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Help for a Reluctant Voter
As a self-professing reluctant voter, I found John Piper’s article Let Christians Vote As Though They Were Not Voting very helpful. Here’s a preview:
Voting is like marrying and crying and laughing and buying. We should do it, but only as if we were not doing it.
Read the whole thing.
Some Fresh Thinking on the Financial Crisis
This is probably the best thing I posted on this blog.
If you’re tired of listening to arguments about which political party is to blame for the “financial crisis”, you may be interested to read Carl Tueman’s analysis:
The markets have failed, and this should (I hope!) give those Christians with a blithe faith in the free [...]
Cynicism and Beauty
I came across the following quote today, in a book I’m reading about preaching. It certainly challenges my deep-rooted cynicism.
Often the cynic offers thick and nuanced description of the swaps [of life]…but has little more that trite of formulaic expressions for beauty. [Christians] must learn to describe something more than sin if they hope to [...]
The Gospel at Work
What does it look like when the gospel does its work in our lives and the lives of our churches? Here’s a snapshot description from Brian Chapell:
Because we are in union with him, we are meant to join the great story of gospel redemption for which Christ came into the world. Not only does this [...]
What to Title this Post?
I can’t figure out what title to give to a post following “Long Overdue Update” by over 2 months!
Anyway, here’s a sermon I preached a couple of weeks ago on the subject of Husbands and Wives at Harbor. This was the first time I preached at Harbor, which made for an interesting experience. Feel free [...]
Long Overdue Update
So, just to add a little pressure to keep me writing here, I’ve decided that this blog will also serve as the central update location for information on the Hales Family’s journey in ministry and into church planting. So, here’s the latest…
Last Saturday morning, after finally securing a moving truck (don’t use Budget, always call [...]
Two Questions…
# 1: Guess who said this (I bet you’ll be surprised)…
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King – indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history – were not [...]
The Creative Class
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Article on Church and Culture
Perhaps the defining issue of our time in Christian circles is the relationship between the church and the culture we live in. Several books and innumerable blog posts take up this issue and, at the risk of simply adding to the fray, it’s an issue I hope to tackle from time to time here. To [...]
Read More..>>Western Confession of Faith
I stole this from Drew Goodmanson
I believe in Science Almighty. I believe in the power of human reason disciplined by the scientific method to understand, control, and change our world.
I believe in Technology and a Rational Society, its only begotten Sons which have the power to renew our world.
I believe in the spirit of Progress. [...]
