Report on Crown College Youth Congress 2006
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C.D. Cauthorne, Jr. reports on his trip to Powell, Tennessee for Youth Congress 2006
"Promotions become unbiblical when they leave the arena of legitimate need-filling, and are used instead to take advantage of the superficial desires of man."
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“Recipe for Promotional Disaster: Turkey Bits and Rice”- the latest from the Big Orange Truck.
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The Price of a Christian Education
When we speak of the price of a Christian education, many think only of dollar signs. True, expenses have risen, and one can no longer attend a Christian college for approximately $1,000 a year as I did when I began my freshman year of college!
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Beauty and the Best (Part 2 of 2)
Toward the Development of Christian Aesthetics in Music
While the Bible never specifically connects music with beauty, it does connect worship with beauty in several Old Testament passages. Consider these verses (with emphasis added):
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"...(I)f Awana is directly or indirectly harmful, then however noble its end, it is a means of desperation."
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Todd Mitchell ponders Awana’s system of rewards at With Tears Oppressed
UPDATED: Part II now available
UPDATED: Part II now available
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"In my mind, neither evangelicalism nor fundamentalism needs a voice in the wider culture. Pursuing that voice has been the root of most of the church's problems."
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Dave Doran in the comments of Nate Busenitz’s post “We Do Believe in Separation”
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Beauty and the Best (Part 1 of 2)
Toward the Development of Christian Aesthetics in Music
For centuries, economists struggled to answer the seeming disparity between the value of diamonds and the value of water. This paradox was discussed by great thinkers such as Copernicus, Locke, and Smith. Water is essential for life and has many purposes but is far less valuable than diamonds which are mostly appreciated for their beauty alone. Shouldn’t water carry the greater value?
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Wisdom for Watertown
Rarely does God’s Word seem so practical as when we go through deep waters. Solomon has much to say to the current dilemma surrounding MBBC, and I hope to share some words “fitly spoken” (Prov. 25:11) to help hurting souls react in a Christlike manner. I read many websites, blog comments, forum posts, and personal emails related to the situation. Some were healthy; some were toxic. I have received phone calls from those on “both sides” of the issue. It’s not the volume of correspondence that concerns me. It’s the passion behind them. What does God want us to do?
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"How could different fundamentalist leaders, all of whom held the same doctrinal convictions (the fundamentals), respond so differently to the question of ecclesiastical separation?"
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Nate Busentiz has an interesting post on “History’s Blurred Line of Separation”
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