Archive for November, 2008

November 27th

Who said theology wasn't practical?

Certainly not the guys at Reformed Answers: http://reformedanswers.org/answer.asp/file/99699.qna/category/pt/page/questions/site/
November 25th

Tuesday Update

Just out of curiosity, this morning I decided to count up the number of sermons that I've preached here in Prince George since we arrived in March, and it turns out that last Sunday marked a...
November 19th

Bible or the Bard?

Thanks to Stu, I took the "Bible or the Bard" test. Ten quotes, either from the King James Bible, or from William Shakespeare - you guess which! The Bible or The Bard?...

Lahal

Lahal is a game of chance which has been played by First Nations people in Northwestern North America for a long, long time. Last night I played Lahal for the first time, at a gathering at the...

Wednesday already?

Yep, that's what the little thing in the bottom corner of my screen tells me. I had a genuine Northern B.C. experience last Friday, as I traveled to Smithers for the funeral of my Tante Fimke,...
November 14th

Stephen Lawhead

A few weeks ago, Stu Harsevoort recommended the books of Stephen Lawhead on his blog, which is located here: http://stuharse.blogspot.com/2008/10/novels-i-am-reading.html So I almost...

Interesting (?) Discussion

Over on the Prince George Citizen website, a little discussion has turned to matters of faith. http://tinyurl.com/5nt9qn It's interesting, only insofar as it shows that when it comes to...
November 7th

Friday update

"As I peer out my window across the snow-covered tundra..." No, no, that's not quite right. Let me start over. Ahem. "As I peer out my window across the rather soggy-looking lawn as...
November 4th

U.S. Election

As I sit by the computer watching the American election results roll in on CNN.com, I wonder. In a country where over 76 per cent of the population claims to be Christian, how can a...