Nehemiah’s Wall found in Jerusalem, some archaeologists believe. Maybe we’ll see that on our Israel Trip. Want to go? The deadline for your deposit is 3 weeks away! Learn more here.
Send my take on The Golden Compass as a e-mail to friends.
Worship leader closes eyes; forgets where he is.
New SBC Pastors are 3 times more likely to be Calvinistic. Welcome to the team.
Segway of the Sky: Ask for this Christmas gift for your Mopac commute.
Here’s one way some clever marketers say you can reserve a spot in heaven. Here’s the only way.
You have $30,000 in debt just for being an American citizen. Oy.
Why is there such misunderstanding over the simple fact that human life begins at conception?
It seems to me that the impulse to atone is a religious one, and yet you are a self-declared atheist. "Yes, I am an atheist, and probably Briony is, too. Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It’s a little easier if you’ve got a god to forgive you." (Ian McEwan, author of the book and executive producer of the film, Atonement, in an interview with Deborah Solomon in the NY Times Magazine.)
Amazon’s Elusive Customer Service Number: And other useful consumer information this holiday shopping season.
Four questions to ask before reading blogs.
Girl Scout receives coveted award 69 years late. Faith Iames Schremp, 86, joined Girl Scouts in 1938 and earned all the proficiency badges needed to win the award. But the morning Schremp, of Wausau, was to leave for Girl Scout Camp, she woke up with the mumps. Attending camp was the final rite of passage in earning the award. There’s a sermon illustration here . . .
This week’s long read: The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year. The group is currently engaged in studying what can be said together about the Virgin Mary, and a number of participants were asked to prepare preliminary papers. In time for Christmas, here are papers from Edward T. Oakes, J.I. Packer, T.M. Moore, Cornelius Plantinga, and Matthew Levering.
Die with a DWI and Get a Free Coffin: St. Mary's Today, is a weekly newspaper in southern Maryland. It runs a "DWI Hit Parade," which lists all the drunk driving arrests in Southern Maryland. It not only lists the offender, but the officer who arrested them as well. They even have archives dating back to 1999. To make their point stand out even more, the paper is running a "contest." The first drunk driver kill themselves during this holiday season gets a free coffin.
In the World of Competitive Texting, Over 20 Is Over the Hill
Massachusetts wants to criminalize spanking as a parent’s disciplinary tool.
In "Crimes, Drugs, Welfare—And Other Good News," the authors write, “In attitudes toward education, drugs, abortion, religion, marriage, and divorce, the current generation of teenagers and young adults appears in many respects to be more culturally conservative than its immediate predecessors.” Interesting. (Related: Collin Hansen at ChristianityToday.com refers to the article and makes the doubtful suggestion that the shift may result in a return to postmillennialism.)
Hispanics in America: “Who are today's Hispanics and how can your church reach them? Take an in-depth look at this exploding population and learn why churches nationwide are discovering that to be relevant in their community, they must intentionally break down cultural barriers and engage Latinos.”
Cost to buy all items mentioned in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is up 4% in '07 to $78,100, according to PNC report. (Story)
Or you can buy a tacky religious-themed item from the annual “12 Days of Kitschmas” list.
How “In God We Trust” got put on our coins.
A Christmas present for seniors? Nintendo Wii is hot in retirement centers.
Have you read the previous posts this week? They include the "Song of the Week" (A new series on Advent begins with "O Come O Come Emmanuel" by Steven Curtis Chapman), how to keep our church from turning the Great Commission into the Great Ommission, and the importance of international missions support.
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