“…Manwë wept and bowed his head. But at that last word of Fëanor: that at the least the Noldor should do deeds to live in song for ever, he raised his head, as one that hears a voice far off,…
What is stated is often not the message being sent by what is stated. At a retreat I recently attended the core of the speaker’s message over several days, to both Christians and presumed non-Christians, was, “God loves you unconditionally….
I’ve been thinking about this article from Rare the past week. The article discusses the trailer for the upcoming Tom Hanks/Emma Watson/John Boyega movie The Circle. The movie is an adaptation of a novel about a company like “Google or…
I was reading an excerpt of Tony and Bart Campolo’s book Why I Left, Why I Stayed over at Hemant Mehta’s Friendly Atheist blog. The book focuses on Bart’s well known apostasy to Humanism and his father remaining a Christian….
So often the premise of revival is doubt. “Are you really saved?” “Have you changed enough in order to prove salvation?” “Do you actually believe?” “Growing up in church isn’t enough – you have to have a transformed life. Is…
