1040 Miles

That’s the goal: 1040 miles run in 2009. Mark Perry, my friend and the assistant pastor at Westerville Bible Church near Columbus, pulled it off in 2008 (Nice job, Mark!), inspiring me to give it a try. It’s not shockingly difficult: just 20 miles a week. But it’s 20 miles every week, and it’s a [...]

Quick Hits (12/23/08), Christmas Edition

Here are some barely edited thoughts related in way or another to Christmas…
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Christmas Past
If you’ve not yet read Amy Johnson’s testimony regarding the hardships her family endured (and someone you know is probably enduring) at this time of year, you need to. It’s up at Bixby’s place, and it provides a convicting and helpful push [...]

New Hymn Posted at ChurchWorksMedia.com

I’m very pleased to be able to make a new hymn by Eric J. Alexander and Paul S. Jones available at ChurchWorksMedia.com. What Manner of Love is a beautiful meditation on 1 John 3:1-3 that is filled with biblical allusions. Alexander’s profound text takes us from Christ’s incarnation, through His atoning death, to the joys [...]

We Need a Theology of Work

One of the areas of life in which believers most mirror unbelievers is in our thinking about work. We want to avoid it. We long for the day when it’s over, whether that means the weekend (short-term) or retirement (long-term). We hate Mondays. We love Fridays. We complain about our schedules, our work environments, and [...]

I Got an Email from National Geographic!

No kidding. And it’s not about a holiday subscription special. Here’s a very gracious note in response to my post about the dubious award-winning photograph:
Hi Chris,
I read your blog post about the National Geographic photoshop story. I work with National Geographic wanted to provide you with the official statement on the matter:
The International [...]

If It Seems Too Good To Be True…

“Oops.”
That’s what someone at National Geographic must be saying since an obviously (and poorly) photoshopped picture has won the esteemed magazine’s 2008 Viewer’s Choice award. I say “photoshopped” only because I’m assuming that reflections work the same way in India as they do here. However, I admit that I’ve not been there, so perhaps I’m [...]

MacArthur’s Salvation Synopsis

I was excited to learn that Grace to You (following the example of Desiring God, I would guess) has provided all of John MacArthur’s sermons for free online. However, last week was the first time I’ve been able to take advantage of it. I was studying reconciliation from Colossians 1:20-22, and this message was quite [...]

ChurchWorksMedia.com News (12/12/08)

I’ve been encouraged by the positive response to ChurchWorksMedia.com, the new church resource site I launched with a few friends earlier this week. There has been more activity and more positive feedback than I expected. Praise the Lord!
In the coming days, we’ll be posting some beautiful hymns composed by Paul S. Jones and written by [...]

Quick Hits (12/11/08)

Miscellaneous links and thoughts, most of which have something to do with doctors…
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Dr. Barrett
It would be well worth your time to listen to Dr. Michael Barrett preach the excellencies of Christ from Colossians 1 in this sermon. It was preached at Bob Jones University in 2001. What an efficient use of 30 minutes!
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Dr. Mohler on [...]

Introducing ChurchWorksMedia.com

By God’s grace, the hymns I’ve made available at My Two Cents have been well received. I’ve wanted to make them more accessible and to add to them both more hymns of my own and the work of like-minded friends. To that end, I’m pleased to introduce ChurchWorksMedia.com, a new site committed to providing excellent [...]