Maybe there is still hope…

I was amazed to run across this article (Holland’s Post-Secular Future) about how traditional Christianity is making a comeback in Holland of all places. In many ways, Holland in general (and Amsterdam in particular) had seemed in recent years to have gone so far round the bend into radical secularism as to cause despair that these trends could ever be reversed.

Here’s just a small quote from one of the pastors cited: “…The reason is simple: While the message stays the same, the methods change to suit the times. If people want it, we’ll have flags, loud music, people jumping up and down in the pews, even hip-hop. But Jesus remains the same as he was 2,000 years ago. The Word never changes.”

I guess that, once again, God shows that He is not limited by our lack of vision!

Jesus is the reason…

As Christmas approaches, it is too easy to get caught up in the hoopla and commercialism and forget what it’s really all about. Now that school is out and things are a little less hectic, it’s good to stop and reflect on the real reason for the season. Here are some good columns that I’ve come across making exactly this point:

Proud to Follow (Jennifer Roback Morse)
Christ the Contrarian (Doug Giles)

This about says it all

Despite the mainstream media’s rapture at reading the report of the Iraq Study Group, this perfectly illustrates what the report’s recommendations really mean. For a much more sensible (and moving) response, see Katherine Ham’s I know a Marine and he knows the stakes.

Michigan got robbed…

…and Florida will get annihilated by Ohio State in the National Championship game. I sure would like someone to explain how Michigan dropped in the standings twice in two weeks when they didn’t play??? If anyone seriously thinks that the Florida team which just barely eaked out a win against South Carolina (by blocking a last second field goal attempt) or beat up on the “notoriously tough” W. Carolina team stands a chance against the Ohio State juggernaut, I’d like to sell you some land in Alligator Alley! Well, once again the BCS that was supposed to solve the problem has proved to create an even bigger set of problems.

See Gene Wojciechowski’s column: Florida’s fine, but how is Michigan left out? or an even better one by Pat Forde: Whining, politics, voting reversals part of the BCS system

Another great quote…

“Barack Obama is Bill Clinton with a tan.”

Doug Giles in Obama Wants Your Evangelical Mama’s Vote