10:55 AM Sam Storms has written an insightful article called Katrina, Common Grace, and a Theory about the End of the Age. Read through to the end to see the theological connection between the looting in New Orleans and the removal of common grace as we near the end of this age. He is not saying that the hurricane is a sign…
10:41 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Eyes on Katrina. 6:51 PM Here’s an amazing list of online resources relating to Hurricane Katrina. The list includes quite a few blogs that give a ground-level view of the disaster. 6:46 PM This morning a reporter from the Oak Leaves interviewed me about Calvary’s res…
9:49 PM Here are the latest entries on the Crosswalk weblog: Be Quick About It When You’re Going Through Hell 9:43 PM This Sunday we will take a special offering for disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We did something similar in December after the tsunami disaster. We will channel our gifts through Samar…
2:25 PM As anyone who has been there can attest, China is a complex country. No one disputes that the gospel is spreading across the country at an amazing rate. There are open doors … and there is also another reality. Click here to read a firsthand account of a recent encounter in which dozens of Chinese Christians …
9:26 PM Here’s one thing that surprised me about the reunion over the weekend. I ran into quite a few folks in my age group (late 40s-early 50s) who said they have retired. Most of them worked for the school system, but several worked for government agencies. One friend (a year or two younger than me) said that he was retir…
9:51 PM We had a wonderful Homecoming service this morning at the First Baptist Church in Russellville. As we were walking into the church, an older lady came up and said, “You don’t remember me but I was your science teacher in the 7th grade.” Several people in their 30s and early 40s said, “Your father (who was a su…
11:43 AM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Sweet Home Alabama Is Jesus the Only Way? 10:35 AM I am writing this note from my brother Andy’s home on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River in beautiful (and steamy) Florence, Alabama, located in the NW corner of the state, where Alabama, Mississippi and Ten…
5:52 AM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Fried Green Tomatoes. 4:50 PM 1685 miles. 11:03 AM I found an article praising opossums. That’s so rare that I thought it deserved a link. 9:54 AM In 1983 Ronald Reagan wrote a groundbreaking article called Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation. Read it and remembe…
6:54 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Pat Robertson, Secret Agent. 4:45 PM This weeks’s edition of the Christian Carnival is now online. It contains articles from many parts of the Christian blogosphere, including one by yours truly. 4:03 PM Last week the church received a $150,000 estate gift that the eld…
9:27 PM Mark and Dave McKee have posted some pictures from their first week in China. Last weekend they visited the Olympic stadium in Qinghuangdao and, finding it empty, they and their friends pretended to be Olympics sprinters, long jumpers, etc. There are also a few pictures from the Forbidden City in Beijing. Be sure an…