Quietime Christmas at Walmart.com for $7.00

For a limited time only, Quietime Christmas will be available via Walmart.com for $7.00.  Check it out along with all the other seasonal titles offered.

Of course, you can buy it at Lifeway Christian Stores, Amazon.com, and download it on iTunes too.

Dedication Video for our Daughter

The song was written specifically for our girl, Anthem, and recorded by my wife as a demo. It's called "You Could Only Come From Heaven".

Mother Teresa Quotes

I was at a concert last night and I reminded of a great quote by Mother Teresa.  "We can do no great things, only small things with great love."

After that, I started looking up some more quotes from her (thanks to BrainyQuote.com) Here are some of my favorites:

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

      

Major Religions Ranked By Size

I found a great article on World Religions by Adherents.com.  Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.

Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Lutherans live in Wisconsin?", "What are the major religions of India?", or "What percentage of the world is Muslim?" We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics.

Global City Church Planting

Senior Pastor, Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City posted a fantastic article on church planting in city centers across the globe.  Key Point: Engage the culture.  Don't shy away from it.  Engage and you'll be amazed at the response the world gives you.  Here's how...