I was speaking with someone earlier this week about how time is neither friend nor foe. Time doesn’t care who you are. Time is equally distributed to each of us to use or to be used by. With that in mind, the writer of Ephesians says to his readers:

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil (Eph. 5:15-16).

This is something all of us must face if we really want to make the most of our days on earth. Some of us have so many options in life that we don’t discriminate between activities and time just seems to “slip away.” …

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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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I find lists that seek to synthesize large periods of time (such as end-of-year lists) helpful in providing a birds-eye view of cultural development. While it could be said that lists such as this have more in common with the particular author’s viewpoint or bias, I would venture to affirm that a magazine such as Christianity Today holds a larger degree of impartiality.

The reason that I am citing this particular end-of-year list is that the majority of the top issues directly related to an exercise of authority. Only #2 and #6 move away from this distinction. This should come as no surprise to anyone. The issue of what gives a person or a group of …

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John Piper recounts his visit to Angola State Prison in his Nov. 20th blog: As Nice As They Let Me, As Mean As They Make Me.

I found a CBN report on how God is working in the lives of the prisoners at Angola, it is really amazing.

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Looks interesting… Anyone seen this movie?

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If Jesus were living in Atlanta, Georgia would he support the single-payer health-care model now being proposed? Wouldn’t Jesus be the first to stand up and applaud the notion of health care for everyone? After all, there is no one who is a bigger defender of the sick and needy than Jesus. Can you even begin to picture Jesus standing in favor of the big insurance and pharmaceutical companies?

Let’s start with considering the popular argument against our present health care system: it costs too much! Anderson Cooper pounded on this drum (along with many other statistics) in his September 2nd blog:

When you look at our spending on a national basis,

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The documentary COLLISION pits leading atheist, political journalist and author Christopher Hitchens (“God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything”) against fellow author and evangelical theologian Pastor Douglas Wilson on a debate tour arguing the topic “Is Religion Good For The World?”. Lives and worldviews collide as Hitchens and Wilson wittily and passionately argue the timeless question, proving to be perfectly matched intellectual, philosophical, and cinematic rivals.

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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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To celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I am posting this simplified version of the afore mentioned document. This was paraphrased by Edward Fudge.

The Declaration of Independence Simplified

We are about to do something drastic and rare in human history. This document sets forth our justification to the world.

The Laws of Nature created by Nature’s God give any people the right to undo political ties binding them to another nation, and to take their own separate place among earthly powers as full equals. This is the case because the Creator made every person equal, and gave certain permanent rights to them all. These include the rights to live, to be free, and to pursue happiness. All this is so

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