Interesting view of self-centered Pentecostalism from a veteran Emergent: "As the mass choir (three churches) sang, I felt a stirring in my spirit, but not the same stirring of the spirit these people were singing about or any type of “stirring of the S
Titled "To hell and back", from Dateline NBC. Carlton now peaches that everybody gets a free pass to Heaven--everybody. Says Pearson: "I was resentful of God. See, if you fear God the way we’re taught to fear Him, you’ll serve Him, you’ll believe in
An AOL researcher inadverntly released a database of 21 million search queries to the Web. It's been snagged and is providing a valuable trove of sociological search behavior ... and potential privacy intrusion if the ID numbers are ever associated with u
- Technorati tracking 50 Million+ blogs - Blogosphere over 100x bigger than 3 years ago. - Blogosphere doubling in size every 200 days - 2+ blogs created every second, 18.6 posts per second (2x last year's volume) - ~70% of the pings Technorati receiv
See the ever-brilliant Dan Edelen's series of posts: "Tough questions every American Christian will face at some point in life—that's a Gut Check" Dan's a PneumaBlogger well worth checking out.
Their numbers have doubled in the last five years from 600 to 1,200 nationwide. And now, more and more, a single church may become a megachurch by having branches at several locations.
Useful article with great links. For more than just pastors. Excerpt: The Assemblies of God "has identified five stages of porn use, each with its own required restoration process. * curiosity: requires three months professional counseling. * experimental
From Christianity.ca Review by Denyse O'Leary: "Editor Bobby Maddex, working under the Fellowship of St. James, which also produces the ecumenical thinkrag Touchstone, has tossed out the usual dull faith-and-science stuff. He has produced a magazine o
Excellent video and audio mashup of George Bush and the U2 hit, "Sudnday, Bloody Sunday." The site features quicktime, but you can currently download a wmv version here: http://www.2nd1.net/uploads/bloodybushday.wmv and if neither of those work for you, s
What kind of evidences are they talking about? There’s an amazing variety. They don’t state it right upfront, but they are organizing their “20 compelling evidences” in a way that takes readers through the doctrines of creation, fall, redemption,
Francis S. Collins led the international Human Genome Project that mapped the 3.1 billion chemical base pairs in humanity's DNA. He now directs the U.S. government program on applying that information to medical treatments. ... his most complete argument
Only four Shakers are left in the world, all living in southern Maine. But if they can't attract converts to their celibate lifestyle and this really is the end for them, they have a plan to ensure that their legacy lives on forever.
Interview with scholar and believer Gordon Anderson, president of North Central University, an Assemblies of God-operated institution in downtown Minneapolis.
Subtitled, "Apropriate Response to the Emerging Church Movement," the author is David Kowalski, an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God. He has written a number of articles, including two in the recently published “Encyclopedia of Pentecostal