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Book review: “The Boy Who Changed the World”
The Boy Who Changed the World welcomes youngsters to consider themselves special, to see that what we do matters, and what we do makes a difference. By jumping into the lives of four historic men—who...
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Book review: “Permission to Speak Freely”
This is going to be an odd book review, and I don’t care. That sort of honestly and freedom isn’t necessarily what this book is talking about, but, in a way, it’s close. The book is called Permission...
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Book Review: One Hand, Two Hands
Max Lucado’s One Hand, Two Hands engages tiny children, say, up to age 4 or 5. The children will be counting their fingers, clapping their hands, squeezing, flopping, waving, and all sorts of fun...
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Blog a Qur’an Day: Surah 25:60-66
Muhsin Khan And when it is said to them: “Prostrate to the Most Beneficent (Allah)! They say: “And what is the Most Beneficent? Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you (O Muhammad SAW)...
View ArticleMy upcoming reading list
I saw someone else throw out their future reading list and thought I would put on (virtual) paper the books that plan and hope to read between now and the Summer. Some of these are contingent on my...
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DVD review: The Least Among You
The Least Among You was inspired by the story of Richard Kelly shortly after the Watts riots in the 60′s. Kelly, as part of his probation, entered an all white seminary and was quickly thrust into the...
View ArticleWhat does our religion say to them?
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times that I have heard a sermon on the meaning of religion, of Christianity, to the man who stands with his back against the wall. It is urgent...
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Book review: Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions For Kids
We’ve had Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling: A 365 Day Journaling Devotional for some time and it has been great. My wife would even read it to the kids much of the time. When we saw the devotional coming...
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Book review: The Gospel According to Jesus
Chris Seay’s The Gospel According to Jesus: A Faith that Restores All Things attempts to refocus Christians to a proper understanding of the Gospel message. Centering his discussion around a reported...
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Book review: Transforming Church in Rural America
The book I’m touching on here is Shannon O’Dell’s Transforming Church in Rural America: Breaking All the Rurals. Focusing on rural churches, O’Dell emphasized the struggles going on in rural...
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Book review: The Grace of God
The Grace of God is my first read of the oft heralded Andy Stanley. The book covers Scriptural examples of God’s grace, from the very beginning (i.e. Creation) on through the rest of the Biblical...
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DVD review: What’s In the Bible? 4
This is the first What’s In the Bible? DVD my family has watched, and it will not be the last. Oh, wait. Am I supposed to give my conclusion at the beginning of the review? Ah well. If you’re not...
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What’s In the Bible? 4 DVD: a kid’s review
So I asked my 7 year old some questions about his viewing experience with What’s In the Bible? 4: Battle for the Promised Land. Here’s a review from a 7 year old male, caucasian-hispanic mix (for those...
View ArticleWhat’s In the Bible? 4 contest: Win!
This is your chance to win! If you’ve read over my review of What’s In the Bible? 4: Battle for the Promised Land and would love to get your hands on a copy, this is your chance. I have a gift...
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Remember the Incarnation: the making of
I wanted to create a Christmas card this year. Homemade. Handmade. Something special and personal. I remembered our letterpress (a Showcard Machine, model 7-11; it’ll handle 7×11″ print work), and that...
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Give the Word Bible Contest & Giveaway
Here’s a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested in bibles, translation, and supporting global translation work. The New Living Translation brings you Give the Word Bible Contest & Giveaway....
View ArticleFirst get Married, then get married
Because of the great battles raging over “marriage” and the definition of “marriage,” I propose (pun intended) this: treat marriage as a holy, Godly institution in the eyes of God and the Church. I...
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Dick Cheney and Gitmo cartoon
Now this takes me back. Of course, it still hasn’t been dealt with, and there are Christians that still either support torture or redefine torture…but it still takes me back.
View ArticleTesting the RSS feed
Feel free to disregard. Having trouble with the RSS feed on here. Just trying to fix it.
View ArticleNew Series Intro: Mormonism, Racism, and Romney
Today, a new four part series I was putting together will go up. 4 kind-of short posts focusing on the LDS church, its history with racism, and the connection to Mitt Romney. The point of it all is to...
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