From all evidence, Baptists love them some football. So, here's a place to talk about the pigskin explosion that will take place in the next couple of weeks. I think there 327 bowl games to be played. Plus, we approaching week 17 of the NFL season and the playoffs will be set. So, here's a forum for that discussion. CB will be the unofficial traffic cop and chief smack-talker for this forum. And, please, we don't need any sanctimonious, "football is idolatry" comments. Two things we all agree on. 1) The rematch for the BCS championship is a sham and an abomination. LSU ought … [Read more...] about A Bowl Game and NFL Playoffs Playground
A Frivolous Forum: Great Movie Moments
This is a "kicking-back" week for me. I'm not on vacation, but I'm not really working either. It's a kind of stress detox after the Christmas season. It'll be time to watch a few movies and I thought some of you might enjoy a little movie moment discussion. When I finally got home from church yesterday, my home-from-Cedarville daughter was watching the last 20 minutes or so of "A Few Good Men." I made this statement, and surprisingly, she didn't really disagree. "That may be the best 20 minutes of cinema ever!" "I want the truth." "You can't handle the truth." And this one: Col. … [Read more...] about A Frivolous Forum: Great Movie Moments
What is Christmas all about?
See You Monday – Have a Merry Christmas
I don't plan to blog over the next couple of days. I've got a video scheduled to post Christmas morning, but I certainly hope you've got better things to do over the next couple of days than to blog. I do. Have a cool Yule. … [Read more...] about See You Monday – Have a Merry Christmas
Why I Believe in Expository Preaching
I'm a preacher's kid, so I grew up hearing 2 sermons a week, 52 weeks a year. We didn't miss back then. My dad was a bit of a fanatic about something that, I now know, was not so common back among preachers back then - verse-by-verse, expository preaching. Since I sat under his preaching every week, I assumed everyone got out a Bible, tackled a passage and went through it verse after verse, picking up this week where we left off last week. Dad didn't "do a series" - he preached a book. Romans. Ephesians. 2 Peter. I didn't know there was any other kind of preaching, except for dad's … [Read more...] about Why I Believe in Expository Preaching
What in God’s Name Are We Doing to Our Children?
I am a grandfather now and I am deeply concerned about how the church is ministering to and dealing with its children. Of course, I want my grandchildren to be raised in the church, but is being raised in the church today that much different than the world? The world my grandchildren will grow up in is a Pleasure Island designed to seduce young Pinocchios into a life of servitude to sin. But what is going on in the church? I'm afraid that too often in our children and youth ministries we are trying to out Pleasure Island the Disney vision. I am concerned that many of the trends designed … [Read more...] about What in God’s Name Are We Doing to Our Children?
Manna One: Baptist Disaster Relief will AMAZE You
“Out of Control’ A Challenging Video
Tebow Warning: Sound FX Reveals the Real Timmy
Watch this ten minute video and you will see some interesting things about this Christian quarterback phenom. Observations: 1) The way he deals with the receiver who dropped the easy TD pass should be shown to every leader. 2) His calm demeanor in the most difficult and tumultuous circumstances. 3) His prayer life. He prays continually throughout the game. I especially appreciated that he never asked God for the victory, but that in victory or defeat he would glorify Christ. 4) Timmy can do anything except sing. Oh, my, he butchers some praise choruses! But hearing an … [Read more...] about Tebow Warning: Sound FX Reveals the Real Timmy
Mark Driscoll “Sees Things” – I See the Rise of SES* in the SBC (*Supernaturalism Embarrassment Syndrome)
Let me begin with two admissions: 1) Mark Driscoll's "I See Things" video is a little outside of my comfort zone. I've "heard God's Voice." I've discerned the presence of demons. I've had some insights into the future and into people's lives that I can't describe any other way than God's Spirit. But I've never seen people's lives on a screen in front of me. The extent of Driscoll's "visions" and the way he describes them are beyond my experience - uncomfortably so. 2) If Benny Hinn or some other "charismaniac" said the same things, I'd probably be more likely to join into the … [Read more...] about Mark Driscoll “Sees Things” – I See the Rise of SES* in the SBC (*Supernaturalism Embarrassment Syndrome)