Lifestyle Evangelism at the Workplace?

Pastor John Piper addresses this brand of evangelism as it pertains to the Christian’s workplace,
Thinking that our work will glorify God when people do not even know we are Christians is like admiring and effective ad on TV that never mentions the product. People may be impressed but won’t know what to buy.
This quotation [...]

Javier Bardem’s Way of Sticking it to the Church

Mr. Bardem is a Spanish actor who tonight took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the film, “No Country for Old Men”.
During his acceptance speech, he humorously thanked the Coen Brothers, who directed the work, for putting “one of the most horrible haircuts in history over my head.” (see below)
Miramax Films
Leaves [...]

John Calvin on Injustices committed against the Christian

This is from Calvin’s masterpiece, Institutes of Christian Religion (1:17:8),
When unjustly assailed by men, overlooking their malice (which could only aggravate our grief, and whet our minds for vengeance), let us remember to ascend to God, and learn to hold it for certain, that whatever an enemy wickedly committed against us was permitted, and sent [...]

I recant, Obama SHOULD be our Next President

Here is my reasoning,
“Obama hooks ‘em in visit with Longhorns”
What? I have a degree from there, what other choice do I have after seeing those shots?
My reason isn’t any worse than the reasons that have been given so far, right?

“The Most Dangerous Game” and its Most Dangerous Idea

I cannot recall the grade in which we were assigned to read Richard Connell short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”. The brief work stands out as one of the memorable ones of my grade school travails. Click here for the Wikipedia entry to get the plot summary.
Had the privilege of re-reading the story (click [...]

301 Pennies Sold for How Much?!?

“A penny saved is a penny earned” — Benjamin Franklin
The venerable Mr. Franklin might have underestimated, at least according to this story,
“301 Pennies Auctioned Off for $10.7M”
$35,548 per penny, simply astounding.  Who says hobbies are a waste of time?

Obamamania and Emotionalism

“Hope must be grounded in objective truth otherwise it quickly becomes wishful thinking.” — Cal Thomas
The above quote is from Mr. Thomas’ latest offering,
“Misplaced Hope Can Be Dangerous” ,
in which he examines that which seems to be Barack Obama’s platform: hope (I would like to ask him what hope he can offer to the [...]

An Honest Piece on Sports Icons?

Stumbled across this piece from a writer over at our friends at Barking Carnival,
“False Icons In Sport”.
One of the “false icons” listed is Muhammad Ali.
The article clarified (in my mind) why Ali is revered by a fawning media and was chosen as ESPN’s greatest athlete of the 20th Century, something which boggled my mind then [...]

Charles Barkley and Fake Christians

The following quote is from this story,
And I think these Christians, first of all, they’re not supposed to judge other people. But they’re the most hypocritical judge of people we have in the country. And it bugs the hell out of me. They act like they’re Christians. They’re not forgiving at all. — NBA legend [...]

Politics according to Jason Whitlock

This quote comes from Mr. Whitlock’s latest column,
Let me make one thing clear: I am neither Republican nor Democrat, liberal nor conservative. I abhor politics because of its inherent untruthfulness. I have never participated in the political process. Never. I don’t share that with a great deal of pride. I’ve just found it impossible to [...]