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Happy anniversary, King James

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:11:55 +0000

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, but do you know why this anniversary is particularly important? Earlier this month, Danny Foster of Wycliffe Bible Translators gave a powerful history lesson involving martyrdom and a great challenge rooted in the Great Commission that explains why remembering what led to the King [...]

Afghanistan’s temporary boys

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:10:02 +0000

Transvestites are a well-known taboo in Western society as they don clothing of the opposite sex while often taking on that gender role. Now what happens when this seemingly adult exclusive habit becomes commonplace for children? Here in the West there would probably be outrage, yet in Afghanistan parents dressing their daughters in male attire [...]

Altered thinking

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:08:27 +0000

The Big Day: we spend hours thinking about it, we plan months ahead for it, we pay thousands of dollars to get it, and in less than 24 hours, it’s over. A modern wedding like this primes couples for a marriage based on hedonism and egotism. The wedding began as a celebration of the union [...]

Date ideas for TWU students

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:04:52 +0000

Students, the end of the year is near and insanity is building up as you write that last midterm, finish those last minute papers, all while getting ready for exams which are just around the corner. With all the busyness there is hardly any downtime, never mind any time to spend with that special someone. [...]

Reflections on a day without food

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:02:05 +0000

I decide it’s time to give my stomach a 20 hour break and my brain a workout. The doctors say fasting is good for the stomach acid, and Christians say it is Biblical: this is a win-win. Hour One: I ate a scanty supper. I contemplate going to bed early — less hours of hunger [...]

Who do you think you are?

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:44:52 +0000

As Christians, we are called to surrender ourselves to God fully and completely. This is a powerful calling to faith, but it is often misinterpreted. God doesn’t call us to become blank slates for Him; otherwise every Christian would be the exact same person. We are all very different people, and every one possesses a [...]

I had a weird dream last night

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:36:53 +0000

Throughout the span of biblical times, God has used dreams to speak into the lives of people. In Genesis, God worked through dreams to express what was to come when He gave an account of the future generations to Abraham. In Matthew, the Lord spoke by way of an angel to Joseph telling him not [...]

The frightening 13

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:31:50 +0000

What’s the big deal with the number 13? When my dad got stitches, the doctor sewing him up offered to give him a fourteenth, though unnecessary, stitch because he thought he might not be comfortable with having an ill-omened amount. The doctor was right to consider “Triskaidekaphobia” because fear of the number 13 is everywhere, [...]

10 things not to TWU on a date

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:28:22 +0000

Trinity Western University students, you are surrounded by an abundant supply of like-minded and attractive members of the opposite sex; thus dating relationships become quite probable as spring rolls around and you get to know that special someone a little bit better. So what do you do after the DTR (TWU lingo for “define-the-relationship”), you [...]

Hungry for spirituality

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:21:51 +0000

Religious cannibalism is not about hunger or taste or greed, but defense and protection for the entire community and respect for every form of life that God placed on this earth. We seem to invariably associate cannibalism with desperation, depravity, deviancy, and disgust. In the winter of 1846-1847, members of the snow-bound Donner Party resorted [...]