The Green President

Al Gore thinks he can explain away his outrageous use of energy by “buying carbon offsets”.  He thinks florescent bulbs will save the environment.  Maybe, he houses are really big and probably have hundreds of lightbulbs .
There is a home in Texas that sounds like the home Al Gore SHOULD have if he really [...]

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A Blight Upon Reformed Christians

Perhaps it is because I’m preaching on the part of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus tells us to love our enemies, but…
There is a problem I’ve become aware of in the last 6-8 months.  I didn’t want to blog on it because I didn’t want to draw the ire of those who are [...]

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Plethora of Jesus-Tomb Resources

Director James Cameron is trying to sink Christianity with the latest round of absurd allegations to be rehashed by someone known for pseudohistory.  Before I get there, I want to mention Peter’s words in the first chapter of his second letter.  They are pertinent.
“For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known [...]

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Notes to Leaders from Jack Miller- 2/27

“Think much of the Savior’s suffering for you on that dreadful cross, think much of your sin that provoked such suffering, and then enter by faith into the love that took away your sin and guilt, and then give your work your best.”
Vision: “What I would stress, then, is that a man of vision gets [...]

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Pensee for the Day: Calvin on Evangelism

“Because we do not know who belongs to the number of the predestined, or does not belong, our desire ought to be that all may be saved; and hence every person we meet we will desire to be with us a partaker of peace.”  John Calvin
Yes, I feel a sense of conviction for my own [...]

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Environmental Indulgences & the Carbon Bigfoot

Oscar presenters received environmental indulgences paid to TerraPass for $100,000 of CO2 emissions.  You can buy your way out of your environmental guilt- way cool.
I put my car in their little emissions calculator.  My car (if I drive 12,000 miles) emits 9,000 lbs of CO2 each year.  Wow, 9,000 lbs. of guilt is a heavy burden to [...]

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Review: One Step Closer

I guess I’m on a U2 streak.  This is the 2nd book this year on the band, that I have read.  This is Christian Scharen’s One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking God.  Scharen is a Lutheran minister who is associate director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.  So, this would [...]

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A Church Splits on Shiboleth

A Presbyterian Church in Luisiana split over the pronounciation of a single letter in Hebrew.  Yes, Hebrew.  You say “vav”, they say ”waw”.   They fought over this for 5 years.  Yes, 5 years (the old Bowie song just popped into my head).
That would be the strangest split I’ve heard about… if it were true.  Thankfully, this is [...]

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Friday Photo: 2/23/07

My in-laws’ place in the Airdondack after the Big Storm last week.  Notice the car on the right.

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Remembering DJ

As I was getting ready to leave the office yesterday afternoon, I did a last check of the sports news.  I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.  Dennis Johnson, whose number was rightfully retired by the Boston Celtics, had passed away.
I spent my teens & early 20s watching DJ play for the Celtics.  Before coming [...]

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Pensee for the Day- Piper on Following Jesus

“He (Jesus) did not die to make this life easy for us or prosperous.  He died to remove every obstacle to our everlasting joy in making much of him.  And he calls us to follow him in his sufferings because this life of joyful suffering for Jesus’ sake (Matt. 5:12) shows that he is more [...]

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A New Gig

Beginning Monday, I’ll be teaching a Church History class at a ‘local’ classical academy.  This is only 1 class a day.  This will be my first foray into classroom teaching (having to test and grade people).  Motivating 5 9th graders who have little/no interest in Church History (combines two of my favorite things- history & [...]

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One Church, One Village

In one of his sermons on Ruth, Mark Driscoll mentioned a program they are involved in at Mars Hill.  This program is designed to help the on-going crisis in Africa beyond just providing ‘handouts’.
In this program, a church will partner with a local African church to establish an orphan village.  It goes beyond an orphanage [...]

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Ben on Rob

Methodist scholar Ben Witherington has a few things to say about Rob Bell.  Though he mentions Rob’s two books (which I need to read to see if Driscoll’s critiques are valid [they are]), the focus is on the Lexington stop on his new book tour for Sex God.  He likes alot of what Rob is [...]

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Nashua Pride Sign El Guapo

El Guapo is not the villian from The Three Amigos in this case.  It is the nickname of the infamous Red Sox relief pitcher Rich Garces.  He had a pretty good run with the Red Sox (among others), but seemed to enjoy food a bit too much.  He ate himself out of baseball.
But El Guapo [...]

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Mission Accomplished: G-Squared Delivered

Gerald Green came, saw and conquered.  He got the high score in both rounds of the preliminaries.
Can I just say that I hate the multiple attempts to make a dunk?
Some class, as Green cheered Robinson on when it was getting ugly.
You have to be kidding me?  2 attempts after taking 8 attempts during the 2 [...]

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G Squared is a Dunk Machine

Gerald Green aka G-Money will be competing in the dunk competition this year at All-Star Weekend.  He has a growing reputation as an exciting player with some monstrous dunks.  Here is some of what he can do.  The Cheif has put together a Top 10 to U2’s Elevation.  Now, if he can just get the defensive [...]

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Franchise Player

The New England Patriots named free agent Asante Samuel as their franchise player.
He had a breakout season.  These days, if you can find a shutdown cornerback, you don’t let him go.
The Patriots didn’t want to let this one go.  Since Brady didn’t demand a gi-normous contract like some other quarterbacks (ahem) they have some cap [...]

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Fun With Benny

You might think it is Benny Hill, but it is Benny Hinn.
 Okay… some guys had some fun with editing, sound effects and music.
Smackdown!

It even uses the Benny Hill music.
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

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NBA: No Bashing Allowed

The onslaught of media coverage about John Amaechi and (mostly) Tim Hardaway’s stupid comments has been hard to avoid.  This is a story laden with conflicted interests, hypocrisy and so much more.  I find this particularly humorous since ESPN has been making the biggest deal about Hardaway’s comments. 
How It Happened: Until Tim was asked the infamous [...]

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