Silence of the church

08/24/11 Notes from Chuck Colson at BreakPoint Let’s do a little thinking about modern education — how it’s failed us and what alternatives we have. So-called “modern” education was already failing students in Sayers’s time (1947), and it certainly is today.  That’s why so many people, including Christians, misunderstand facts, or they’re swayed by specious…

Joyful Confidence in God: The Dark Night of Soulby John Ortberg, from Soul Keeping When God Seems Silent Because the soul is the deepest expression of the person, the soul is the place of greatest pain. We do not speak of the dark night of the mind, or the will, or even the spirit; only…

Interview with my Grandmother before she passed at over 100 years of age What is most important in raising kids? The parents should teach them principles, like respecting other people. Teach them to believe in God and take them to church (I know that some of my family members aren’t going to church, but that’s…

Passage I Read Today as a result of sharing time with a younger couple who are learning to struggle well, primarily with difficult health issues:Philippians 4:11‭-‬12 NIV:I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and…

“Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have victims.” – often quoted by John Stonestreet at BreakPoint. How do we keep ourselves from being victims of bad ideas? “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu