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Archive 2003 The Habits of Highly Effective Bible Readers 12/28/03 What we can learn from the church fathers that will enrich our own Bible study...more Define 'Better' 12/28/03 One person's improvement is another person's degeneration.An interview with bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell...continued The Visited Planet 12/21/03 Philip Yancey Sorting through the stack of cards that arrived at our house last Christmas, I note that all kinds of symbols have edged their way into the celebration. Overwhelmingly, the landscape scenes render New England towns buried in snow, usually with the added touch of a horse-drawn sleigh. On other cards, animals frolic: not only reindeer but also chipmunks, raccoons, cardinals and cute gray mice. One card shows an African lion reclining with a foreleg draped affectionately around a lamb...more The Chess Player 12/07/03 Ger Koopman It was Christmas Eve. The whole day a cold wind had been blowing and now it had started to snow. Thousands-millions-of snowflakes came out of the sky and slowly covered the little village where Farmer Dyhema lived. They covered his fields, already plowed up for the next sowing; they covered his huge barns, full of hay or corn; they covered the yard, the big stable, and the house...continued Forty Years Later, C.S. Lewis's Influence Tops JFK 11/23/03 Forty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, only half of Americans are alive to remember it, and many Americans are looking away from the Kennedy's Camelot to the fairytales of another man who died that day: Clive Staples Lewis...more Jails for Jesus 11/16/03 President Bush wants faith-based programs to take over social services. But what happens when evangelical Christians try their hand at running prisons? More... Jews Against Jesus? 11/02/03 Critics of Gibson's film The Passion distort the truth...continued The Leprosy Doctor 10/26/03 By Philip Yancey Paul Brand showed how to serve others sacrificially and emerge with joy...more Mr. Jabez Goes to Africa 10/26/03 By Timothy C. Morgan Bruce Wilkinson expands his borders to include racial reconciliation and HIV/AIDS...continued Medical Missions' African Legacy 10/12/03 By Timothy C. Morgan For generations, missionary doctors have healed
body and soul in Africa...more Stepping On Air Hoses 10/12/03 Rev. Emerson E. Eggerichs Ephesians 5:33 commands a husband to love his wife. Why? She needs love like she needs air to breathe. Ephesians 5:33 commands a wife to respect her husband. Why? He needs respect like he needs air to breathe...continued The Wounded Human Spirit 10/07/03 A husband can wound his wife's inner spirit when he comes across as unloving. A wife can wound her husband's inner spirit when she comes across as disrespectful...more. Widow keeps missionary's memory alive 09/28/03
By Soutik Biswas What Do the Stones Cry Out? 09/28/03 Christian M.M. Brady Beware of claims that archaeology disproves—or proves—the Bible is true... continued Back-Seat Drivers 09/21/03
Anne Lamott I heard an old man speak once, someone who had been sober for fifty years, a very prominent doctor. He said that he'd finally figured out a few years ago that his profound sense of control, in the world and over his life, is another addiction and a total illusion. He said that when he sees little kids sitting in the back seat of cars, in those car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration on their faces, clearly convinced that their efforts are causing the car to do whatever it is doing, he thinks of himself and his relationship with God: God who drives along silently, gently amused, in the real driver's seat. Letting Go 09/21/03 Johann Christoph Arnold In my work as a pastor and counselor, I realize more and more the importance of helping others to "let go," and to see that, in the end, all our human striving comes to nothing...more How to Really Keep the Commandments 09/14/03 Joseph Loconte Since when did the public display of the Ten Commandments become the eleventh commandment? ...continued Finding God on the Open Road 09/07/03 an interview with Donald Miller In his book, "Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance," Miller shares the true story of a three-month journey across America in a beat-up Volkswagen camping van...more Journey Toward Wholeness 08/07/03 Charles E. Moore Ten years ago, my wife and I packed up our bags to join a Christian community, the Bruderhof - a fellowship of men, women, and children who live, work, and share a common purse and a common life together. By "community" I mean...continued Live Life to the Full 08/31/03
Dallas Willard Is there a path of steady growth in the presence and power of God for the one who has placed their confidence in Jesus? Continued A Green and Dying Tree 08/23/03 Margaret Kim Peterson I saw the fruit of healing prayer even as
