Archive for December, 2007
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Click here for the December 22 Advent Calendar entry!
More Christmas Carol Surprises
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Part 1 in the series: More Christmas Carol Surprises
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Three years ago I did a blog series called Christmas Carol Surprises. As we draw near to Christmas, I thought it might be good to revisit and add to this series. What follows will be an edited and expanded […]
Advent Calendar for December 21
Friday, December 21st, 2007Click here for the December 21 Advent Calendar entry!
Birthday Tribute
Friday, December 21st, 2007Today I’m celebrating the birthday of one of the finest people I know . . . my son, Nathan. I don’t always blog about my children’s birthdays, but Nathan is turning 15 today, and it seems right to honor him.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that Nathan is one of the finest people I know. […]
A Great Christmas Post and A Dream Cruise
Thursday, December 20th, 2007A Great Christmas Post
Marcus Goodyear, my colleague in the H.E. Butt Foundation, has become one of my favorite bloggers. Marcus has lots of fascinating things to say about all sorts of topics, but I love his commentary on family life most of all (see this post from a couple of weeks ago).
This week Marcus put […]
Advent Calendar for December 20
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Click here for the December 20 Advent Calendar entry!
Advent Calendar for December 19
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Click here for the December 19 Advent Calendar entry!
A Review of Simply Christian by N.T. Wright (Section 4)
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007In the series: Considering N.T. Wright
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In Part One of Simply Christian, N.T. Wright discusses four “echoes of a voice” that incline our hearts in God’s direction. These echoes are: the longing for justice, the quest for spirituality, the hunger for relationships, and the delight in beauty.
In Part […]
A Couple of Helpful Links
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Eyewitness Testimony in Mark’s Gospel
My guest blogger, Dr. James Arlandson, has put up the next post in his excellent series on the Gospels. Here’s everything you wanted to know about Mark and the reliability of this particular Gospel. Thanks, James.
Ramblin’ Dan on Flattened Silos
My colleague at The High Calling of Our Daily Work, Ramblin’ […]
Advent Calendar for December 18
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Click here for the December 18 Advent Calendar entry!
A Review of Simply Christian by N.T. Wright (Section 3)
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007In the series: Considering N.T. Wright
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In my last post in this series I gave a short overview of N.T. Wright’s synopsis of the grand Christian story in his book Simply Christian. In order to know God, Wright argues, we need more than theological pronouncements. We need to […]
Advent Calendar for December 17
Monday, December 17th, 2007Click here for the December 17 Advent Calendar entry!
Sad News . . . Surprising News
Monday, December 17th, 2007Many of my readers will have heard the sad news of Dan Fogelberg’s death on Sunday. He died after a three-and-a-half year battle with prostate cancer.
If you’re under 30, you may never have heard of Dan Fogelberg. And, I’m sad to say, you may associate his music only with Muzak tunes. Fogelberg was a folk […]
Advent Calendar for December 16
Sunday, December 16th, 2007Click here for the December 16 Advent Calendar entry!
Advent Devotion: The Lighting of the Third Candle
Sunday, December 16th, 2007This is an excerpt from my Advent Devotional Guide that uses the Advent wreath. If you have a real wreath, you can use it, either alone, or with others. If you don’t have a wreath, follow this guide, and you can “light” the Advent candle for today online. (I originally wrote this guide for families […]
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