Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 21st, 2007
On average, teens from intact families with frequent religious attendance earned the highest GPA (2.94) when compared to (a) their peers from intact families with low to no religious attendance (2.75), (b) peers from non-intact families with frequent religious attendance (2.72), and (c) peers from non-intact families with low to no religious attendance (2.48). Source: [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 19th, 2007
Link to Comic for 19 Mar 2007 Dr. Helen had a post a couple of days ago called, “Are Christian men too wimpy?” In that post she commented on how 300 Tennessee men had a meeting to discuss the difference between being “nice” (which is not good) and being “good” (which is). Later on she [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 17th, 2007
“God hates visionary dreaming; it makes the dreamer proud and pretentious. The man who fashions a visionary ideal of community demands that it be realized by God, by others, and by himself. He enters the community of Christians with his demands, sets up his own law, and judges the brethren and God Himself accordingly. He [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 13th, 2007
10 Marks of the Early Church Rodney Stark and other sociologists tell us there were 10 values of early Christians that stood in stark (no pun intended) contrast to the pluralistic pagan culture of Rome. Let’s prayferfully think through these values and match them to the witness of our own churches. Do we see the [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jan 30th, 2007
We believe human beings have a right to live – because of who they are – as image bearers of God – not because of what they do – as productive members of society. We do not judge the worth of a person by their usefulness to society. But sadly, our culture is beginning to [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jan 22nd, 2007
Pro-life advocates often claim that we live in a “culture of death.” But most of us don’t believe it. Not really. We may use the phrase as a rhetorical tool but deep in our hearts we think that our family, friends, and neighbors wouldn’t knowingly kill another human being. We convince ourselves that they simply [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Dec 18th, 2006
Eight Northern Virginia churches announced yesterday they will leave the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia after their congregations voted overwhelmingly to depart because of liberal trends in the 2.2-million-member Episcopal Church. Link to 8 Virginia flocks break away (Julia Duin / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) I grew up in Northern Virginia and our family went to an [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Dec 16th, 2006
Here are the answers to my Christmas Quiz: 1. True: The Jewish Scriptures prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Christians have said from the beginning that this verse, written several hundred years before Jesus was born, prophesied his birth in Bethlehem: Mic 5:2 – But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Dec 14th, 2006
As you may imagine, December is a pretty busy time for ministers, so yes, the free ice cream will be scarce for the next three weeks or so. In the spirit of the season, here is a Christmas quiz. I’ll post answers tomorrow. There are no trick questions. Have fun, and don’t go googling the [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity, Politics on Nov 3rd, 2006
The Captain’s Journal » The Warrior as Vocation As opposed to empty-headed ideas of warrior as a job, those who fight have been called by God to war in our stead. It is not a job; it is a vocation. Totally aside from irrelevant issues about how much education our servicemen and women have, it [...]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.