Archive for July, 2009
Chick Flicks & the Gospel
I watched Twilight last night. Yes, I loved it. Yes, I want to watch the sequel. Yes, I need to read the books now. As I was watching it, I kept thinking, “Why am I enjoying this movie so much? Seriously, vampire love? I hate vampire movies.” But, it followed the classic formula that will [...]
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Stewarding Eternal Souls
I was driving for hours and hours on I-35 from Fort Worth back to Austin today after visiting my family for a few days (there are a few pics at the end of this post). For about an hour, both kiddos were asleep at the same time in the backseat. Blissful as it was, I [...]
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One Hundred Days
“We are a celebrating people.” Halim tells me this all the time. I think that usually he finds something to celebrate because his end goal is to eat large amounts of good food with friends and family. So, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we have celebrated Evie’s 100th day. This is a Korean [...]
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Spectacular Sins
Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ is just great. While the focus is on God’s purpose in the big ugly “global” sins that we see in the Bible, and how He uses them to glorify Himself and save His people, it really made me think about His sovereignty even over my [...]
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Middle Eastern Conquerers
When we visited Israel in 2007, we were able to participate in a day of lectures by various Israeli professors. One of the professors was discussing the history of the Middle East and what kingdoms and empires had ruled over it at various times. He showed us this interactive map that is fascinating – it [...]
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