Church Doesn't Suck, written 2 days ago, When we first planted Compass Point Church four years ago we knew it was going to be somewhat of a struggle.  Because of certain hyper-Charismatic, "prosperity-teaching" mega-churches in town…most of Lakeland's perception of church was not good.Â...

Preaching a person into heaven, written 12 hours ago, in the area I grew up, we had a term for a funeral in which the preacher would drone on and on about the Christian virtues of a non-Christian. This phrase was "preaching them into heaven." Reading Terry Mattingly's article today in the ...

Sept 7th: How big is your crop?, written 7 hours ago, Posted by: Jeremiah Hann Scripture: "Remember this–a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop.  But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.  You must decide in your heart how much to give.  And don't give...

Franchising McChurch: Feeding America's Obsession with Easy Christianity, Now Available for Pre-Order, written 1 week ago, Drs. Thomas White and John Mark Yeats's new book, Franchising McChurch: Feeding America's Obsession with Easy Christianity has hit the pre-order phase. Very cool.   Dr. White ...

What Do We Do Now About Lakeland?, written 2 days ago, We're finally back for episode 34 of Fire On Your Head. Join Dan Slavin and Steve Bremner as they update you on how things are going with ministry in the Netherlands, and give a re-cap of the Fire For Life Summer School and solemn assembly on th...

Blogged Bible Study - John 7, written 5 days ago, The Festival of Booths, or Feast of Tabernacles, as it is also called, and which is celebrated in September of every year, is the 3rd of the greatest festivals on the religious calendar of the Hebrews with Passover and Pentecost being the first two...

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign..., written 20 hours ago, Okay, I give.Coming home from camping the other day we stopped at the Goodwill and I peeked through the housewares section quickly. Stacked in amongst the frames I found a print by one of my favorite artists, maryanne radmacher. i was so tickle...

Gratitude, written 3 days ago,  To join me and a host of other blogs, visit Holy Experience. The beginning of my list:1. mother-in-love2. generous friends3. gifts of the Holy Spirit4. computer5. hard-working husband6. ever-present father to my sons7. lover who still thinks I'm pretty8. tall...

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism.

Blogging from the classical Christian perspective.

Codex Sinaiticus On-line!, written 1 day ago, The famous codex from St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt has begun to show up on the Internet. A joint project between the British Library, the University of Leipzig, the National Library in St. Petersburg, and St. Catherine's Monastery at the b...

Relating specifically to doctrinal topics of depression, suffering, suspected demon possession, crisis pregnancy, terminal illness, bereavement and mental illness.

I'm having a little break, written 6 days ago, Recently I have been examining the amount of time I have been spending online and the amount of quality time that I have been spending with God and if I am honest, I have neglected the latter. I think the scripture below describes a lot about me To the ...

New Season, New Jersey, New Expectations, written 23 hours ago, Today the Irish begin their 2008 season against San Diego State. Yes it's a lower level D-1 team but we need to build and this year's schedule is designed well for a rebuild. One week from today I'll be on...

Friends and Fam... I'll Take Your Box Tops!, written 23 hours ago, Now that the kids are in school, I am saving those cereal box tops. I think they are on many products also though. Please if you know me, can you save them for me? Some of the cereal boxes have three on them right now which makes for...

Walmart on a Saturday, written 15 hours ago, Walmart on a Saturday is not a great idea. Big shocker, I know.But I took my dad to the airport and I needed milk and few things...Jody had the kids, so I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. If I'd had the kids, I don't know that I would have recovered yet...

Spoon!, written 1 day ago, Spoon. It has been getting pretty messy around here when she is on her own...it is good fun though!-K

I Just Can't Stop Myself, written 2 days ago, Okay. I have always declared that my blog is not a political blog. And it's not. Really, it's not. But today I'm breaking my self-imposed rule because I cannot stop myself from writing about politics. I have to say that as much as I enjoyed watching the ...

Couldn't Resist, written 1 day ago, I just couldn't resist making (with Paint, not photoshop, so it's grainy) a sign representing what many of us are thinking:By the way, if you want to have some fun, go to johnmccainisyournewlogo.com. I made these:

Sometimes there are detours on the journey.