Gallery How to Be a Fashion-Loving Minimalist If you read an article about how to live without an income every day for the rest of your life, you might be thinking, “Well … that isn’t going to happen.” But you’re wrong, because there is the possibility that we can achieve that on a daily basis. It’s not easy, but there are some […] Written by jack121400 October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Good Reads Sunrise and Sunset on Mars To explore the surface of Mars as a whole, scientists have focused almost exclusively on a portion of its surface, called the ‘Celestial latitudes’. It has a latitude of about 55 degrees north, and a longitude of about 2 degrees south. The surface is cold at this latitude, and at a very specific location, in […] Written by jack121400 August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical Who Is a Fundamentalist? Who gets called a “fundamentalist” depends heavily on location and context. I teach at a “moderate” Baptist university (critics would call it “liberal”), where I am likely to be perceived by some as a “fundamentalist” because of my evangelical commitments in doctrine and cultural issues. Some in the Southern Baptist Convention (those in the “fundamentalist” […] Written by Evangelical History June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical I’ve Moved Email Subscriptions to Follow.it Since Google recently announced it is shutting down its Feedburner email subscription services, I want to let you know that I’ve moved your email subscription to Follow.it. Follow.it is a free service to you which has many more features than Feedburner did, including the ability to customize your news feed by defining filters and adding […] Written by Paul Tautges June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Propositional Church in a Wounded World “We’re a propositional church!” That’s what an elder of my church said as he showed me a magazine article with a list of statements and check-off boxes that “proved” that our theology was “right” and that the other major Christian faith (in this case, Catholic) was “wrong.” He could barely contain himself. I did not […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical Who Was William Jennings Bryan? Historian Gary Scott Smith of Grove City College has edited a monumental reference work, in three volumes, entitled American Religious History: Belief and Society through Time (ABC-CLIO, 2020). [It is priced for library acquisition.] I was honored to write the entries on Dwight Moody, William Jennings Bryan, Billy Graham, John Piper, and Rick Warren. The […] Written by Evangelical History June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Big Idea, Big Stupid, Big Realization By Dosho Port of Nebraska Zen Center In a letter written by Hakuin in 1734 (Complete Plum Blossoms in a Thicket of Thorn, “187. To Layman Ishii”), he makes a powerful point about our practice, colorfully stated, “While you are engaged in practice, if anyone comes up and tries to teach you Zen, I want you […] Written by Minerva Lee June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Unveiling Series :: Awakening Over 2500 years ago, when Siddhartha Gautama sat under the Bodhi tree intent on awakening, he was repeatedly taunted by Mara, an otherworldly being whose sole purpose was to disrupt human awakening by activating greed, aversion, and delusion with all sorts of lures and threats. The appearance of Mara was not new to Gautama. He […] Written by Stephanie Noble June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship Hello, My name is Thet. I’m a young Christian organizer from Myanmar. Since Feb. 1, my entire life was upended when the military staged a coup in Myanmar. I have been using my IG to share what’s happening in Myanmar with the hope to document both the atrocities and resistance of the coup. Myanmar People […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian 3 Reasons to Go to Church In-Person In an age of world-class preachers available at the click of a button, why should anyone bother going to a local church in-person and listen to a perhaps less gifted pastor exposit Scripture? With many churches beginning to reopen, this question has special relevance. The pandemic has changed our church habits with many of us […] Written by intervarsity June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Consistent and Faithful Witnesses Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Receiving the Love of Your Buddha Nature Central to my practice is returning home to my true Buddha nature and turning my will and my life over to its care, thus seeing myself and the world around me through the eyes of my true Buddha self, my unwounded, pre-trauma heart. This is what enables me to be and know I will always […] Written by Ronald Hirsch June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unveiling Series :: Awakening Over 2500 years ago, when Siddhartha Gautama sat under the Bodhi tree intent on awakening, he was repeatedly taunted by Mara, an otherworldly being whose sole purpose was to disrupt human awakening by activating greed, aversion, and delusion with all sorts of lures and threats. The appearance of Mara was not new to Gautama. He […] Written by Stephanie Noble June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship Hello, My name is Thet. I’m a young Christian organizer from Myanmar. Since Feb. 1, my entire life was upended when the military staged a coup in Myanmar. I have been using my IG to share what’s happening in Myanmar with the hope to document both the atrocities and resistance of the coup. Myanmar People […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unveiling Series :: Awakening Over 2500 years ago, when Siddhartha Gautama sat under the Bodhi tree intent on awakening, he was repeatedly taunted by Mara, an otherworldly being whose sole purpose was to disrupt human awakening by activating greed, aversion, and delusion with all sorts of lures and threats. The appearance of Mara was not new to Gautama. He […] Written by Stephanie Noble June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship Hello, My name is Thet. I’m a young Christian organizer from Myanmar. Since Feb. 1, my entire life was upended when the military staged a coup in Myanmar. I have been using my IG to share what’s happening in Myanmar with the hope to document both the atrocities and resistance of the coup. Myanmar People […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
3 Reasons to Go to Church In-Person In an age of world-class preachers available at the click of a button, why should anyone bother going to a local church in-person and listen to a perhaps less gifted pastor exposit Scripture? With many churches beginning to reopen, this question has special relevance. The pandemic has changed our church habits with many of us […] Written by intervarsity June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who Is a Fundamentalist? Who gets called a “fundamentalist” depends heavily on location and context. I teach at a “moderate” Baptist university (critics would call it “liberal”), where I am likely to be perceived by some as a “fundamentalist” because of my evangelical commitments in doctrine and cultural issues. Some in the Southern Baptist Convention (those in the “fundamentalist” […] Written by Evangelical History June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
I’ve Moved Email Subscriptions to Follow.it Since Google recently announced it is shutting down its Feedburner email subscription services, I want to let you know that I’ve moved your email subscription to Follow.it. Follow.it is a free service to you which has many more features than Feedburner did, including the ability to customize your news feed by defining filters and adding […] Written by Paul Tautges June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Propositional Church in a Wounded World “We’re a propositional church!” That’s what an elder of my church said as he showed me a magazine article with a list of statements and check-off boxes that “proved” that our theology was “right” and that the other major Christian faith (in this case, Catholic) was “wrong.” He could barely contain himself. I did not […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who Was William Jennings Bryan? Historian Gary Scott Smith of Grove City College has edited a monumental reference work, in three volumes, entitled American Religious History: Belief and Society through Time (ABC-CLIO, 2020). [It is priced for library acquisition.] I was honored to write the entries on Dwight Moody, William Jennings Bryan, Billy Graham, John Piper, and Rick Warren. The […] Written by Evangelical History June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
