In the next several days, I want to go on a journey of the Scripture with you, looking at the major truths that relate to music, and make a plea to you to practice the truths we discover. There are so many different directions we could go in discussing music and worship. It’s a little like trying to [...]
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(This paper was originally presented as part of a series on The Da Vinci Code for Red Rocks Baptist Church on April 26, 2006. It deals with the erroneous claims the book makes about the canon of Scripture.)
SYNOPSIS OF THE DA VINCI CODE
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night [...]
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In four short days, I will have the privilege of being reacquainted with nationally-syndicated columnist Cal Thomas. He is coming to speak at our school's development banquet this weekend. It's been just over a year since I first interacted with Cal in a SharperIron interview. Although I prepared for that interview to meet a famous [...]
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A while back, I read a post at Dan Burrell's blog, Whirled Views, about his worry for the Republican Party (GOP) with the upcoming midterm elections. As a staunch Republican myself, I vehemently disagreed with him. Upon more reflection, I began to be convinced that he may be right after all. I didn't and do [...]
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This is a letter I wrote almost two years ago to a dear brother in Christ who chose sin over obedient love to the Lord. The name has been changed to protect his privacy. Tonight, one of our church members called me up and put me on a speakerphone as he witnessed to a man who [...]
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I'm feeling rather blah. It's a miserably rainy morning in Colorado. It's 33 degrees with the tremendously bright prospect of getting a whole 6 degrees warmer at the peak of the day. My daughter's field trip to the zoo is canceled. This would be a great day to cancel a good many things.
I'm exhausted. Did [...]
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With great joy, I observed the return of SharperIron this morning. I like the new look (thanks, Austin!); and, despite a few bugs, I'm sure SI will be humming again in no time. It was a HUGE bummer to lose all the forum discussions of the last 6 months. I wonder how quickly/slowly these conversations [...]
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From today's Denver Post:
In a March 28 e-mail to friends, Weikel talked about the media, how reporters came on the third anniversary of the war and wanted to know: "Is this effort worth it? Is it worth our soldiers lives?"
Weikel wrote: "No sacrifice is easy and the loss of every soldier is heart wrenching. However, [...]
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In John Bunyan’s classic book The Holy War he introduces us to a town named Mansoul. Bunyan describes the town as built by a wonderful King named Shaddai who lived in a magnificent castle in the middle of the town. The town is further described as having five gates: eye-gate, ear-gate, feel-gate, nose-gate and mouth-gate. [...]
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Hey, listen up. Here’s some important information. Researchers have discovered that men and women listen differently. Women listen with both sides of their brains, while men listen with just the right sides of their toes.
Well, not exactly. But the results would be the same. Men listen with mostly the left sides of their brains, according [...]
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