“The old paradigm of evangelism was a transactional sharing of the gospel. I would try to get people to intellectually agree with me. But the new paradigm is different, an approach in which I invite you to walk alongside me, examine my life, and see evidence of the truth, and hopefully there will be something compelling that you see. It’s a no-strings-attached invitation to enter my life as I follow Jesus.” - Ken Fong, senior pastor, Evergreen Baptist Church, Los Angeles CA
in Life Without Principle
“The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is fear.”
April 11, 2008
There were geysers of water all around the courthouse and MelodyJoy enjoyed standing and sitting on them . . .
“A guess is just a guess until you turn it into a pie chart.
Dilbert’s Guide to the Rest of Your Life
Two and a half weeks after we left him in Oregon, Jordan arrived back in Fort Wayne tonight about 10:45, thanks to Northwest Airlines.
But you don't want to go backstage . . .
“By defining Americanism too narrowly and backwardly, conservative patriotism risks becoming clubby. And by celebrating America too unabashedly—without sufficient regard for America’s sins—it risks degenerating from patriotism into nationalism, a self-righteous, chest-thumping ideology that celebrates America at the expense of the rest of the world. But if conservative patriotism can be too exclusionary, liberal patriotism risks not being exclusionary enough. If liberals love America purely because it embodies ideals like liberty, justice and equality, why shouldn’t they love Canada—which from a liberal perspective often goes further toward realizing those principles—even more? And what do liberals do when those universal ideals collide with America’s self interest? Giving away the federal budget to Africa would probably increase the sum of justice and equality on the planet after all. But it would harm Americans and thus be unpatriotic.”
