Reclaiming a Pool Hall to Renew a Neighborhood
In a culture of gangs and poverty, Brad Beier has met fatherless children, confused young men, and single moms just trying to make it.
View ArticleDaily Prayer ~ January 21st, 2013
JEHOVAH NISSI, as the chaotic Carnival season, which literally means “the festival of the flesh”, rapidly approaches, many unsuspecting Souls, knowingly or unknowingly, worship the idolized, and false...
View ArticlePrayer Declaration: Tuesday 22nd January 2012 – Government
We Declare that: Our National Leaders are God’s representatives, our Government, including the Prime Minister, President, Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Opposition Leader, Chief Secretary...
View ArticleOpen Mic: Losing Our Religion (1)
NPR’s Morning Edition did a series last week called “Losing Our Religion.” I encourage you to click the link and listen to the six pieces. The first is an overview of the phenomenon portrayed in the...
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We Know They Are Killing Children—All of Us Know
One biblical principle of justice is that the more knowledge we have that our action is wrong, the more guilty we are, and the more deserving of punishment (Luke 12:47–48). The point of this blog is...
View ArticleWriting in the Age of Unbelief
Years ago I was at a panel discussion featuring several Catholic authors when someone asked the question: “As artists, do you struggle with orthodoxy?” The panelists leaned forward in their seats,...
View ArticleSome #inRL Thoughts
We’re counting down to April 26 & 27 when our (in) real life conference kicks off! And these are a few of our favorite posts from women who participated in last year’s [...]
View Article10 Things I Learned from (in)courage Community Groups
I love that (in)courage truly has built a place for the hearts of women. I feel at home here and it is filled with the most amazing women who are [...]
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On the Necessity of Theological Courage in the Public Square
On the subject of religious controversy, 2013 started off with a bang, not a whimper. Hobby Lobby, the craft chain owned by a Christian couple, chose to defy the odious HHS mandate pioneered by the...
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Beyond Today: Change Your Life Story
Are you following your own rules and obtaining terrible results? Maybe it's time to let God change your life's direction.
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Brilliant Lawmakers in Ireland Decide to Permit 'Moderate' Drunk Driving
Quick—when you think of "drunk driving," what's the first words that come to mind? If you answered "not that big of deal," then Kerry County in Ireland is the place for you, since lawmakers there have...
View ArticleHow to Breathe Through the Hard Times
They were born the same week. Both of them, days apart, two miracle years ago this week. My scribbly little book and her loveliest little person. And my sister had said to me, said into the phone,...
View ArticleIs Jonah Saved?
If there is one person who should have lost his salvation or proved he never had it in the first place, it is Jonah. But God forgives and loves him. While horrid beliefs and behavior have significant...
View ArticleiMonk: “More Religious than God Himself”
From Michael Spencer’s classic post, Wretched Urgency II: My Not So Guilty Pleasures * * * C.S. Lewis, speaking as the senior devil in The Screwtape Letters, wrote about God: He’s a hedonist at heart....
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Life Lessons: .45 Caliber Slug
Angry words are like that bullet, once said, you can never put them back in the barrel.
View Article–Mr. President: Is It Freedom of Religion or Freedom to Worship?
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Several times we have noted the subtle change of word usage and rhetoric that President Obama brings to the table when talking about religious liberty. Most folks...
View ArticleOur Ultimate “Fixer”
Dear Lord; Happy Tuesday Father! You know Father, all my life I’ve seen myself as a problem-solver; a “fixer” of things if You will. Cars, electronics, furniture… You name it, I’ve repaired it. In...
View ArticleWhy Do So Many Christians Live this Way?
text before contentThe section quoted below was part of last night’s discipleship group meeting. The authors then asks the reader to reflect on the evidence for their own walk with Christ in relation...
View ArticleOne word
This post is written by my wonderful wife Lauren. She recently wrote this as part of a newsletter to pastor’s wives in our denomination. I have never been the type of person to make New Year’s...
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A Kilogram Might Not Actually Weigh a Kilogram. Scientists Freaking Out.
Kilograms—which have long been defined as the weight of the International Prototype kilogram—a cylinder stored in France—might not actually weigh kilograms anymore. There are 40 exact replicas of the...
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