AIDS was taking my husband's life...more The Passion 08/17/03 Mel Gibson A film not due out until Easter is already creating a storm of controversy. See a short trailer here. Suburban Spirituality 08/17/03 By David Goetz The land of SUVs and soccer leagues tends to weather the soul in peculiar ways, but it doesn't have to...more Some pictures from the Brake family 10 year celebration...here Hope For a World Gone Bad 08/10/03
Rusty Wright The Essential Second 08/03/03 John MacArthur "Love your neighbor as yourself" is no minor command– it is indispensable. So what does it mean? continued Noted Surgeon and Author Paul Brand Dies
at Age 89 07/10/2003 Going It Alone 07/02/2003 Philip Yancey We should take heed when much of the world
says it distrusts us...more Jesus' Woodstock 06/27/03 by Todd Hertz After 20 summers of love, the Cornerstone
Festival still opens doors for unknown musicians and unlocks truth for
hungry minds...continued How To Be A Grace-Giver 06/22/03
Robert C. Crosby Power in Punjab 06/18/2003 Manpreet Singh in Khojewala, India Christians see churches—and opposition—grow among Sikhs...continued... Today in the Word 06/15/03 He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25 Read... Rites of Passage 06/08/03 by Andy Crouch Self-improvement is our culture's most durable religion...more Do we long for the manifest presence of God in our midst? 06/01/03 Jesus' only plan for the evangelization of the world was to leave behind a Spirit-empowered body of believers, the church. That is the vital message of the Day of Pentecost...continued I Never Thought I'd See Anything Like that Again' 05/16/2003 A famine worse than that of 1984 threatens Ethiopia...continued Distractions to Prayer 05/11/03 Elisabeth Elliot No one who has tried to pray for more than a few seconds at a time would claim that he is never distracted...more Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemistry of the Cell 05/11/03 What do mouse traps, molecular biology, blood clotting, Rube Goldberg machines, and irreducible complexity have to do with each other? ...continued What's the Difference Between Shi'ah and Sunni? 04/30/03 With a history of persecution and belief in martyrdom, the Shi'ite Muslim majority in Iraq may be more receptive to Christianity...continued The Need to Read: G. K. Chesterton
04/30/03 The Most Necessary Ingredient 04/30/03 What is the most necessary ingredient for a successful beach camping and fishing trip? Good location? A great tent or... read on Letter from Kabul 04/21/03 Religious freedom still in jeopardy under
new Afghan government. National Day of Prayer The National
Day of Prayer is an annual event in which Cross and Resurrection 04/16/2003 Quotations to stir heart and mind at Easter...here Arms Outstretched 04/15/03
by Phil Ware When we were utterly helpless, Christ came
at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, no one is likely
to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for a
person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by
sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:6-8)
Spittle and Self-Righteousness 03/28/03 By Uwe Siemon-Netto Beware of responding too indignantly to those
on the other side of the war debate. The Threat of Biotech 03/28/03 Joni Eareckson Tada responds to Christopher Reeve and others. A Christian's duty in time of war 03/19/03 Dr. Charles Stanley God never promised that life would always be convenient or comfortable. Nor did He say that we would avoid all danger, suffering, or loss. However, He did promise...continued Gujarat Religious Survey Troubles Indian Christians 03/14/03 Government of Indian state says it has been
gathering statistics on the minority at the Standing for Peace on the Eve of War 03/12/2003 Carol Lowes Lisa Martens knew bombs could start raining when she stood outside the Al Wathba water treatment center in Baghdad last Friday...continue Willing to Lose 03/04/03 by Stephen L. Carter By voting we place our hope in the next world...more Terrorism, Justice and Loving Our Enemies
02/26/03 John Piper Why Doesn't God Do Something? 02/26/03
by Rubel Shelly Faith Raising, Not Fund Raising
02/26/03 Forrest Reinhardt Does a building campaign change the way a church teaches stewardship? For our congregation, the answer is dramatic, but not in the way you might expect...more Bono's American Prayer 02/21/03 The world's biggest rock star tours the heartland talking more openly about his faith as he recruits Christians in the fight against AIDS in Africa...more Columbia Astronauts Mourned, 02/03/03 But Their Faith Is Celebrated. Houston's Grace Community Church remembers two of its active members...more 'Once You Forgive, There Will Be Healing' 01/31/03 How a martyr's widow turned her life around
and won India's prestigious Gandhi harmony award...more Interview with Jesus 01/31/03 Here is the Gospel message presented on the internet via a very well crafted web site which you are sure to enjoy...here |