7:26 PM David Aikman offers a fascinating update on the state of the church in China. (Hat tip to Ken Aycock) 7:25 PM 34 miles. I missed five days of biking because of the snow. Last night I went out after dark, slipping and sliding for 11 miles. Just got back an hour ago from another ride. The roads were better but still s…
10:54 AM Click here to view some amazing before and after satellite photos of the Tsunami disaster. When Dave Hoy sent me this link, he added this sentence: “The cataclysmic events of Scripture suddenly become all the more credible.” 8:55 AM Friday shout-out to Tom Hopkins, Phil Newton, Ed and Chris Keuer, Anne Pettus, …
9:42 PM Here are two new entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Earthquakes and the Second Coming Not Our Kind of God 8:19 PM We leave for China in seven days. This time next Thursday night, we’ll be on the plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. 8:16 PM The coldness is made a bit worse because we’ve all been sick this week with …
9:39 PM The first Christian Carnival of 2005 is now online. It contains a variety of entries by Christian writers from across the blogosphere, including something I wrote yesterday. Several entries offer helpful discussions of the tsunami disaster and the “Where was God?” question. 9:21 PM We leave for China in 8 days. …
6:28 PM Here are three new entries on the Crosswalk weblog: Oak Park and the Future of Our Church Get Off Your “But” It’s Not About Me 11:02 AM Kudos to Darrel Babuk who designed our new church sign. Last week the workers installed the stones around the base and sides of the sign. A concrete cap will be added in a few d…
1:41 PM Monday shout-out to Nick Wilson, Donna Pitts, Barbara Beall Mauri, Carolyn Wheeler, Jason Rauser, and to Bennie Cooper in Seguin, Texas. 1:27 PM When I got to my office today, I found a plastic bag on my desk from John and Margaret Warner. It was full of chocolate Moon Pies. I can’t think of a better way to begin th…
WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY by Ray Pritchard “A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for
everything”
2:52 PM Here are the Don Whitney’s 31 Questions for the New Year that I mentioned in my sermon this morning: 1. What’s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God? 2. What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year? 3. What’s the single most important thing you could do to im…
6:29 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Some Good Counsel for 2005 from Jonathan Edwards. 6:28 PM 12 miles. Time to start climbing that big mountain again. 1:57 PM Last year I rode my bike 3452 miles. Since I started riding a few years ago, the grand total is 17492. About three years ago, Skip Olson challeng…
11:00 PM This is my final weblog entry of 2004. In one hour 2005 will begin. I’m looking forward to all that God has in store for us. Happy New Year to everyone! 10:53 PM The Prayer Party drew a large and enthusiastic crowd to the Upper Room tonight. The crowd was slow in arriving and it took a while for the Breakaway Band …