One of my side interests in this day of ours is the concept of social networking and virtual friendship. Not too long ago, I preached a sermon on the idea of friendship and what it means at Brooklife (see April 27 sermon here). My opening illustration was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ways in which …
What Will Endure?
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Like clothing You will change them and they will be discarded.But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.The children of Your …
Those Puritans! (Packer’s Quest for Godliness)
Recently I've spent time reading J. I. Packer's book A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life. In one way, I'm embarrassed to admit I'm reading a book about the Puritans! How entirely out of fashion and out of step with these 'emergent' times. How fond so many contemporary advocates of the …
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“To the Suburban Churches of America” (Eugene Peterson)
It's no secret that I love the writings of Eugene Peterson. I was scouring through Christianity Today's web-site looking for an article on another topic altogether when I ran into this 1999 article by Eugene Peterson entitled "To the Suburban Churches of America." As a pastor of a basically suburban church, all that I can …
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Religious Freedom in Algeria – a resource
Last week, I posted about persecution of believers in North Africa, with specific focus given to Algeria. I was recently informed about a very thorough web-site related to this topic entitled: "Group for Algeria: In Defence of Believers of a Faith Other than Islam in Algeria." If you have an interest in the topic of …
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