Stand to Reason posted some interesting excepts from Brit Hume on the Fox News Channel:

Then, Brit didn’t back down on ‘O Reily:

Although I don’t know what exactly Brit’s belief system entails, I must give Brit props for sticking to his guns and pointing our that Buddhism does not offer the objective forgiveness that Tiger so desperately needs. The type of forgiveness we all need. The type of forgiveness that is found in Jesus Christ alone.

Addition #1:

Brit Hume clarifies and explains even more so the unique solution Jesus offers …

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Sunday August 2.09, I cited the story of a professional baseball player in how we can practically fulfill the teaching of James 1:15:

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

James is not referring to some “rabbit’s-foot” statement we utter any time we are making plans, but a realistic belief that we are not able to control our lives in the way his readers were expressing (“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—” v.13). James is writing to remind the reader of our ignorance of what …

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The following is an except from an update by Kris King (Coordinator for Missions) and Kevin Maner (Director of Missions) regarding our team in Panama.

This morning we headed to the Baha’i Temple in Panama City. There are only 7 Baha’i Temples in the world! The Baha’i believe that the world’s major religions are part of a single process for God to reveal His will to humanity. That we are all equal and will one day be a unified single race. The Baha’i’ community runs 10 schools in the region where they otherwise would not exist. These schools are only accessible by horseback or on foot. Our team went to the temple today to …

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In a previous post, I dealt with a question about the final judgment. One aspect of the question had to do with why there is a judgment if it is a simple matter of unbelievers being condemned and believers being pardoned and entering paradise with the Lord.

In that post, I covered some background on the final judgment. Now I would like to expand on the question of why believers stand in judgment if Christ has already been judged in our place. This is something that was cloudy for me before I examined it more closely and now brings a lot of things together. Much of this comes from the message What Happens When You Die? All Appear Before …

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I just peeked into the online memorial for Michael Jackson. I happened to catch the performance of Lionel Richie singing the song “Jesus is Love.” It was the worst thing I could ever hear at a funeral. Why? Because the picture of Jesus in this song is disconnected from the real Jesus contained in the Bible. Am I saying the Jesus of the Bible is not love? Hardly. What I am saying is that the type of love that this song is communicating is a cheap emotional concoction; a man-centered image made up in the mind of people who want to claim Jesus as their teacher or icon, but refuse to worship Him …

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In Part I, we considered the establishment of the Old Covenant within the ceremony between God and the people of Israel as outlined in Exodus 24. It is vital to notice that within the story of God rescuing Israel, it is God’s choice that is the dominant feature. God’s saving activity was to deliver the people from Egypt. While it is true that a sense of obligation on Israel’s behalf would naturally flow out being rescued; there is no reason to believe that the Covenant of Exodus 24 is the motivation for God’s acting.

God’s motivation was simple; He had made a promise (Gen. 12:1-3; Judges 2:1) to do something great through the people He had chosen …

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On Sunday (05.10.09) I did not have time to cite all of the resources related to James 1:14:

“What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?”

The point that I was undertaking was this: Has the Church always viewed a person’s profession of faith as a personal act between them and God or is this a modern phenomenon? Is it possible for a person to have true faith and yet never had a sustained and distinct desire to please God with their whole life? The following is evidence that helps us better realize how far the modern church has leaned away from evaluating genuine faith …

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I recently wrote a blog-post called How To Express Your Faith Without Losing Your Friend in which I tried to find the edges in various ways people (“Red” and “Blue” people) can legitimately express the Gospel in different ways without compromising the message. I’m a big fan of realizing that being different does not necessarily mean being wrong. In this blog, I use Rick Warren and a speech he gave to Muslims as an example. Although I didn’t endorse his comments and thought he needed to be very careful in his trajectory; I did think maybe he is still on solid ground just trying to create a dialogue that I don’t realize since the reference point …

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It’s one of the hardest things to do – explain your faith without losing a friend. I want you to consider something; the gut reaction you had as you read this statement placed you on a particular side of the issue I want to address. Allow me to explain, if you felt immediate concern for how this statement sounds – a prelude to compromising the Gospel, I would label you a “red” christian. If you’re first gut-reaction was a feeling of excitement or curiosity to know how to express the Gospel without offending someone; I would label you a “blue” christian.

This is where it gets tricky. Both “red” and “blue” Christians have valid feelings …

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