Firstfruit, Peaches, Jesus, and Resurrection

I desperately love fresh peaches right off the tree.  Sweet and juicy and wonderful they are.
We have three peach trees in the back yard at our house and each one ripens at slightly different times.  That way, you see, we get fresh peaches for two months rather than two weeks.
The first in line is the [...]

Capitalism Video

This video is funny.  Really really funny.  And the funniest thing about it is that it is all true.  It doesn’t really need much commentary.  Just listen.  And laugh.  And be struck by our own pettiness…

Mission trip to missional life

For any of you involved with “mission trips” or justice issues – especialy if you work with children or teens – you may want to check out this video about a new set of resources from the Fuller Youth Institute:

Happy Earth Day 2009

I’m recycling a post from last year’s Earth Day.  I am still struck by the fact that God has commanded us to practice Sabbath and how incredibly “green” real Sabbaths are.  So, here is a recycled blog post on Earth Day and Sabbath:

 
I just read this today: “If Christians were to stop driving, shopping, and [...]

Susan Boyle and the Kingdom of God

Wow.  You must watch this video.  It is a clip from “Britain’s got talent.” Once that task is done, continue on with reading my thoughts (embedding for this video is disabled, so go here to watch)…..

Now that you’ve watched, read on to see how this made me think of Jesus, the Resurrection, and the Kingdom [...]

Ehrman, Colbert Report, and Witherington

Ben Witherington is a wonderful, very orthodox, Christian Scholar.  On his blog recently he posted a critique of Bart Ehrman’s newest book and also this great video of Ehrman on the Colbert Report.  Bart Ehrman often tries to discredit the Christianity, as you will see in the video, and Colbert is wonderful with him.  I [...]

A Sign of bad Theology

 

 
I almost never like what I read on church signs. This one, in particular, really hit a nerve. Just in case the picture isn’t working the words read, “Don’t make me come down there!  -God”
 
What is wrong with this? Only about a dozen things.  Here are four that come to my mind [...]