October 23rd, 2011
Busy people consider having the time to take a seat and read a book a luxury. Many of us are so caught up in today’s world especially with work, college, travel, hobbies, and other activities. There’s barely additional time left for reading. This fact makes it hard for the proponents of Christ, because part of [...]
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December 21st, 2010
Christmas spirit is in full force in my house, right now. My last day of work ended at 4:00 this morning. The tree is up. The shopping is almost all done. The baby is having fun looking at and playing with all the decorations. And most of all, we’re listening to Christmas music.
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July 12th, 2010
Richards argues that good intentions do not take the place of doing things right.
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June 19th, 2010
Can’t We Build a Just Society? Myth no. 1: The Nirvana Myth (contrasting capitalism with an unrealizable ideal rather than with its live alternatives) Richards gives more of his story in this chapter. He was raised in a conservative Texas town, and had a somewhat liberal youth pastor. By the time he graduated high school, he felt like he had a moral obligation to rebel against the conservative authorities in the area.
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June 9th, 2010
I just picked up a book by Jay W. Richards titled Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. I heard him interviewed, and was intrigued, because until now, the only work of his that I’m familiar with is The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery(also available on DVD, I’d recommend both). Naturally I wondered how Richards–who has a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology, is a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute, and spends a lot of time talking about cosmology–could also be expert enough to write a book about economics. So I picked up a copy, and have started reading it.
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May 6th, 2010
Reading bedtime stories to little kids is a custom that will always stay alive and exciting. These stories have a very significant part in building up the personality and values of younger generation and hence, the complete nation. Little kids tend to take their story heroes as their ideals and wish to be just like them. These stories generate, a sense of good and bad in young ones and enhances their character. This is why, it is essential to be very wise while looking for the appropriate stories to read to your kids. These stories should give a message of honesty, valor, obedience, audacity, faith and respect. The greatest book you can get for such stories is the Holy Bible. You can get many Christian books for children that tell the Jesus story and many stories from new and old testament in a very simple and inspiring way.
Tags: Christian books for children, Jesus story
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April 15th, 2010
I’m studying John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life in a Bible study. We recently went through the chapter on world missions. This chapter is specifically about missions outside the country.
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February 1st, 2010
There seems to be a lot of speculation about last season’s finale, and where this final season (which starts tomorrow) might go. I am intrigued at some of the subjects that will likely be covered.
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December 8th, 2009
Every year at this time, I hear a lot about having the holiday spirit. Movies are made. Stores are decorated in mid October. Songs are played on the radio before Thanksgiving, and advertisements abound trying to get people into the holiday spirit. This year, I started wondering, what the holiday spirit actually is.
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September 18th, 2009
A few weeks ago, I posted a tongue-in-cheek guide to Christianese. There is a word that I did not include, because I think it deserves more time and careful thought. The word faith has different meanings for different people. To atheists (and, sadly, some Christians), the word faith means belief without evidence, or worse, belief [...]
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