Category: Christianity

It is raining today. While Maryland appears to have recovered from its recent drought problems, we needed this recent rain. Over the last decade we seem to cycle between periods of really wet weather and several years of below average…

Conspiracy theories. They are all the vogue these days, especially when it concerns the Bush family, which Michael Moore believes has been conspiring to take over America. Aliens and UFOs are big these days also, especially on the Sci-Fi channel,…

Christian Carnival XXVI is up at From the Anchor Hold. There are thirty seven (37) postings this time. Enjoy. Last week there were twenty seven (27) and two weeks ago twenty (20). At this rate, by the time I host…

A recent movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, examined the nature of love and memory and how, as the most recent memories that had destroyed their relationship disappeared, Joel Barish (Jim Carrey), now having only the earlier, better memories,…

Christian Carnival XXVI will be held at From the Anchor Hold and published this coming Wednesday. If you have a blog, this is a great way to get read, and possibly pick up readers in the process, or just a…

This is the first post in a series on the classic of evangelical spirituality Knowing God by J.I. Packer. Our church’s men’s Bible study is studying it on Saturday mornings. We cover one chapter a week and this is my…

I couldn’t sleep one night and as things go when laying quietly in the dark my mind went on one of those Beagle-type wanderings where it rushed down all sorts of rabbit trails until finally it latched on one scent…

The Christian Carnival is a weekly collection of posts submitted by various bloggers, which are written from a Christian perspective. Your author has two posts in this weeks Carnival. The 25th Christian Carnival has been hosted this week by Messy…

The Probability of God, the book by Stephen D. Unwin, has resulted in a flurry of articles, both pro and con, on the utility of his argument. For examples of pro (Evangelical Outpost: Wagering a Life: Part 1 – Urwin…

It appears that the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has added an amendment to its hate-crimes law called “harassment by communication.” There is concern that this could be used against churches that address homosexual activity as sin. More to…