Is Christianity rational?

Over at Pyro, Dan Phillips weighs in with a provocative post about the rationality of Christianity. He distinguishes between rationalism and rationality, a helpful distinctive, for his case that, “If it isn’t rational, it isn’t Christianity.” I deeply appreciate Pyro’s…

Introducing…. MonticelloLive

I hinted the other day that something else was coming in addition to buyitfinditsellit.com, and here ’tis! MonticelloLive.com I’ve developed MonticelloLive to be a one-stop site for community news, information, connnections, fun, and commerce. I am excited about its ability…

Why I’m not a Hog fan

This entry could also be titled, "Why Houston Nutt must go." Let’s just say this… completely predictable offensive game calling. Since 1997, Arkansas fans have defended Nutt, but it’s just nuts to continue. I quit watching the game this evening…

iPods anyone?

Early holiday presents for the bargain shopper… I’ve bought six different iPods direct from Apple. All are refurbished and come with Apple’s one-year warranty. No manuals, but they do come with cases and software. The iPod mini’s come with headphones…

Mental weeding

I am continuing my study of 1 Peter and hope to post a more lengthy commentary on it in the days to come, but today I was stopped dead by one phrase in one verse, 1 Peter 2.6: The one…

Chicken little

So I’m driving to Little Rock today and get passed by this chicken truck bearing thousands of hormone-hopped foul to their early deaths. As it passed me, I glanced over and saw Houdini the Chicken. He’s perched between all the…

Personal ministry vision statement

A few years ago, I developed the following as my personal ministry vision statement. I stumbled back across it today while I was looking for something else on my computer and was encouraged by it. (Is it possible to be…

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