The dangerous world of online gaming?

I teach kids how to play tennis. During the summer I have a wide range of kids I get to interact with, about 100 a day. They range from 5 to 18 year’s old. I have a very interesting kid in my class right now. He is 11 years old and he talks about gaming [...]

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Compare this story to an abortion

Josh Cordell

Posted on 31 August 2010

Miracle mum brings premature baby son back to life with two hours of loving cuddles after doctors pronounce him dead. This story illustrates the love a mother feels for her baby. Makes abortion very hard to understand and makes me very sad for the “mums” who have to live with having made that choice. Continue Reading

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The different styles of “church”

Josh Cordell

Posted on 29 August 2010

I hope it doesn’t come across wrong to put church in quotation marks. I used a lowercase version because I’m talking about “Sunday morning gathering of believers” AKA “church” but not “the Church” as in all believers… anyway, I think that makes sense. So here’s the deal, because of traveling I’ve attended three very different Christian [...] Continue Reading

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Christianity Today calls God a “drama queen”

Josh Cordell

Posted on 27 August 2010

Christianity Today’s senior managing editor, Mark Galli’s July 15, 2010 article is titled “Divine Drama Queen.” • You can read the article here. • You can read a response by The Berean Call’s T.A. McMahon here. Continue Reading

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A farewell to Facebook

Dalan Edwin Decker

Posted on 20 August 2010

This week I cancelled my Facebook page.  I did not mothball it for later retrieval.  I went all the way, clicked that button that had always fascinated me, and assured Mark Zuckerberg that thank you very much, I wouldn’t be needing his services anymore.  Yes, I was sure.  I know fourteen days of waiting won’t change [...] Continue Reading

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Tiger Woods, Michael Vick and… Ted Haggard?

Josh Cordell

Posted on 12 August 2010

Former megachurch pastor who fell from the pulpit with a homosexual sex and drug scandal is back leading a church of about 200 in Colorado. He had something very interesting to say in The Wall Street Journal. “Tiger Woods needs to golf. Michael Vick needs to play football. Ted Haggard needs to be leading a church.” [...] Continue Reading

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A modest idea to fix the VA

Dalan Edwin Decker

Posted on 08 August 2010

I have two brothers who served honorably in the U.S. Military.  One in the Army, and one in the Marines.  Both are veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  So I find it incredibly disturbing that the Veteran’s Administration is in complete haywire. For example, symptomatic of the disaster that is the VA, it came [...] Continue Reading

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The apologetic of justice

Josh Cordell

Posted on 06 August 2010

We have justice written like truth on our hearts. I love the example of the atheist who walks out of a courtroom after the judge has handed down a verdict and says to anyone who will listen, “there is no justice in this world!” He knows that the verdict was not right, he knows that [...] Continue Reading

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When “no” is really dumb

Dalan Edwin Decker

Posted on 02 August 2010

Too many conservatives are pooh-poohing the electric car for all the wrong reasons. And guess what? We risk looking stupid, out of touch, and as time passes, increasingly silly. Plus, we're missing a golden opportunity to point out that private enterprise trumps government intervention any day. Continue Reading

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My mixed feelings about revolutionaries

Josh Cordell

Posted on 20 July 2010

I know some Christians who are doing some bold, dangerous, revolutionary things… and I’m not proud to admit my first reaction to these moves. “Don’t do it, it’s dangerous.” Yep, when I hear about people (especially those I love) putting themselves in jeopardy, my gut response is, “no.” “I’d rather you didn’t and I don’t [...] Continue Reading

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Cosmos, Creator and Human Destiny book now available

Josh Cordell

Posted on 08 July 2010

Dave Hunt’s new book Cosmos, Creator and Human Destiny is hot off the presses. I’m looking forward to reading it. I know he has been working on it for many, many years. Continue Reading

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Why abortion will eventually be illegal

Josh Cordell

Posted on 14 June 2010

I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it again. I may be wrong, but I believe that someday abortion will become illegal. This is why. • There was a time when women were considered less than men. They were possessions of men. They had no rights. • There was a time when people with dark [...] Continue Reading

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TBC annual conference set for July in Bend

Josh Cordell

Posted on 12 June 2010

The Berean Call is having its annual Conference July 9-11 in Bend, Oregon. Speakers: Dave Hunt T.A. McMahon Bll Gallatin Carl Kerby Steve Herzig Jim McCarthy Continue Reading

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Church video that is sooo true!

Josh Cordell

Posted on 03 June 2010

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Is the Church broken?

Josh Cordell

Posted on 31 May 2010

I’ve been writing a longer piece about “being the Church” and I have come to this question a few times in the process. Is the Church broken? I keep coming back to it because I’m not sure if the Church can be broken. I hear it said a lot, “the Church is broken.” This goes along with [...] Continue Reading

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Intentional vs. Authentic

Josh Cordell

Posted on 30 May 2010

What is the right balance between planning and being spirit led? How can one be a planner and intentional and yet be authentic and organic? Do you know what I mean? Does this even matter? Can you be all of those things at the same time? Here are some words (terms) I’m going to define for myself. [...] Continue Reading

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Some good quotes

Josh Cordell

Posted on 25 May 2010

• “If the first step in cleaning up the oil is stopping the leak, why isn’t the first step in fixing illegal immigration securing the border?” - Bob Lonsberry. • ” In all these years I’ve been carrying it and reading it every day, I got so caught up in keeping it safe that I forgot [...] Continue Reading

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Does God use disaster to get our attention?

Josh Cordell

Posted on 18 May 2010

If you are like me, the only religion you think of when it comes to Ted Turner is secular humanism. But the CNN founder, AKA “The Mouth of the South” made a recent comment in an interview - “Ted Turner: Is God speaking in Gulf Coast spill?” where he said: “I’m not a real religious person, [...] Continue Reading

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Abortion… don’t stop talking about it!

Josh Cordell

Posted on 17 May 2010

I haven’t been doing my part lately when it comes to the fight against abortion. We need to keep up the fight for those who can’t fight for themselves. We must talk about it, pray about it and stand against it. I haven’t been doing that lately… I’m sorry! I’m going to start again. Let’s [...] Continue Reading

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Going back to the original source

Josh Cordell

Posted on 02 May 2010

I love great quotes, inspirational stories, deep and profound truths of life and hearing a person share an empowering and inspiring story. I love reading books that make you want to be more, do more, love more and give more. And then it hits me every once in a while, if I want all of [...] Continue Reading

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