Monthly Archives: December 2011
TEDS PhD Graduation 2011: Why The Labor & Pain of Seminary Is Abundantly Worth It
Casey Lewis of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas just wrote a nice post reflecting on his MDiv experience (HT: TGC). It’s worth checking out. Here’s a snippet from his comments on plugging in at church: Don’t coast … Continue reading
Filed under ministry, seminaries, seminary life
Mother Stirs “Dead” Baby to Life by Skin-to-Skin Contact
This is a truly incredible story; I got it from my buddy Doug Hankins. An Australian woman was told by doctors that one of the two twins she had just prematurely birthed at 27 weeks was dead after they tried … Continue reading
Filed under biblical womanhood, motherhood
Is Tim Tebow Succeeding Because of the “Hand of God?”
It seems to be Tim Tebow week here at the blog, though without any prior planning toward this goal on my part. I wrote a piece on the Sunday night comments of NBC sportscaster Bob Costas that suggested that God … Continue reading
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Serving the Least: Tim Tebow and the Brain-tumor Victim
I found this excerpt, from one of the 1,000 Tim Tebow journalism pieces on the web at present, quite powerful. I’m not a Tebow zealot, nor am I a big fan of the unnecessary violence of football, but there’s no … Continue reading
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Evangelical Gnostics and the Mind-improving Nature of Physical Exercise
This snippet from the NYT Well blog should encourage you to get whatever exercise you can in these winter months: To learn more about how exercise affects the brain, scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college … Continue reading
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