To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a [...]

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to [...]

Last year, I picked Kristy Cook in week 1 to make the Top 10, getting the ultimate winner’s last name correct, at least.
After week 1, it’s a pretty close one for me (realizing that the producers give some folks more ‘center-stage’ treatment, etc.), but I’m going to go with sentiment and choose Scott McIntyre.  He’s [...]

All too often in the Christian blogosphere, we’re overwhelmed with the pseudo-pious ramblings of holier-than-thou harpies and armchair quarterbacks that we forget to notice so many examples of the kingdom of God at work, both in big and small ways.
Brant Hansen, of Kamp Krusty fame, posted a link to his facebook page, which I found [...]

We don’t write all that often about Israel, here.
Well, make that modern-day Israel.
There are some current events there, though, which I believe merit some comment, though I’ve not had the think-time to synthesize a nice article from them. It’s kind of weird, but since a number of folks in my church know I’m so [...]

OK, I’m a sensitive guy.
Really.
But this whole ultra-sensitivity thing that’s been going on the past decade or so is driving me bonkers. This week, I read a story that was reminiscent of some peoples’ reaction to The Passion of the Christ, complaining about the violence and dubbing it The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.
It seems that [...]

Over break, I received a link to an article in the Huffington Post (a blog I studiously avoid) in an email my friend titled “Hell Has Frozen Over – Literally”.
The article is titled, Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted, and deals with the non-politically correct data which has been steadily building in opposition [...]