A.W. Tozer’s challenge

HT: The Current Christian: Tozer Said It
The hope for the evangelical forces in America lies with the individual believer, and especially with the individual Christian leader. If enough influential Christians will rethink this whole thing and turn to the New Testament for guidance, there may yet come a new birth of revival among us. These [...]

Meg and Jake Flaming

Pics from Meg’s wedding day
More photos at Meg’s Memo

Ephesus at night

Image is © TWAN photos
As seen on Astronomy Picture of the Day starry night above the Temple of Hadrianus and the marble road or the Arcadian Street in Ephesus, built in 2nd century AD. This panoramic view shows Hadrianus Temple to the left, the Arcadian Street at the center and terrace houses to the right. [...]

The precious Word of God

JP: Doug Roman comments on “how precious it is to hold the word of God in our hands and in our language”
The Bible in Translation: Our Heart Language
Excerpt:
A Quechuan woman named Ruth received [a Quechuan language] Bibles. She testified:
When we have the Bible in our own language, it brings spiritual comfort. It also [...]

You Have Your Clique…but do you have the Gospel?

JP: A worthwhile read on the danger of cliques. If we love our Lord and love our church, we need to avoid this trap!
You Have Your Clique…but do you have the Gospel?
Excerpt:
We like people that look like us, act like us, like what we like, and are similar to us; however, the Christian life is [...]

Doug Roman cites Will Durant

JP: From Wikipedia: “The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books. It was written over a lifetime, and it totals two million words across nearly 10,000 pages. The series is incomplete: in the first book of the series (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East [...]

Christians and the Sabbath

JP: Good article from Pulpit Magazine on the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day. Quote below is the introduction only. I encourage you to read the entire article.
Christians and the Sabbath
Are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today?
We believe the Old Testament regulations governing Sabbath observances are ceremonial, not moral, aspects of the law. As such, [...]

Ephesians in Wordle

I thought this was cool. Direct link to Wordle.net of Ephesians (NKJV) (comment this crashed Internet Explorer 7 but works fine with Firefox!).
What’s a “wordle”?
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can [...]

The Biblical Challenge of Being a Strong Woman in a Weak Man’s World

JP: Worthwhile read by Pastor Bob Bixby of Morning Star Baptist Church.
The Biblical Challenge of Being a Strong Woman in a Weak Man’s World
Excerpt:
The biblical Deborah is relevant to today’s Christian woman because she symbolizes strong and courageous femininity in a culture of weak and fearful men. Deborah’s times and our times are similar. The [...]

Marks of a true church

JP: Good article on the nature of the church and the “five foundational truths that distinguish all authentic churches”. One respondent added a sixth.
John MacArthur: Ties That Bind
There are certain truths—fundamental doctrines—that every true church is committed to. These doctrines are unalterable; they cannot be compromised in any way. They are non-negotiable. Yield [...]