His Life Today

Obama’s Complicated War

twinlord1 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:18:25 +0000

Whether you agree or disagree with the War, you should watch this PBS special that previewed Oct. 13. This is very informative and educational.

Bottom Line: This is a complicated War. I will wait patiently to see which policies (or lack of) will shape this war…

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/

His Life Today,

Steffon S.

Internet Missionaries

twinlord1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:56:07 +0000

This was an interesting article in Mission Frontiers SEP/OCT 2009. I have never heard of the term internet missionaries until I read this article. I am still processing what he had to say.

http://missionfrontiers.org/pdf/2009/04/14-15%20Eshelman%20Interview.pdf Question #1 was very intriguing…

Paul Eshleman, VP for Campus Crusade for Christ, founded the Jesus film project. Now he has started a new endeavor called “Finishing the Task” Movement, seeking to enlist churches to take responsibility for the 639 Unengaged, Unreached people Groups over 100,000 in population throughout the world who have never heard the name of Jesus.

He said, “We have the potential to deliver The Message to every person on Earth through Internet.”

What do you think of this?

His Life Today,
Steffon S.

Opposition to the ESV????

twinlord1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:23:02 +0000

I am a big fan of the ESV Bible. I have the ESV Study Bible and the NIV Study Bible both open on my desk.

Bill Mounce, ESV translator, is my goto person for greek. We used all of his textbooks in College. He has a great website www.teknia.com if you want to buy some Greek resources. He also has a great website www.Biblicaltraining.com. A free website with Graduate level courses. He will be helping the NIV make a come back with their translation. They will be discontinuing their TNIV- I didn’t like the gender philosophy, and coming out with a new NIV translation.

Below is an article on why this guy, Mark Strauss, disagrees with the ESV. He will be working with Mounce on the NIV- should make its arrival in 2011…

What is your favorite translation? Why?

I prefer the ESV and NIV for study and reading

http://bible-translation.110mb.com/improvingesv.pdf This is a long doc… Read if you have time. Skimming it will work as well.

What you think?
His Life Today,

Steffon

Two Good Articles…

twinlord1 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:11:12 +0000

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/october/13.23.html Article on Evangelicals in America

https://www.cpyu.org/Page.aspx?id=445984 Article on Parenting Teens

Peace

Some good websites I discovered in the last week…

twinlord1 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:31:49 +0000

Enjoy

Fatherhood 101

twinlord1 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:27:08 +0000

These statements were taking from, What is ‘success’ in parenting teens?
An interview with Dr. Paul Tripp
As work and family life become separate, men began increasingly to define success in terms of their performance on the job rather than on their success in the home.

When I go out to speak, I’ll make that challenge to men in the congregation. I’ll point my finger and say: “There are some of you who are so busy in your careers that you’re seldom home, and when you are, you are so physically exhausted that you have nothing to offer your children. There are men here who actually don’t even know their own kids. And I want to offer a radical challenge to you. Go to your boss and ask for a demotion. Take less pay. Move out of that dream house and into a smaller one. Sell your brand new car and be willing to drive an older one. And be willing to do what God has called you to do in the life of your children.

I think Tripp has a lot of good stuff to say about parenting. I admit. I am just a rookie, but I am excited to join the conversation with Christian men who desire to be good fathers. I am a new father and these words resonated with me deeply as I was reading over this article to give to the parents I serve here at JBC.

What are your initial thoughts to this post?

Do you agree with Dr. Tripp?

I think too much…

twinlord1 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:47:31 +0000

I spend a lot of time thinking and writing to myself on various topics that I encounter. I have been inspired to engage the world (my little world) with my thoughts through this blog. I hope to help fulfill someone’s intellectual need through my posts… Stay tuned.