WORTH A LOOK: some things I read last week

The links below are worth a look:

• "You can be spiritual on the surface and be a complete idiot. I know because I have been that myself too often. I see it all the time. No, not every young adult I know is like that. Most are not. But those that are can fool their peers and tragically are most successful at fooling themselves." To read more click below:

Uberspiritual Yet Hyperstupid: a Word Especially to Young Men by Alvin Reid

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  "Evangelical Christians are gravely concerned about the family, and this is good and necessary. But our credibility on the issue of marriage is significantly discounted by our acceptance of divorce. To our shame, the culture war is not the only place that an honest confrontation with the divorce culture is missing. Divorce is now the scandal of the evangelical conscience." To read more click below:

Divorce — The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience by Albert Mohler

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  "There is indeed a war going on in Afghanistan. In fact, there are two. One is being fought with bullets, bombs, and boots on the ground. The other war (the one with more lasting importance) is being fought in an entirely different theater. In this other war, the real enemy of the Afghan people is..." To read more click below:

The Real War in Afghanistan by Voddie Baucham

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   Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

Beautiful in its time: a Story of Perception by Randy Alcorn

• "This could be an ordinary week. We could each go about our normal routines: going to work, cooking dinner, making it to practice, going to church. Ordinary is not bad, but it is nothing compared to extraordinary. During Homes of Hope, we as a church have become living representatives of Christ's love in our communities. This week, we are offering more than cookies, batteries, and acts of kindness. This week, we are recognizing the real need that our neighbors have for a savior — Jesus Christ."  To read more click below:

Invite to Communiy Impact Day and Day of Hope by Pastor Jeff Crook

Day of Hope at Blackshear Place Baptist Church

Sunday October 3 at 8:08, 9:30 & 11:00a.m.

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  "Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions."  To read more click below:

Pew Forum: Americans do not know much about Religion