Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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Irresistable Grace. An imperfect parable.
A blind and deaf man stumbles into the desert and wanders for days, eventually starts to die of hunger and thirst. He stumbles into an oasis where there is a spring of gushing water and fruit trees, laden with fruit. Miraculously, he recovers his sight and sees the clear, cool water, and ripe fruit. He…
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The Hallelujah Chorus Flash Mob
I cannot get enough of this video. A few days ago, a photography company organized a flash mob in a mall food court, I presume as part of a publicity stunt. Â They somehow organized a live organist to play in the food court that day, and arranged the mob to spontaneously (on cue) burst into…
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Logos 4 for Mac Gets a Ship Date!
Nearly every profession has their industry-standard software package. Â For designers and Web developers, it is Adobe Creative Suite. For music producers, it is ProTools. For theology geeks, it is Logos. (It gets really expensive when you are a musician, designer, and theology nerd!) Logos 4 for Mac has been in public alpha for quite awhile…
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Gospel Lessons from Cinderella
Today when watching Cinderella for approximately the 347th time, my 3.5 year old daughter asked me about the wicked stepsisters: “Daddy, why do they do bad things?” What an excellent question! I paused for a moment, gathering my thoughts on how to communicate to a three year old the psychological factors of bad parenting, possible…
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Ministry, Making it Free, and God’s Providence
Fair warning: I am about to cross (topical) streams here for a moment and speak to my Christian brothers and sisters. I spoke on Sunday night at the 2010 NRB Convention about Desiring God’s policy of “Making it Free”: Giving all of our content away online for free, without requiring registration. One common question was…