Yesterday’s editorial page in our local paper had a viewpoint published from the pastor of a local Lutheran church. She noted how her congregation had helped the United Methodist congregation over the past several years while the Methodists were rebuilding their burnt facilities. In this spirit of cooperation and unity she concluded with the following [...]
Some of you may know that Ray Comfort, the California evangelist from New Zealand, has brought out a 150th Anniversary Edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. In it he has placed his own 50 page introduction where he points out the fallacies of the theory, notes some of the ramifications of evolutionary [...]
David Wahlstedt is lead pastor at CrossPointe Commnity Church, an emergent church in Carrollton, Texas. He was interviewed recently in the NOV/DEC 2009 Church Production magazine, and he recounts the incident that lead him away from traditional church services and into emergent worship:
“Ten years ago
Here is a quote from a recent interview with Michael Horton in Christianity Today (Nov. 2009, p. 49). Mr. Horton is a professor at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, CA, and the author of Christless Christianity.
“You also say it’s [the Gospel] not ‘a personal relationship with God’ or ‘making Jesus your Lord and Savior.’ What do [...]
BLAME IT ON THE BRAIN?
Edward Welch ( 1998 )
Blame It on the Brain? was written to help believers distinguish among chemical imbalances, brain disorders, and disobedience. His task was “twofold: to introduce areas where the brain has received too little credit, and to highlight where the brain has received too much credit (or blame).” [...]
WORSHIP IN THE MELTING POT
Masters, Peter (2002)
Worship in the Melting Pot was written by Dr. Peter Masters, the pastor of the world famous Metropolitan Tabernacle since 1970. The Metropolitan Tabernacle was the church which C. H. Spurgeon pastored in the 19th century. Metropolitan Tabernacle has continued in the Baptist tradition of simplicity and [...]
In the process of trying to establish and build God’s church here in San Luis Obispo, I have not been able to invest the desired time and energy in posting to this blog. This means that there are relatively few articles communicating my concerns, views, and teachings from Scripture. (BTW, this is primarialy [...]
Very Naughty Figs
Dan and Sonya Carlson, Traffod Publishing, 2006
Very Naughty Figs came across my path recently. It was written and illustrated by a husband and wife team to help expose the archaic expressions and words found in the AV (Authorized Version, also known as the King James Version). The book catches the eye [...]
In the June 2007 Church Production magazine there is an article about Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Chandler, AZ. The church has constructed a new auditorium and the magazine was reporting about the multimedia equipment that was used to punctuate their worship with a “live band and expansive video presentation.” (p. 24).
The article brings out [...]
In our local newspaper (The Tribune) there was an article from the Los Angeles Times about tattoos in the work place. Many work places require tattoos to be covered, although more and more companies are becoming accepting of them.
There were a couple interesting statistics;
