Inside TomKat’s Scientology Ceremony

From SermonAudio.com via CBSNews.com:
(CBS) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will marry Saturday in a Scientology ceremony — a wedding that is full of mystery for most people.
Theology professor Dr. Sarah Sumner says the big difference is the way Scientologists look at God.
“In a Christian wedding, the primary witness of the wedding is God himself and [...]

Love can look a lot like patience

A teacher had just finished putting the last pair of galoshes on her first graders, 32 pairs in all. The last little girl said, “You know what, teacher? These aren’t my galoshes.” The teacher removed them from her feet. Then the little girl said, “They are my sister’s, and she let me wear them.” The [...]

“God’s Instrument” The story of Squanto

Here is a great message from my friend Doug Vandermeulen:
Greetings in Christ on Thanksgiving,
God’s decrees are His eternal purpose according to His the counsel of His will whereby, for His own glory, He has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass. He executes His decrees in the works of creation and providence. Here is a [...]

Yet Another Minister is “Let Off the Hook” for Blessing Same-Sex Unions

Albert Mohler posted the following commentary on this recent development from the PCUSA Newswire:
Another mainline Protestant minister has defied church law, blessed a same-sex union, and yet escaped discipline. In this case the denomination is the Presbyterian Church USA and the minister is identified as “a direct descendant of legendary Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards.”
From PCUSANEWS:
A [...]

Living out the Christian life, through understanding “imputation”

Russel Moore, sitting in for Albert Mohler had a great show on the doctrine of imputation and how that affects how we live out the Christian life, and how we deal with a guilty conscience.
My favorite quote was:
In most churches today we are not addressing the cry of the guilt conscience. Instead people are being [...]

Family-Integrated Church

Family-Integrated Church
by J. Mark Fox
This book is the story of how one church has been working to bring families back together and is surviving and thriving without age-segregated programs. You will laugh, be encouraged, and be inspired. A workable blueprint for change! Paperback; 184 pages; $13.99
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Relative truth meets physical body parts

I got this from FRC, and thought it was just another example of how our postmodern culture is infringing on what most would call “absolute” truths.
In New York City, gender might be more than the sum of your physical parts. The city’s board of health is considering a rule that would allow people to change [...]

A restored friendship is sweeter than revenge

The story goes that a Korean houseboy was hired by a group of American soldiers during the war to take care of their needs. The soldiers liked this young man, but they tormented him mercilessly. They would nail his shoes to the floor while he slept. They would put grease on the stove handles, or [...]

“An Appeal to Methodist Leadership,” by: UMC Pastor Rob Renfroe

Dr. Albert Mohler has a commentary on an article written in the Good News Magazine by Rob Renfroe, a United Methodist Pastor. I wish there were more UMC pastors like this him.
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Defining the Issues — A Methodist Witness
Dr. Albert Mohler
Rob Renfroe, a minister at The Woodlands United Methodist Church near Houston, Texas, writes a very [...]