Monthly Archives: January 2012

Faith and Football

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, I have taken the All-American Pastime and used it to illustrate a few changes in our All-American Faith as time has passed. Puritan Football The faithful fanatics are in the … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama and “Ideologies”

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

*Posted by Joe Wooddell In his State of the Union address Tuesday night (January 24, 2012), Barack Obama advised his listeners: “We need to end the notion that . . . politics is about clinging to rigid ideologies instead of … Continue reading →

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Art in Eight Dimensions

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer My granddad loved museums. He always took me to them when I was a kid. A few years before he died, we were together, like old times, wandering through the Baytown Historical Museum. The building itself … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Reflections on Marriage: Part 3

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

*Posted by Everett Berry. For the first two posts in this series, click here and here. In my previous two posts, I discussed some criteria that I developed as a pastor when determining whether to participate in an eager couple’s … Continue reading →

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The Gospel and Race

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

*Posted by Andrew Hebert. Originally posted at lookslikereign.com. Earlier this week, our nation celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No one has done more for racial reconciliation and equality than MLK. Except Jesus. Imagine for a moment that you are … Continue reading →

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New Things Are Not Just for New Year’s

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

*Posted by Barry Creamer God reveals in nature that things start over: • Winter trees spring to blossom. • Buried seeds emerge to life. • Dark nights break to dawn. • Storms yield to calm. • Droughts run to rain. … Continue reading →

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Always at War

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

*Posted by Joe Wooddell Believers are always at war, and the enemy is personal: Satan (the devil) and his demons. We also fight against worldly influences (the world) and our own sinful nature (the flesh), but Satan is the father … Continue reading →

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Tebow Knows

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer Many athletes have spoken openly of their faith—bowing, crossing, looking upward, even “taking a knee” for the Coach—so why is it so shocking when Tim Tebow does it? Even a sports novice like me knew about … Continue reading →

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Do What Makes Sense: Put God First

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

*Posted by Joe Wooddell I am constantly baffled by the bad decisions people – including myself – sometimes make. One of the most obvious cases is health and wellness. Recently a friend told me that, while he was walking past … Continue reading →

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God in a Box

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer From time to time, philosophers have built categories, compartments, or “boxes” to keep the concept of “God” safe from the skeptics. Confined to His box, “God” seems tame, a domesticated divinity—a philosophical pet. And philosophers don’t … Continue reading →

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