January 24th, 2008
- One Wish Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:21:41
Have you ever been asked if you had one wish, what would that be? For years, I have answered the same thing: I wish I could understand exactly just what it is my now-teenage kid is saying to me each time we speak and that this aging, worn down parent would be understood in […]
- Not Yet Home Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:08:53
Have you had a hard week? Have you really been looking forward to the weekend? I hope it’s a good one for you. It can be really hard when we have an expectation of rest and relief, and if it doesn’t pan out, then the trial seems to become twice as bad. Unmet […]
- The Charismatic Century: Aimee, part 2 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:20:04
More from The Charismatic Century on Aimee Semple McPherson:
Picking back up at p. 142, we learn that "(f)rom 1915 to 1921 Aimee crisscrossed the nation by car and rail, accompanied by her mother Minnie and often her two children." (That helps answer the questions raised in the comment thread of last week's post on what […] - FTA odds and ends Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:04
The latest thread in The Charismatic Century series, our second on evangelist and Foursquare denomination founder Aimee Semple McPherson, will be up later today and may be online by the time you read this.
Meantime, I want to ask you if you're enjoying FTA, and what you think of what we're doing?
Are we doing just fine […] - Compelled by Love book blog tour with Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:29:33
Ed Stetzer is a well-known missiologist and author, his most recent book being Compelled by Love, co-written with pastor and church planter Philip Nation.
The co-authors have been on a blog tour as of late to promote and discuss their book, answer questions about the book and the subjects it addresses, and also speak with […] - Linkathon 8/13 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:02:18
Today it's the Linkathon, which usually is posted at Phoenix Preacher but, due to the Compelled by Love blog tour there this Wednesday, is hosted here this week.
We'll start with a great and very helpful post from Jared Wilson on how Joel Osteen's theology plays out. Here's a teaser:
…Osteen and his variety of prosperity gospelism […] - At the Finish Line Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:58:00
I love the Olympics. I love sports and those two weeks are always a special time for me. Such amazing stories come out of the Olympics. They’re why many people watch them, the struggles and triumphs behind the athletes are just riveting as we watch people doing things that many of us cannot. It’s […]
- Francis Schaeffer on Holiness Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:11:22
Some quotes from his book, “The Church before the Watching World:”
The Scriptures teach that we must practice, not just talk about, the purity of the visible church.
If we stress the love of God without the holiness of God, it turns out only to be compromise. But if we stress the holiness of God without the […] - The Charismatic Century: Aimee, part 1 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:36
Picking up on page 140 of The Charismatic Century, we begin our series on Aimee Semple McPherson, best known in Christendom as a somewhat flamboyant evangelist who founded the Foursquare denomination, by looking at what co-authors Jack Hayford and S. David Moore say about her early years.
She was born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy on October 9, […] - To Take, or not to Take? Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:38:16
How many ways can you take something?
When you say, “I’ll take two,” don’t you mean, “I want to purchase two?”
When you say, “It takes two,” don’t you mean, “There is a minimum numerical requirement?” (Or were you thinking of the Olsen Twins?)
When you say, “I took the 405,” do you mean, “I selected the […]