor of [...]
A Sermon About the King
Is this what the pulpit ought to be used for? Associate Pastor Christopher Benek of Providence Presbyterian Church in Hilton Head, South Carolina recently gave a sermon about (and to) NBA star Lebron James (aka King James). The Ohio native is a big LeBron fan and recently took an opportunity from the pulpit to speak [...]