Okay, I had a really weird dream last night.  I could use some “interpretive” input. For an unknown reason, I was buying some merchandise from a store full of Jewish artifacts.  Maps, charts, Old Testament stuff.  Since I’m currently writing my way through the OT for “What’s in the Bible,” I guess that part makes [...]

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I’ve got a problem.  I feel like I need to see the latest animated films to keep up on things, but my kids are now all old enough that they aren’t that excited about seeing animated films with me.  So I’ve been missing some lately that I really wanted to see.  So I came up [...]

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Okay, it appears iPads are taking over.  I'm sitting among about 30 parents at a volleyball tournament (all three of our kids play volleyball).  Typically, in a group like this there would be about 6-7 laptops out on tables as parents try to pass the time between matches.  But laptops are so… 2010.  Scanning the [...]

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This is a little concerning.  Are you familiar with the Manhattan Declaration?  Chuck Colsen and quite a few other leaders in the evangelical world came together to sign a statement reinforcing their commitment to the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and a few other key social issues.  More than a half-million Christians – by one [...]

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A seasonal greeting from fan/friend/illustrator Amy Lester…

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If you've watched "What's in the Bible?" #1, you probably noticed that I made a very brief, joking reference to the "big bang theory" when we talk about Creation.  I've had a few fans write to complain about the joke, because they believe the big bang theory is anti-Christian, and therefore shouldn't be mentioned in [...]

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This morning in my devotions I was rereading the notes I had taken from Henry Blackaby's study on the book of Samuel, and I came across this quote from Mr. Blackaby: "To tell the people that He is with us in all of His power when there is no evidence of it in our lives [...]

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Father's Day was last Sunday, in case you missed it.  (And if you did – quick!  Call your dad!) In honor of this beloved yet somewhat fading holiday, I'm posting a link to a rather deep but very intriguing essay by Andrew Peach (yum!) entitled "The Demise of Fatherhood."  Okay, it isn't a very cheery [...]

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Every now and then something happens that reminds me why we're working so hard to launch something new for kids.  It can be something big and dramatic, or something small and seemingly innocuous.  Last night it was something small. My 11 year-old daughter was singing a song from Disney's Hannah Montana (aka Miley Cyrus).  She [...]

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Very interesting conversation about the Olympics in specific, and athletic pursuits in general. I certainly wasn't suggesting Christians pull out of elite athletics, merely posing the question – if elite athletics vanished overnight, would we really be worse off? What worries me most about athletics is the obsession it grows into.  20 years ago you [...]

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