Grittier Hip-Hop?

“America only gets to see a fraction of what true hip-hop represents,” he said. “We want to offer a grittier, more real representation.”
So says Atonn Muhammad, president and CEO of SSM Media Group who is launching a new Hip Hop channel this year.
They tell me that the Game has just been charged making a criminal [...]

God’s Top Ten

I’ve started a new series called God’s Top Ten in my church. Its about the Ten Commandments. There’s a temptation in our grace orientated culture that we forget what the Bible actually says about the law of God. The Bible tells us that the “law of the Lord is perfect” Psalms 19:7. The law of [...]

The Greater Danger!

This is an article written for our church newsletter this week….
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo
James put it bluntly when he says “yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”(James 4:2). Jesus [...]

I post, do you?

I starting posting on a forum a couple of years ago. It was weird at first. I love to talk about the Bible, politics and other stuff so joining a forum was a good way to argue and share ideas with people from across the world.
Here are two good places to exchange ideas. Like any [...]

The Problem of Pain

There are so many people in pain. Maybe it has always been like this. Maybe we are all less tolerant of the pain we experience. Maybe humans are experiencing more pain in the 21st century than in previous centuries. I really don’t know the answer. Some may be able to confidently give it. What [...]

Something about Percy.

Percy is Thomas the Tank engine’s best friend. I discovered that this morning. Our, nearly three, year old loves Thomas. If fact I think he’s obsessed. My wife took a Thomas the Tank Engine DVD out of the library . Its called The Best of Percy. We decided to watch a little bit of it [...]

My trip to California

I spent a couple of days at Pacific Union College, near Angwin, in California last week. It was my first time on the west coast. The weather was great. The campus and surroundings are amazing. The whole Napa valley area reminds me of Spain with its wineries, and good quality eateries.
Visited Elmshaven on Friday [...]

Are you surprised?

A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 seasons from 1991 through 2004, white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players. Cornell graduate student in economics, found a corresponding.
bias in which black officials called fouls [...]

15% more yellow doesn’t fool God

I’m reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell at the moment. Borrow or buy it if you can. In the book he describes how a marketing company tested a new 7-up can with 15% more yellow on the can. Taste testers responded that the drink had too much lemon or lime. The [...]

How To Deal With bad news

I received a little bit of bad news that gave me that heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I can’t really tell you what it is. It wasn’t personal but something that’s important. Its amazing how, in a few seconds things can look so much different. I began to think about how to [...]