I just finished an interesting book by Frank Viola and George Barna entitled “Pagan Christianity?”. If you are happy with the way we “do church” these days, this is probably not a book that you will enjoy reading. However, if you are like me and feel that we tend to have too many traditions and rituals in the Church today, then you will likely find it a very thought-provoking read.

I did not entirely agree with the theme of this book, but it is definitely something that will make you think about how we could be working better to impact the world around us while working to become better disciples of Christ, as well. The book offers a great insight into how our churches today have gotten a great deal of their function and worship styles from sources other than those found in the Bible. If nothing else you might get a pretty good little history lesson. Check it out.

I have always found Ben Stein amusing and quite intelligent from what I have seen. His latest jump into the spotlight is with a new movie called “EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed”. It is an attempt to show how the science community is slanted towards those who believe in evolution and against those who feel that there must have been a Creator or Intelligent Designer.

I have not seen this movie, so far, but I hope to. I will post a review when I get a chance to see it. The trailer seems to be interesting, although I don’t know if this is the type of movie the mainstream public will flock to in droves.

Anyway, I do know that it has definitely ruffled some feathers. Go visit the website and look at the news section. It has people fussing for various reasons apparently. Everyone from Yoko Ono to Richard Dawkins. (who by the way was so upset that he posted a very lengthy post)

It also has some interesting quotes from people on the pro side of the coin. Names such as: Rush Limbaugh, Chuck Colson, Lee Strobel, and James Dobson. I will be interested to see what happens with this. Both sides seem to be pretty worked up. Maybe we will get past the name calling and actually open up some real discussion on the subject. Only time will tell.

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything here, so I thought I would give an update. As you might have guessed, I have been pretty busy lately and have not had the time to devote to writing anything here. That is one of the down sides to having a real job, I guess.

Anyway, I have now just updated the look of the site a little just to give it a little more visual interest. I hope that you like it! Also, please let me know if you notice something that does not work properly, as well. I did an upgrade on my blog script as well. It looks like it is working pretty well at this time, so I will cross my fingers and hope for the best.

Who knows, I might actually get to post a “real” topic soon.