Posted in some thoughts on Aug 12th, 2005
Well, kiddies, don’t listen to the media and pay no attention to the “reviews”: The Island is a certifiably decent movie with a good message. There is a small amount of foul language and a very tame love scene, but the overall message of the movie is loud and clear, worth hearing, and worth encouraging [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 11th, 2005
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 10th, 2005
Steve Hays, writing for thirdmill.org, claims that there are only four basic questions that determine where you’ll fall out theologically, denominationally, doctrinally, etc. : I would submit that almost all of the vast variety within Christendom can be reduced to how you answer four basic questions. It is like a room with four doors. Each [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 9th, 2005
This interview of Bono is a must read for any current, former, or future U2 fans. Seriously. Stop reading this and click the stinking link. (Thanks, Donnie, for the heads’ up!) Note: I used to fall asleep to U2′s The Joshua Tree when I was younger and had trouble with serious nightmares…
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 9th, 2005
During the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, infants begin to develop an ability called “object permanence.” (source) “Object permanence is the term used to describe the awareness that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible.” For example, before an infant develops this cognitive ability, he thinks you’ve actually disappeared from reality [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 9th, 2005
We [Christians] are of yesterday and already we fill the world and all your places: the cities, the islands, the towns, the municipalities, the councils, the very army camps, the tribunals, the assemblies, the palace, the senate and the forum. We have left you only your temples. -Tertullian, Apologeticus, 37. c. 200 A. D. Oh, [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 5th, 2005
Let us consider that love and affection wherewith holy souls are united to God, that we may see what excellency and felicity is involved in it. Love is that powerful and prevalent passion, by which all the faculties and inclinations of the soul are determined, and on which both its perfection and happiness depend. The [...]
Posted in relationships, some thoughts on Aug 1st, 2005
Al Mohler’s commentary today is titled “From Father to Son–J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex,” and is a great read–very timely. Mohler quotes Tolkien’s hearfelt and masterful letters to his sons, weaving in his thoughts on chivalry, marriage, and even on Harry and Sally‘s age-old question, “Can a man and a woman be ‘just friends’?” Enjoy…
Posted in some thoughts on Aug 1st, 2005
All who are baptized into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, recognizing the Trinity of Persons in the Godhead, the incarnation of the Son and his priestly sacrifice, whether they be Greeks, or Arminians, or Romanists, or Lutherans, or Calvinists, or the simple souls who do not [...]
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