Joel Osteen is clarifying his position that Mitt Romney is, indeed, a Christian. Here’s his quote: “What I see about Gov. Romney is that he says ‘I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He’s raised from the dead and he’s my savior.’ I see him as being a believer in Christ...
Holy Sex Toys, Batma...
posted by Todd Rhoades
Get ready for (at least as far as I know) the world’s first ‘Christian’ sex toy store. Following is part of a story from The Daily Beast. Note: If the mention of sex toys makes you nervous, uncomfortable, or just cringe slightly, you may want to stop now and head over...
Multi-Faith Seminary
posted by Todd Rhoades
As this news report from PBS shows, Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques. Claremont Lincoln is...
STUDY: Reading Your...
posted by Todd Rhoades
Baptist Press is reporting that one activity can bring Christians, whether conservative or liberal, together: reading their Bible, a Baylor University research assistant, has reported. Frequently reading the Bible changed the attitudes of all Christians no matter their political background,...
Church Sues Hollywoo...
posted by Todd Rhoades
Dateline Hollywood: Â This just in from the Hollywood Reporter: Â A chain of evangelical Christian mega-churches (my note: Â we tend to call this a “denomination”) is attempting to halt the film, Salvation Boulevard, which played at Sundance this year and has just been...
Stop Funding Church ...
posted by Todd Rhoades
David Fitch writes: Â This is an idea whose time has come. It is easy, simple, saves money, and I think it seeds the mission of God in N America for generations to come: STOP FUNDING TRADITIONAL CHURCH PLANTS and instead fund missionaries to inhabit contexts all across the new mission fields...
10 for 10
posted by Todd Rhoades
My friend Steve Miller writes: This Easter atheist Ricky Gervais asked you to read the Ten Commandments and score your performance.   He states his tally is 10 for 10; not an easy feat you would think for a non-believer, but he does provide some morality based reasons for scoring...
Agree?
posted by Todd Rhoades
This quote from Mark Dever, given at the 2009 Pastors Conference on the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian: The difference between a Christian and non-Christian: When a non-Christian is convicted of sin, he sides with his sin. When a Christian is convicted of sin, he sides with...
Justin Bieber: Chri...
posted by Todd Rhoades
First of all… let me get this out: Â I surely hope that Justin Bieber’s glasses do not start hitting the worship leader circuit. Â That said, in American culture, we value celebrity. Â So, when Justin Bieber ‘comes out’ and says he is a Christian… it makes...
Christian Racism?
posted by Todd Rhoades
Take a look at this and tell me whether this was an example of Christian Racism… OK… you have to get past the horrible Christian puppets… but I remember a Christian group that I used to like did this type of a version of Jesus Loves Me. It was always a huge hit. ...
Methodist University...
posted by Todd Rhoades
I know some people who really love John Wesley, but not enough to literally steal hand-written letters of Wesley from the United Methodist Archives and sell them overseas for big money. That’s what William John Scott is accused of. When police searched his room they also found...
Brit Hume Tells Tige...
posted by Todd Rhoades
Did you see Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday yesterday? It was pretty incredible: What do you think? Good or bad performace by...


