20 Mar 2007 2

Elias’ B-Day

My son, Elias Keach, turns three today. He’s named after the Elias Keach, son of Benjamin Keach. Elias’ story is great, but I’ll shorten it here and say he was a pastor/church planter in the late seventeenth century both in America and London, England. Our Elias is a fun, happy, and tough little boy. This [...]

03 Sep 2006 6

Relevant Magazine

Relevant Magazine: God, Life, Progressive Culture. Relevant is an interesting magazine. For me, it’s a bit like Christianity Today in that it has some stuff in it I like, and some stuff I don’t, but that is what makes it an interesting read. The idea of writing off a magazine because it doesn’t reflect all [...]

16 Feb 2006 4

Covenant Worldwide

Covenant Theological Seminary has launched Covenant Worldwide. From the website:
Covenant Worldwide is a free educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. It flows from Covenant Theological Seminary’s grace-centered Gospel mission and exists to make high-quality, graduate-level theological education available to those who do not have the ability to attend seminary.
Covenant Worldwide:

Offers free [...]

25 Jan 2006 11

Darfur

Al Mohler has written an excellent piece concerning the genocide in Darfur and called the church to both awareness and action. In our comfortable climate it can be easy to forget our God calls us to more than personal devotions and a private prayer life. He calls us to work for justice, to value mercy [...]

07 Nov 2005 8

3rd Century Church

“Israeli prisoner Ramil Razilo was removing rubble from the planned site of a new prison ward when his shovel uncovered the edge of an elaborate mosaic, unveiling what Israeli archaeologists said Sunday may be the Holy Land’s oldest church.” It may turn out to be the oldest discovered church in the world.
Crosses are not [...]