How can you believe in evolution after seeing this?

Anyone seriously think that all that was simply the result of 'nature' rather than the work of our our Good and wonderful Creator?

Oh to be a pastor in Chaucer's mold (pt 2)

The description below - of the ideal pastor - is taken from the prologue to The Canterbury Tales. (part 1 is here)

Upon his feet, and in his hand a stave

This noble example to his sheep he gave

First following the word before he taught it

And from the gospel he had caught it

His business was to show a fair behaviour

and draw men thus to heaven and their Saviour

Unless indeed a man be obstinate;

and such, whether of high or low estate

He put to sharp rebuke to say the least

I think there never was a better priest

He sought no pomp or glory in his dealings

no scrupulosity had spiced his feelings

Christ and his twelve apostles and their lore

he taught, but followed it himself before

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Oh to be such a faithful pastor

Lord I need thy gracious power

Church attendance and marriage breakdown

From a report in the US...

...we know that culturally conservative white Americans who are disengaged from church experience less economic success and more family breakdown than those who remain connected, and they grow more pessimistic and resentful.

Read the full report here

"I'm not interested in doctrine. I'm interested in relationships." PAH!

Let R. C Sproul show you!

The blood within every human heart runs conservative

More such witty humour here

The only power that can sudue human hearts

The Word of God is the only power that can subdue the rebellion of our heart. There is a power in our fallen nature which revolts against divine truth, and which nothing human can overcome. No teaching of man will do it, not even that of your father or mother. The teaching of the church and of the most beloved pastors will not do it, nor time-worn tradition, which is the teaching of the ages. All this is as powerless as the slen-derest thread to lift the weight which presses us down. To make the King-dom of God enter our hearts we need a battering-ram that can overthrow the strongest walls, and that ram is the Word of God.

— Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigne as quoted by George Grant

Why you should get married ASAP!

This from Al Mohler:

Study after study reveals that young Americans are achieving adulthood, if at all, far later than previous generations now living. The average age of marriage for young Americans fifty years ago was in the very early twenties. Now, it is trending closer to age thirty.

Why is this important to us all? A stable and functional culture requires the establishment of stable marriages and the nurturing of families. Without a healthy marriage and family life as foundation, no lasting and healthy community can long survive.

Clearly, our own society reveals the delay of marriage and its consequences, but we are hardly alone. Many European nations display similar patterns of delayed adulthood, with ominous economic, political, and social implications.

And the way forward? Obviously if you've been dating/going out for a while, you need to get a ring and put it on her! Alternatively, find out her name and ask her. Al Mohler also has some very wise advice here.