joel's thoughts

Bono’s acceptance speech at the NAACP Image Awards a few weeks ago. Definitely worth a watch or three, especially at the end… “‘Love thy neighbor’ is not a piece of advice…” Great stuff…

By now I’m sure you’ve probably seen this video. What’s so striking to me is not the production quality of the video mashup, which is very good, but rather how much this furthers the trend begun by blogs, where everyday people suddenly have a voice, and a potentially powerful one at that. This is the […]

Just came across a list of ground rules some guy came up with (I’m guessing the result of direct experience) for anyone on either side of a debate on Christianity. This should be required reading for anyone considering stepping in the ring… (H/T: ThinkChristian)

Greg Kouki of Stand to Reason writes a pretty compelling response both to James Cameron’s Discovery Channel piece about the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” and to believers who immediately got their teeth a-gnashing at the very suggestion: Look, if the Bible says it and you believe it, that might settle it for you, but it […]

Fascinating review over at Implications (from the Trinity Forum) of a book suggesting that before the influences of Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam, ancient China had an understanding of (and respect for) a monotheistic, sustaining creator God with moral attributes strikingly similar to Israel’s Yahweh, in direct contradiction to the general assumption that Christianity is solely […]

If you’ve been wondering what’s been happening with Vedat, the Serbian boy we brought over for surgery on his back, check here for the latest. God is faithful, and there is no doubt in my mind he has plans for this boy!

For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.-Doug Larson, Olympic Gold Medalist (1902-1981)