Category: Asides

short little soundbytes

Faith Helps

When I tell students that there are objective and practical benefits to faith they seem surprised. But that’s the nature of truth — when you make choices based upon reality, those choices tend to work out better. 

What can we all learn from religion — whether we believe or not? — Barking up the wrong tree

Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…

Conspiracies

This is one of the best rebuttals to a conspiracy theory that I’ve ever seen.

Monday Morning Humor

Three days ago in the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. Of course, it makes perfect sense that the whol…

Be Happy

I hate journaling, but I’ve seen findings like this so frequently that I might have to give it a try.

The most proven technique for increasing long term happiness: — Barking up the wrong tree

Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…

Kudos Where Kudos Are Due

My pastor just got an article published in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. Way to go, Scott!

New NET Bible website is awesome

The NET Bible website just got an overhaul and it is awesome. Check it out (be sure to mouse over the footnotes). And they seem to have renamed the web portion of their project NEXT Bible: http://nextbible.org

Chi Alpha Worldwide on the Facebook

A clever Chi Alphan noticed that the Facebook now supports global groups. So they set up one titled: XA- CHI ALPHA WORLDWIDE ‑XA (I don’t know if that link will work or not — I took out the school prefix)

So Chi Alphans worldwide, unite!

My Favorite Line From My Sermon This Week

“Of course, then the witches showed up and so we didn’t get to finish our conversation.”

Richard Mouw rocks

I just finished reading Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport by Richard Mouw (president of Fuller Theological Seminary). It was great. I’ve read one other book of his, Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion, and I loved it as well. I’d have to say he’s one of my favorite low-volume authors.

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dog the Bounty Hunter has to be one of the most fascinating individuals I’ve ever seen on television. If you ever get a chance to watch the show, I highly recommend it.

Dana Has Named Our Yellow Guppy

His name is “Fishstick.” 🙂