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Part 5 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series I began this series with the question: Should Rick Warren say “in the name of Jesus” (or something similar) at the end of his invocation at the inauguration of Barack Obama? Since…

God is Thinking of You Psalm 8:1-9 [W]hat are people that you should think about them, mere mortals that you should care for them? Psalm 8:4 I can’t read Psalm 8:4 without remembering how it sounds in the older translations, “What is man that Thou art mindful of him?” (KJV). And I can’t hear the…

While on vacation a few years ago, I saw the following price tag on the bottom of a souvenir mug: Now I don’t know whether to be worried about what they use in China to make mugs, or what they use for meat. Either way, it is a bit unsettling, don’t you think?

Part 4 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In this series I intend to answer the question of whether or not Rick Warren should say “in Jesus’ name” at the end of his invocation in the inauguration of Barack Obama…

Part 3 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post I showed that Jesus himself taught his followers to pray in his name. But he did not mean that they should say “in Jesus’ name” at the end…

Part 2 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Note: This is a revised and expanded version of a previous post. Yesterday I raised the issue of whether or not Rick Warren should pray “in the name of Jesus” when he…

Part 1 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series A recent AP news story featured this headline: “Warren’s inauguration prayer could draw more ire.” The implied, earlier ire came when President-elect Barack Obama chose Rick Warren to give the invocation at…

On Saturday I put up a link to a fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times: “A closer, faster walk with thee.” This article provided many examples of Christians encouraging other believers to grow in their relationship with God by spending short amounts of devotional time each day (for example, The One Minute Bible or…

Set Apart . . . by God, for God READ Psalm 4:1-8 You can be sure of this: The LORD set apart the godly for himself. The LORD will answer when I call to him. Psalm 4:3 Throughout the Scripture, God sets apart people for himself and his purposes. Often the Bible uses the language…

A friend of mine (thanks, Don) pointed me to a fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times. It’s called, “A closer, faster walk with thee.” The writer, Duke Helfand, chronicles the growing tendency among American Christians to squeeze God into very short segments of time. It would be easy to complain about this, but I…
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