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Josh Harris on FACEBOOK

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MY ONE AND ONLY WEEK ON FACEBOOK

by Joshua Harris, Pastor of Covenant Life Church in Maryland

Last week, on a whim, I signed up for a Facebook account. I had no friends and no idea what I was doing. So I asked for advice and begged for friends. I got both. A bunch of people–everyone from students at my church, to a very helpful atheist professional blogger, to Christian uber-blogger Tim Challies–took the time to thoughtfully answer my questions. I learned a lot and got a kick out of many of the humorous answers. And if all that weren’t enough, many of you “friended” me.
For the past seven days I’ve really enjoyed Facebook. It is a lot fun and a great way to connect with people. I now understand why it’s so incredibly popular. But today I decided to bring my Facebook career to an abrupt end. I’m weird, huh? But here are some of the reasons I’m calling it quits…
First, I just don’t have Continue reading →

Winning the Future

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While the primary allegiance of Christians is to the Kingdom of God (present and future), we are also citizens of the kingdoms of earth, and called to do well in that role.  One of the most encouraging developments in American politics in the past two years has been the re-emerging voice of an ex-congressman, and former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.  His current emphasis on helping America comes from his recent book, WINNING THE FUTURE.   This past week (8-7-07) he spoke at the National Press Club and in short measure gave a fine (yet alarming) speech about the disaster of the present primary & election process.  I urge you to view this speech, and get a whiff of how precarious our present political situation is!
One criticism of the recent party candidate debates, although hilarious, was right on:

These modern debates “are a cross between [TV shows] The Batchelor, American Idol and Who’s Smarter Than a fifth Grader!” 

Let’s be praying for Americans to do better with all the freedoms we (presently) enjoy in selecting our leaders, caring for one another, and preserving our heritage.