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Check out this tour of various parts of the Papal Basilica known as St. John Lateran, one of the oldest church complexes in the world. http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_giovanni/vr_tour/index-en.html

http://www.brazospress.com/Book.asp?isbn=978-1-58743-274-3 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/isbn=1587432749/bakerbookhouseA So Fat Tuesday is coming, and hard on its heels Lent– the season for repentance, amendment of life, changing one’s lifestyle, fasting, and the like. In other words, the perfect season to get our Christian house in order before Easter.  And clearly we need to do so.  When even non-Christians can see the…

Last week in Chapel Dr. Ben Witherington gave the message.  Here is the audio for you to check out (link). Enjoyhttp://asburyseminary.blogs.com/

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(This is an edited version of the lecture I gave twice in Houston this past week, with good response).            Almost all forms of ancient religion were all about priests, temples, and sacrifices.  This was as true of Greek religion and Roman religion, as true of Babylonian religion as Assyrian religion, and it was true…

Myth Nine:  Since we are saved by grace through faith, God will not hold us responsible for what we do with our money after our conversion.We will not be saved or lost by our deeds, or misdeeds.   This is false, and but a variant of the notion that since salvation is by grace, there…

James Howell is the minister of my home church in Charlotte. Here is a thoughtful two part post he has sent out recently (used by permission). Stewardship is a spiritual practice?  It feels more like the inevitable business side of the Church, bills to pay, budgets to meet… and yet with a personal edge:  How…

It’s back for its sixth and last season, and thank goodness because otherwise much of this year’s TV fare has been forgettable, dreadful, banal, hopeless, pitiful, and vulgar to throw out only a few applicable epithets. J.J. Abrams’ LOST however is of a different ilk altogether.  In fact it has often looked lost, or at…

http://www.brazospress.com/Book.asp?isbn=978-1-58743-274-3 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/isbn=1587432749/bakerbookhouseA   There are certainpsychological dynamics which drive any culture, and two of the most obvious ones inour culture are the consumer and competitive drives.  There are an awful lot of Christians who areconsumer junkies or competition junkies. They have to go to the mall or play some game or watch some game, orthey are…
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