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Is It Possible To Go Too Far With Your Faith?
Recently, Jay Leno made a joke that offended some Sikhs. Last night, I saw a news commentator discussing this, and he said something to the effect, “some people take their religion too far.” I think he was expressing a fairly common belief in our culture. It’s fine to believe whatever you want, just don’t let [...]
The Rest of the (Christmas) Story
Last year, I worked with the Creation Museum to develop a magical pre-show program for their Magi drama at their Christmas Town event. While brainstorming, I thought of Paul Harvey’s catchphrase, “the rest of the story,” from his old radio program. It occurred to me that while most people in our culture know the basics of [...]
A Church Impacting Schools in Georgia
I recently completed a series of programs in Tifton, GA. It all started when the Children’s Minister at Northside Baptist Church heard that the local schools didn’t have funds for school assemblies. She came up with the idea of her church partnering with the school to bring in someone who could do both an assembly [...]
, on November 6, 2011
Category: Ministry Tools, Status Report Tagged Outreach, School Assemblies Leave a commentThe Real Secret of Magic
“How’d you do it?” That’s the one question we magicians aren’t ever supposed to answer. Well, I thought I’d make an exception and tell you how magic is really done. Yes, really. For starters, the hand is not quicker then the eye, it’s not all done with mirrors, and there is (almost) never anything up my [...]
The Great Paul vs. James Smackdown
This isn’t the kind of thing I usually post here on this blog, but for lack of a better place to share it, here goes… Tonight I led a Bible study on the last half of James 2, where he talks about the role of faith and works in justification. It includes an apparent contradiction [...]
Is It Possible To Go Too Far With Your Faith?
Recently, Jay Leno made a joke that offended some Sikhs. Last night, I saw a news commentator discussing this, and he said something to the effect, “some people take their religion too far.” I think he was expressing a fairly common belief in our culture. It’s fine to believe whatever you want, just don’t let [...]
The Rest of the (Christmas) Story
Last year, I worked with the Creation Museum to develop a magical pre-show program for their Magi drama at their Christmas Town event. While brainstorming, I thought of Paul Harvey’s catchphrase, “the rest of the story,” from his old radio program. It occurred to me that while most people in our culture know the basics of [...]
A Church Impacting Schools in Georgia
I recently completed a series of programs in Tifton, GA. It all started when the Children’s Minister at Northside Baptist Church heard that the local schools didn’t have funds for school assemblies. She came up with the idea of her church partnering with the school to bring in someone who could do both an assembly [...]
Category: Ministry Tools, Status Report Tagged Outreach, School Assemblies Leave a comment
The Real Secret of Magic
“How’d you do it?” That’s the one question we magicians aren’t ever supposed to answer. Well, I thought I’d make an exception and tell you how magic is really done. Yes, really. For starters, the hand is not quicker then the eye, it’s not all done with mirrors, and there is (almost) never anything up my [...]
The Great Paul vs. James Smackdown
This isn’t the kind of thing I usually post here on this blog, but for lack of a better place to share it, here goes… Tonight I led a Bible study on the last half of James 2, where he talks about the role of faith and works in justification. It includes an apparent contradiction [...]
