Filed under: Uncategorized
Google Earth now features news icons on different geographical locations.
It is cool. See this post.
I was excited to see what is happening in my hometown. Alas, there is no news. We can only wait for Sheep Empire Day and hope that it (or whatever the Keosauqua-ites currently call it) will warrant a link on Google.
Who are you? Who-who, who-who?
Psalm 1 describes two kinds of people. Which are you?
Option #1 – The first is the person who delights in God’s Word. If you studied the life of this kind of person, you would be struck by his or her ongoing meditation on Scripture.
Option #2 – The alternative is the person who keeps company with people who have no regard for Christ or his word. This person hangs out with Beevis.
You might answer, “Well, I’m not sure that I fit either category. I have this kind of third option going – - I’m a hybrid – - I’m not really sold out about God’s Word, but then I don’t think I’m Beevis’ sidekick either. I’m option #3.”
Here’s the thing. Read Psalm 1. Read Matthew 7:13-29. There is no third.
There are two kinds of people. Those who delight in God’s Word and those who don’t.
There are two roads: a broad road and a narrow one.
There are two kinds of houses: those built on the sandy land, and those built on the Rock.
There are two kinds of trees: those that bear fruit and those that don’t.
There are two eternal destinies, not three.
As Derek Kidner as pointed out, there will come a day when the two ways, and there is no third, part forever.
Filed under: Uncategorized
It’s a big young universe out there, and if you’d like to do a little exploring, you can experience what it would be like to fly over Mars.
This is a cool link. Take the ride by clicking here.
HT: Justin Taylor
Filed under: Recommended Links
God bless Ted Kennedy, and God bless Cal Thomas.
Cal Thomas has written a warm column regarding the senior senator from Massachusetts’ cancer. You can read it here.
Thomas’ title is, “God bless Ted Kennedy.” I wonder if, when you read it, you wouldn’t pray for Senator Kennedy. But, also pray for Cal Thomas, who stands for Christ and truth year in and year out.
I’m thankful for Cal Thomas.
Filed under: Recommended Reading
In 2005 a man named William P. Young wrote a book called The Shack. Originally, it was written for his children. Soon, however, a small, little known publishing house, made it available to the public, and now it is wildly popular.
The fact that a work of fiction has gotten so much attention, especially coming from an unknown author and publishing house is surprising.
On another level, it is not so surprising. The goal of The Shack is to address the question, “Where is life in world so filled with pain?” This an itch that everyone knows. Any book that scratches, or appears to scratch, that itch in a compelling way is going to sell like ice cold bottled water in the Gobi dessert.
If you haven’t read the book, you know someone who has. And, because the Shack has a theological agenda, it is important that it be read discerningly.
I would encourage all of you to read Tim Challies’ excellent review of The Shack by clicking here. Tim’s review, not The Shack is the reading I am recommending here.
