Refreshingly Interesting article from the (usually) celebrity- gossip obsessed "AfterEllen":

http://www.afterellen.com/beyondvisibility/09-01-2010

http://www.dashhouse.com/2010/09/when-pastors-are-spent/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dashhouse+%28DashHouse.com%29

(I'm sorry the link is so long.) 

This is the new blog post from Darryl Dash, pastor at Richview Baptist congregation.  Darryl has just returned from his sabbatical; take a read!

God has arrived at Esperanto International Airport.

Followers from all over the world have come to greet Him and hear Him speak.

Many are carrying signs that say, "We are your chosen people". Some call themselves Christian, others Jewish, and others Moslems.

Athiests carry signs saying, "Can you prove scientifically that you are God?"

Agnostics carry signs saying, "We don't believe you are God, but we're not sure."

An author, DouglasWWallace,  who has written a book titled " Everything Will Be All Right" is telling about a spiritual experience he had at age 12. I haven't read the book but I don't believe he or his family were particularly religious or spiritual. It almost sounds as if he was chosen for some reason. Do you believe in anything like that?  Would it tie in with Calvinism?

Which charities do you support and why?

You can even talk about how much you donate if you want.

Well, this kicked off at a Evangelical Alliance Church here today. We have discussed this ever year since the beginning of WonderCafe. I am still not in favour of it but I wonder if people here have had a change of heart.

Just curious to see what kind of veiwpoints there are out there about the New Testament. It seems that many discussions get side-railed due to almost opposing veiwpoints on this. It seems that there is a type of crisis for some here in that they do not know what to make of the New Testament. Is there a middle ground for an acceptance of it, or is it all or nothing? In my own personal discussions I have had this stated to me many times, " Well, if I can't trust such and such a passage in the bible, I might as well through the whole thing in the garbage!"

I read this and wanted to toss it out and see what people think. Unfortunately I think there is something to it. I think too often we as Christians "phone it in", even where our young people are concerned and that bodes ill for the future. Obviously good examples exist, but I think there is a greater degree of tepidness than we sometimes realize.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/27/almost.christian/index.html?iref=obnetwork

You go first, I'm anxious to learn and little to contribute.

We buy insurance of every kind. Fire Insurance but we never have a fire. Car Insurance and we never have an accident. Life Insurance that WE never collect on because we are dead.

For those who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior is this another kind of insurance. If they happen to end up in a place called heaven - they are covered.

But what if they buy into the insurance and find they are in another place or no place at all, what then? Who do they sue?

For those who don't buy into this theology, are we under-insurred?