Theme Lighthouse: Cape Hatteras
Many places claim to be the "buckle of the Bible belt" but Cape Hatteras is without a doubt its eastern anchor.
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Devotions for men about leadership |
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Achor was a church-based group from London. The Wine of Lebanon was one of several albums they produced. |
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Some good, mellow contemporary Christian music with a Western flavour. Best played in the truck. |
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"Blind, but sees Jesus everywhere" is what one contemporary Christian DJ said about Bob Ayala, and this album is a nice witness to that. |
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It's always good to get a lesson about the Sermon on the Mount. But in math class? |
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A look at this business of blowing rams' horns in Christian churches. |
Born To Be Alive: A Pentecostal layman looks at the Second Chapter of Acts
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A detailed look at Acts 2. A combination of commentary,
reflection, and exhortation of this, the Biblical account of the central event of the
Pentecostal experience and the birth of the church. |
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One of the things that has people locked in conflict in the US is the relationship of the church to the state. How that relationship should be depends in part on how you view the two parties. Especially the state. |
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An exposition on John 15:16. |
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What do Promise Keepers, car sales, and the book of Hebrews have in
common? Find out in this piece. |
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Polder meets polyester suits as this Dutch group takes on many American Gospel favourites, along with some more "contemporary" fare. And they do pretty well at it, too. |
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An album from the Youth For Christ group in Europe in the late 1970's. Sheila Walsh was a member for a time. |
| The Symphony of Prayer |
When we get together to seek God, we make music. |
| The White
Envelope |
A special Christmas story. |
| Use What You Have...But Use It |
Many of us are waiting for ideal conditions to "get the job done." But the world around us won't wait for our ideal conditions. |
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When you're working at night outside, you turn the light on to see what you're doing. But turning the light on always has consequences. |
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International business has its moments. So does working in "the organisation." Here we see a little of both. |
?Evangelicals are Being Shunned? | The new Lord Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is spot on with this one:
In an interview with ReligiousIntelligence.com, he said that the good work done by many Christian and evangelical groups is often just ignored and derided. “I think there is a culture now in our society where if something is even vaguely Christian, if [...] | When people come forward in his church to accept Jesus as their savior, I don?t say: ?Do you have papers?? | Should we? It’s a good question in Pentecostal churches where Hispanic congregations are growing and voting:
Gonzalez and other Hispanic pastors across the country seized on the debate to come together as a political force gaining momentum. Hispanic Pentecostals, some experts say, can become an important swing vote in the 2008 elections in key demographic battlegrounds [...] | Book Review: Sex God |
Rob Bell has become a major voice in "post-modern" Evangelicalism with books such as Velvet Elvis and the NOOMA series of videos. He likes to travel on the edge, and so when he came out with a book entitled Sex God, it’s tempting to think that he’s gone over it. But before I explore the [...] | The Other Sheep of Jeremiah Wright | Now we can discuss something really important about Jeremiah Wright:
On Monday, Pastor Jeremiah Wright had the following exchange with the moderator at the National Press Club (transcript):
MODERATOR: “Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the father but through me.’ Do you believe this? And do you think [...] | Wealth Accumulation and Consevative Protestants: More Biblical Than We Thought? | For all the years of prosperity teaching, conservative Protestants still do not match the wealth accumulation of others in the U.S.:
According to data analyzed by Keister, a Duke University sociologist, the median net worth for conservative Protestants in 2000 was $26,000, compared to the national median of $66,200.
Why the gap? Keister says it may all [...] | One Church of God Weighs in on Obama and Osama | The Jonesville (SC) Church of God and its pastor are making a stir with their latest sign out in front of the church:
Pastor Roger Byrd said that he just wanted to get people thinking. So last Thursday, he put a new message on the sign at the Jonesville Church of God.
It reads: "Obama, Osama, hmm, [...] | The Example of Ambrose | Travis Johnson’s proposal concerning the election of state Administrative Bishops in the Church of God is an interesting one. From its start the Church of God has appointed its state and regional (diocesan, for you Anglicans and Roman Catholics) prelates centrally at the biennial General Assembly. It’s easy to draw from this (and current Roman [...] | Barna and Tithing | It’s inevitable that George Barna would chime in on the subject of the tithe:
"Born again adults remain the most generous givers in a country acknowledged to be the most generous on the planet," said the veteran researcher. "But their donation decisions must be seen in the larger context of the changes occurring in a wide [...] | Church Building, Church Tomb | Johnathan Stone has picked another hot topic on buildings and churches. We see so many churches putting so much of their resources into physical plant these days, only to struggle with payments. My response from a business standpoint is as follows:
You sure know how to pick sore subjects! For me, this is high on the [...] | Training the Trainers: The Key to Successful Missions | Abu Daoud, in his reflections on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi, makes the following observations:
The name of this strategy that I have heard is "training the trainer," though though are other names. The traditional model in missions was to send out a pastor-missioner or a group of missionaries who would start a church and [...] |
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