Pine Grove Christian Fellowship

The current (Nov. 7) issue of World Magazine has a thought-provoking article by Andrée Seu that all of us should read. She quotes from When Heaven Invades Earth, by Bill Johnson: "Risk must be taken to pursue solutions to impossible situations. The gospel of power is the answer to the tragic condition of humankind.... This is not an act on our part to somehow manipulate God. Instead it is the bold attempt to take Him at His Word, so that we radically obey His charge. H...

Here's a video worth seeing. It's an interview between John Piper (a pastor in Minneapolis) and Doug Wilson (a pastor in England) about a debate (made into a movie called "Collision") between Wilson and Christopher Hitchens (author of God Is Not Great.)

One of the things Wilson says in the debate (not phrased this way in the video) is ""There are two tenets of atheism. One, there is no God. Two, I hate him." Watch this video, and think about it.

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I ran across this by Charles Swindoll, and it's pretty good:

I know of no other single practice in the Christian lifemore rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture. That’s right.No other single discipline is more useful and rewarding than this. No othersingle exercise pays greater spiritual dividends! Your prayer life will bestrengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper and much more effective. Yourco...

A regular columnist in World Magazine, Andrée Seu is always worth reading. In the September 12 issue, her column is entitled "Unquenchable Optimism." The Bible is a record of sinners who clung to a God who promised redemption. As Christians, we know we serve a triumphant God who has already won the victory over sin. We have every reason to be optimistic people, no matter what the nightly news tells us, no matter what crisis our families face, no matter what challenges rise in our ...

A Review of The Shack

By Steve Sorensen

I recently read the hugely popular novel called The Shack by William Paul Young. Having sold more than 6 million copies, it brings a positive benefit to bookstore revenues and a negative effect on the theological worldview of many readers.

Some reviews praise it for getting non-religious ...

A few weeks ago someone (If I remember correctly it was Mike Blanco) gave me a printed copy of one of Chuck Colson's "BreakPoint" commentaries. It was about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his important book The Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer paid the cost dearly. He was executed in a Nazi prison camp just days before the Allies liberated Germany.

From Colson's pen (April 14, 2009)...

I've lost count of the times I've read (or heard) someone say that Jesus criticized "the religious people of his day," as though that somehow means Jesus would similarly indict religious people of our day. If there was ever a non sequitur (that's Latin for "it doesn't follow"), there it is.

I am not saying that Jesus automatically approves of "religious" people (whatever that means to you.)...

Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, the bi-weekly Christian news magazine, always has a column inside the back cover. The one in the July 18, 2009 issue is the best "take" I've read yet on the failings of Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina.

The column is titled Riptide: Sometimes we realize we're swimming into a deadly current. Olasky begins:

I'm going to start posting once or twice a week to bring to your attention some things worth reading. In fact, I'll title the post "Worth Reading" and add consecutive numbering. Don't worry. These won't be things I write.(Often they'll be drawn from places like World Magazine, which offers a Christian viewpoint on the news.)

The first is a column by Andrée Seu (Barbara's favorite columnist in Wor...

After a long (and intermittent) search by Steve Courson and me, we've finally settled on a service to provide our church with an easy to use website.

But, we need help! If several people will jump on board, the load will be very light, and we'll be able to keep this updated regularly. Sunday school, church council, worship leaders and others (really, anyone who wants to) will be able to post to this blog.

We're building a list of great links that all of u...