James 2:14-19:
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things […]
Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical’s Lament
Got to hear this guy speak recently and had to buy his book. He really speaks my language–not just in ideas and opinions, but also in beautiful use of words. It’s all about the history of evangelicalism and the rise […]
Joe Eszterhas who is the author of Basic Instinct and Jagged Edge is now a practicing Christian. He had quite the conversion experience. Article here. Here are a few highlights.
He and his second wife, Naomi, had just moved from Malibu to a suburb of Cleveland… A month after the move, Mr. Eszterhas […]
The Offspring (sometimes referred to simply as Offspring) are a popular and influential American punk rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984 in Huntington Beach, California. Since its inception, the band’s line-up has included Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals) and Greg K. (bass, backing vocals). Their […]
“They asserted, however, that the sum and substance of their fault or error had been that they were accustomed to meet on a fixed day before dawn and sing responsively a hymn to Christ as to a god, and to bind themselves by oath, not to some crime, but not to commit fraud, theft, or […]
What happens when you’re a sex worker awaiting a new client, and two gay-looking guys with bibles show up to save your soul? Mistress Matisse describes it for you:
And then as my eyes adjusted from the relative dimness of the house to the glare of the sun, […]
Jonathan Bowers, on the Desiring God Blog, posted the notes he took during a message by Mark Driscoll. His articulation was so clear, concise and poignant that I decided just to direct you that way today.
His words are ones that I, more than most, really need to take to heart.
The post can be found here: […]
Obama og McCain sa ja til å delta i en debatt i Californias megakirke, Saddleback. Rick Warren skulle være intervjuer og vert i showet som skulle gå på NBC. Dette i en sendetid på lørdags kveld.
Warren asked whether evil exists and if it does, “do we ignore it? Do we negotiate with it? Do we […]
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer (Into Thin Air, Into the Wild) relates the story of two fundamentalist Mormon brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who murdered the wife and baby of one of their younger brothers, Allen, because they believed God had directly ordered them to do it. […]
In case you hadn’t heard, A Democratic state representative from Illinois, Monique Davis (D - Chicago), has, well, I think she said it best:
Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) interrupted atheist activist Rob Sherman during his testimony Wednesday afternoon before the House State Government Administration Committee in Springfield and told him, “What you have to spew and […]