Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 11- Archaelogy and Faith “Gabriel’s Revelation”
Thursday, July 17th, 2008The latest archaeological discovery to hit the headlines and draw both interest and skepticism from Christians is a stone tablet called “Gabriel’s Revelation”. It’s from Jewish sources and while much of the text is difficult to translate or entirely unreadable some are putting forward translations that talk about a suffering and resurrected Messiah. Given dates [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Environmentalism and New Age
Thursday, July 10th, 2008I’d like you to view this video, but don’t do it unless you plan on reading the rest of this post.
It’s a beautiful video- scenes of our beautiful planet, of God’s creation. Images like these remind us of our place within the earth as God’s stewards. Certainly he has created something wonderful and we bear [...]
Videos That Make Us Laugh and Think- Pt 10- Not a Laugher- Reflections on Those Serving our Country
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008I know the 4th has just passed us, but please view this video. I hope this video touches your heart. I know many people have ambivalent feelings about the war, but we need to remember that those who are far away are real people, real fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. All of them [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 9- Save Green by Being Green
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Sometimes people perceive environmentalism or being green as kind of that wacky far left stuff. Sometimes it simply seems impractical for the average person. Many times it feels like the steps experts advise are simply too expensive. But take a minute and watch this video.
Now this is a short piece, but I want you to [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 8- Global Warming
Thursday, June 26th, 2008I could take a number of angles on an article like this, but since we’re doing a series on environmental news and stewardship that’s the piece I’ll highlight. If you read to the end of the article you kind of get the sense that scientists are now convinced that global warming is indeed happening and [...]
Saturday Thoughts on Great Faith
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Wouldn’t you love to have a great faith? You know what I mean. I know that technically speaking we all have the same faith. We have the same Lord. We are all equally saved. What I’m talking about, is having one of those connections with God where we just seem to know what he wants [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 7 Green Christianity
Thursday, June 19th, 2008I love it when a little perfect storm arises. There’s been a lot of discussion about the environment in recent months due to the presidential election, recent natural disasters, rising gas prices, and so on. There has also been an increasing discussion amongst Christians concerning the environment. What kind of an environmentalist is a Christian? [...]
FE Friday Favorites
Friday, June 13th, 2008Have you heard about netvibes yet? It has literally saved me hundreds of hours of web surfing time by simply allowing me to have everything I want in one place instantly. I totally love it. Check out our Faith Emergence Universe where you can access some of the sites that we frequent.
Tyranny. [...]
Videos That Make Us Laugh and Think- Pt 6
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008When I read something about this video, I checked it out right away and came away feeling a little disappointed. I had a hard time concentrating on his words while also watching the visuals. Some of it seemed kind of jerky. Some of it seemed kind of simplistic to me.
But then I watched it again. [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 5
Thursday, June 5th, 2008So it’s finally official. We’ll be having an Obama vs. McCain election this year. I don’t know how you feel about the candidates. I don’t know how you feel about many of the issues. I’ve certainly got some strong beliefs that I’m happy to share with people on a personal level.
But that’s not exactly where [...]
