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Past Highlights

Welcome to Past Highlights! To better serve my intrepid readers, I’ve dug through the dark and woolly pages of the blog archives to bring to you the very best and most interesting and thought-provoking posts for your viewing pleasure. I’ll update this page from time to time as new posts come and go, so if you miss something really, really cool, never fear! You’ll find it here.

1.1.07 On the Air the very first post of this blog!
1.1.07 Empty sanctuary “God doesn’t want our devotion…He wants us”
1.5.07 Trying to do good “Sin is not living up to our created potential”
1.8.07 How negativity holds us back “The Christian life is one of positive values: joy, peace, patience, wisdom”
1.8.07 Natural preservation “The onward and upward mantra of evolution just doesn’t square with the facts on the ground”
2.10.07 Life is like a game of chess “…but not in the way you think”
2.22.07 Hunger is the best sauce “God is the most incredible, amazing, and glorious Someone you can ever love”
3.4.07 Undone by Vancouver “…all I [could] feel is genuine, heartfelt gratitude that the Lord has so blessed me beyond measure”
3.19.07 Obeying what you know “[God] always, always tells us what we need to know in order to have faith in Him and obey Him”
3.23.07 Beta launch of Grace Fellowship Web site “Grace Fellowship has made an incalculable impact on my life”
3.26.07 British soldiers held hostage in Iran “Things are looking mighty bleak in that part of the world right now”
4.4.07 Blessed are the peacemakers “Hallelujah!” (the British hostages were released!)
4.12.07 Is CCM breaking out of its box? “It seems to me that the genre is improving dramatically”
4.18.07 Great victory for human rights “The Supreme Court has upheld the federal law that bans partial-birth abortion”
5.2.07 Whatever you do, don’t mention the “w” word “[God] is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love!”
5.13.07 When God throws you a curveball… “…make lemonade!”
6.5.07 Meeting the right people at the right time “I believe [God] just loves to allow us to be part of his divine orchestration”
6.8.07 Without shoes, every step is a new sensation “When you’re wearing shoes, you’re safe…but every step is the same”
6.26.07 The Assignment “The assignment may be something that God decrees, but you yourself are dispensable”
7.07.07 The Church is already out there “Jesus is looking for a Bride, and I believe He’s going to find it in the New Age community”
7.23.07 Of course you know, this means war! “My rational, logical thought processes…don’t make me a better human being”
7.25.07 Deconstructing the atheist’s rant against supernatural faith “[An atheist] can argue that religion is evil, but within your own philosophical framework you can’t construct a coherent case for such a moral judgement”
7.27.07 It’s impossible to live as a true atheist “True atheism realizes that the concept of morality is completely meaningless in a universe devoid of supernatural origin, mind over matter, and ultimate purpose”
7.30.07 Reason vs. reasonable “Being a disciple of Jesus is more Reasonable to me than to live as a disciple of Secular Humanism”
8.10.07 Reward and punishment…or love? “A lover will outfight a soldier any day…be a radical lover of God”
8.27.07 Creative excellence pyramid “There is not enough time, energy, money, and resources available to us to be excellent at many things”