Putting the “Merry” and the “Christ” into Christmas

The “Merry”:

The “Christ”:

MERRY CHRISTmas!

Merry Christmas!

I pray that you might experience the Messiah as your Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

Praying for Tiger

Here we go again. Another “model” athlete falls from his lofty perch … and what a lofty perch it is! The bigger they are the harder they fall. They don’t come much bigger than this one. Tiger Woods is easily the most popular athlete on the planet.

You can read the rest of my latest column HERE.

Gladwell on Football and Dogfighting

About a month ago I decided the best thing that could be changed in the sport of football would be to get rid of the helmets. It would bring the sport back to tackling by wrapping a guy and would result in less head injuries. Reading Malcolm Gladwell’s recent masterpiece for the New Yorker has strengthened my position on the matter. Here is a small portion of the article for you to sample:

In the nineteenth century, dogfighting was widely accepted by the American public. But we no longer find that kind of transaction morally acceptable in a sport. “I was not aware of dogfighting and the terrible things that happen around dogfighting,” Goodell said, explaining why he responded so sternly in the Vick case. One wonders whether, had he spent as much time talking to Kyle Turley as he did to Michael Vick, he’d start to have similar doubts about his own sport.”

Tour of My House, part 1 (the master bathroom)

So, I know many of my church members have seen my office at work. But few have had the privelege of stepping into the bathroom off of our master bedroom. I took a pic to let you know what it looked like because I know that many of you are just dying to know. Behold!  The master bath:

I Wish I Had Thought of This…

What a cool idea!

HT: Zach Nielsen

Some Questions Every Pastor Should Ask Himself

Craig Groeschel, in his book it, asks some questions every pastor should ask every once in a while. These are the type of questions that help keep me centered. It has been the practice of asking myself these kinds of questions that, I am convinced, has kept me in vocational ministry. For those of you have been in full-time vocational ministry for long, and who care deeply about the effectiveness of the ministry to which you have been assigned, you will understand what I am talking about as you read these questions:

Have you forsaken your first love? Be honest. Do you love ministry more than you love Christ? Do you care more about what people think about you than what God thinks about you? Do you strategize about ways to grow your ministry more than you think about how to grow God’s people? Do you study the Bible more to preach more than you study it to hear from God? Do you pray more often in public than you do in private? Have you lost your first love?”   – Craig Groeschel, it, p. 170.

Russell Moore Reviews the Latest Disney Film

As one who grew up right across the state line from New Orleans and spent most of my young life romping through its streets and marshes, I took my family to see Disney’s latest animated film “The Princess and the Frog,” set in the Crescent City and the bayous around it.”

Read the rest HERE.

“What Happens When You’re Told…You Shouldn’t Have Been Born?”

A heartfelt post about the new era of abortion we have entered, written by one who, most likely, would be aborted today.

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God