Archive for March, 2007
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Monday, March 19th, 2007Why is there so much disharmony in the family of Christ? There is way too much bickering on Christian blogs over doctrine. Everyone has all the right answers. It’s such a waste of time spent arguing amongst ourselves. All it does is drive people away.
There’s an old Bill Gaither song titled, “The Family of God.” [...]
All For Jesus
Monday, March 19th, 2007
Album: All for Jesus: TeenPact Worship, Vol. III
Artist: TeenPact
Genre: Acoustic worship, Independent
MSRP: $15.00
Grade: 3.5 stars of 5
One of the better elements of TeenPact, as attested by many of the program’s participants, is the worship. Led entirely by student staffers, simple arrangements of familiar hymns and praise choruses take on a whole new life that students [...]
Life With Dignity
Monday, March 19th, 2007“Hi baby, how are you doing?” Minnie Smith has greeted her daughter, Christa Lilly, this way every morning for the past six years, but she was surprised when, one day, Christa responded, “I’m fine.”
Christa Lilly has been in a vegetative state, with minimal consciousness, for six years, since November 2000, when she had a heart [...]
False Alarm, Real Threat
Monday, March 19th, 2007You and your family have just been seated on a U.S. Airways flight in Minneapolis. Six Muslims board the same plane and engage in suspicious behavior, including switching seats, sitting in the same formation as the 9/11 hijackers, speaking angrily about the United States, the war in Iraq and Saddam Hussein, and asking for seatbelt [...]
300: A Film Review
Monday, March 19th, 2007300 is a different movie. Its inconsistent loyalty to what we know about the historical Battle of Thermopylae is set right next to half-perfect, half-idealized characters in a manner such that it flows perfectly in the theater, but thinking back on the contrast several days later seems like a culture shock.
For those who are fuzzy, [...]