Interesting videos from Desiring God’s upcoming Conference for Pastors: Here are five videos on manhood and ministry from some of our conference speakers: Discipling Men in the Local Church (Doug Wilson) The Resurgence of Complementarianism (John Piper) Dads, Your Leadership Role Is Inescapable (Doug Wilson) A Culture of Hope for the Men of the Church (Darrin Patrick) Masculinity Is [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2012 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud, Video | No Comments »
Nobody likes it. Most people get it at some point in their life. So what is it? “Sinusitis is a condition consisting of infection or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which may or may not be as a result of infection, from bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic or autoimmune issues. Newer classifications of sinusitis refer to [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2012 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Health, Product Reviews, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 3 Comments »
The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind steal in. ~John Greenleaf Whittier Fifty years ago today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy gave his inaugural address to the people of the United States. My dad watched it on black and white television. He [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2011 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Research & Learning | 2 Comments »
Because of some recent conversations with various people, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability”. I was intrigued to discover that in its various forms, it is indeed a theory and not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine. However, the results of which version of the theory you believe in can [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Audio / Video, Bible Study, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 2 Comments »
I have always been fascinated by the well-developed and thoroughly thought-through ideas taught by John D. Martin on the Kingdom of God. His teachings and the teachings of others like him are what first drew me to Anabaptism in general and to conservative Mennonites and the “Charity Movement” in particular. Of course, as with any [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 2 Comments »
I have been really challenged in the last two weeks after returning from the Middle East in how I invest my God’s time. Here’s a quote from an excellent message (worth the time investment) that God used to kick-start some changes I’ve had to make in my schedule for the things that really matter. Full [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Audio / Video, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 2 Comments »
I was with a group of young people on Tuesday trying to learn a new song and no one happened to have a pitch pipe along. That steel cookie just doesn’t always make it into our pockets along side the requisite wallet, mobile phone and keys. So we stumbled along and made do without it [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Music, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 2 Comments »
Working in IT and being in conservative Christian circles has allowed me to have some great discussions on how to implement (or not implement in some cases) the use of the internet by Christian families seeking to follow the Biblical mandate to be “in the world, not of it”. I want to share some thoughts [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Computers & Technical, Research & Learning, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Trouble in Amish Paradise is an amazing true story about Ephraim and Jesse Stoltzfus and and their respective families who go through the process of leaving the Amish community after reading and studying the Bible for themselves (something which is forbidden in many Amish circles). The clarity of the gospel message and the theme of [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Evangelism, News and Current Events, Research & Learning | 12 Comments »
So in my search for the best savings interest rate, I tripped across the Christian Finance Blog‘s review of Dollar Savings Direct (which by the way has a 4% interest rate on their savings accounts). One of the posts on the blog was asking people to comment for the chance to win $35 worth of [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Product Reviews, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 2 Comments »
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 