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I haven’t had the energy or time to post new entries during summer school, but I just read this encouraging article about the rise of Christianity in China in Time magazine. I taught English in the university district of Beijing from 1990-92, and I can hardly imagine the phenomenal growth of the Shouwang church there.…

Thanks to Pete Scribner, who alerted me to this “final solution.” http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:onionsportsnetwork.com:377752 Onion SportsDome

I will resist the easy jokes about the rapture that didn’t occur last weekend–you know, where I say how I expected you to be here on Monday regardless of what happened on Saturday–and instead go in a more helpful, pastoral direction.  I think that Christians were right to scoff at Camping’s prediction, but it bothered me that sometimes…

I just returned from three days serving as a chaperone at my son’s sixth grade camp, where I survived weaponized cans of Ax body spray (I now know who buys this stuff) and a few kids who have little respect for authority. It probably doesn’t help their humility when, after being asked to thank their…

I don’t have much to add to this heading, except to say that if you would like to read Christ Alone in an electronic, slightly less expensive version, now you can.

My creative colleague Jeremy Grinnell (Asst. Prof. of Systematic Theology) has not read Rob Bell’s book (though he has agreed to review it for JETS), but he was troubled by the lopsided rhetoric in Rob’s promo video. He noted that the video will persuade many people, not because of its content but because of the power…

Today is the 30th anniversary of the biggest sporting event of my Northeast Ohio childhood.  In case you think your teams have played worse than mine, remember that this is my biggest highlight.  It’s interesting that the announcer called Mike Davis’ interception a “miracle,” as if Cleveland fans had any doubts that God was against…

Here’s my latest Our Daily Journey entry which arose from reading Calvin’s 1541 Institutes with my students.  read > Ephesians 2:1-10 God saved you by his grace when you believed.  And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.  Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done,…

Here’s an entry for Our Daily Journey that I worked up today.  It made me stop and think, so I share it with you in the hopes that you might profit and give me ways to improve it.  read > Ecclesiastes 4:1-8 Who am I working for?  Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?…