Out in theaters today is the new Ron Howard movie, Angels and Demons, based on the “Fiction” Murder Mystery Novel by Dan Brown. It is important, especially for Christians who should know better, as with The Da Vinci Code, this is a fiction novel. I don’t know about the movie, but the novel is a [...]
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Movie: Angels and Demons
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, PG Required, RELIGION, movies, tagged Angels and Demons, catholic, christian, christianity, culture, Dan Brown, fiction, God, influence, Jesus, movie, movie review, movies, Novel, RELIGION, Ron Howard, spirituality on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Teen Study: Telling Teens to Use Protection Encourages Sex
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Good News, History, Messed Up World, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged abstinence, anxiety, Bristol Palin, children, christianity, contraception, counseling, culture, influence, life, life change, lifestyle, Linda Chavez, Marriage, Palin, parenting, parenting teens, politics, relationships, self-esteem, teen pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day, teens, worldview on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I came across this article today by Linda Chavez. Ms. Chavez serves on the board of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. With the Bristol Palin baby and breakup with boyfriend this has become a hot issue in the media. Miss Palin is being nailed to the wall for being an advocate for [...]
Jamie Foxx – Miley Cyrus – The Soloist
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Messed Up World, PG Required, movies, tagged culture, immaturity, influence, Jamie Foxx, lifestyle, Miley Cyrus, movie, movie review, movies, parenting, parenting teens, The Soloist on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Up until a couple of weeks ago I have looked forward to seeing The Soloist. Lisa and I have seen the preview trailers for weeks and it looks like a great story. Then, Jamie Foxx, one of the stars, made some very crude attacks, at an attempt of humor, on 16 year old Miley Cyrus on a [...]
Movie Review: “24″ Fans Will Like “Taken”
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, PG Required, movies, tagged 24, action, action flicks, culture, fun, Jack Bauer, Liam Neeson, movie, movie review, movies, Taken, thriller on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are a fan of Jack Bauer and “24″ you will like the movie “Taken“. My wife Lisa is not a “24″ fan, she likes a show to have an ending every week, and she enjoyed this action thriller also. It was on the edge of your seats, you have to wait till the [...]
Slumdog Millionaire – Parents See With Teens
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, History, Messed Up World, PG Required, movies, tagged Academy Awards, culture, depression, hope, life, lifestyle, love, movie, movie review, movies, self-esteem, Slumdog Millionaire, success, teens on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have not done a movie review in a few weeks. I usually do something on movies on Friday. Lisa and I love going to the movies. We like all genres but we try to avoid movies that have pretty dark story lines or a pretty strong sense of evil or immorality. It just bothers my [...]
Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Product of a Post-Christian Culture
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, Leadership, Marriage, Messed Up World, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged culture, ethics, God, Jesus, morals, parenting, parenting teens, teens, truth, young adult on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I continue to read stories of Christianity and the influence of Christianity shrinking in America. We are now being officially called a post-Christian society. Yes…. That should upset you a little. There does seem to be a church on every corner…..at least in most of the country.
So why are Christians not having a positive effect [...]
Friday Movie Review: Twilight
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Leadership, Marriage, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, movies, tagged culture, influence, movie review, movie reviews, parenting, parenting teens, teens, Twilight on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judging from the Myspace and Facebook comments I have seen all week, there are a lot of teenage girls going to watch the movie Twilight this weekend. It is the beginning of a series of movies based on a series of novels that teenage girls love to read about vampires. In the trailer the male lead asks [...]
Biblical Answers and Opinions to Sex Questions -3
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Marriage, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, biblical answers to sex, Christian Living, christianity, counseling, culture, love, marriage counseling, married, married couples, peace, premarital counseling, premarital sex, relationships, sex therapy, single on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is my third post that links to Mark Driscoll, Pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle Washington. He is teaching a series on marriage based on The Song of Solomon. He is getting a lot of questions about Biblical answers to sex questions. Today I am just going to give you a list of the [...]
Friday Movie Review: Quantum of Solace
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, PG Required, movies, tagged 007, james Bond, movie review, Quantum of solace on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
James Bond is back. The new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, is now in theaters. This is one of those movies I want to see and Lisa will go along because I went to see the “Bee” movie (which I did enjoy by the way) and others with her.
James Bond is one of those guys [...]
Sex Question #2 – What are some good books on Marriage and Sex
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged biblical, biblical worldview, God, lifestyle, mark driscoll, Marriage, marriage counseling, morality, premarital counseling, sex education on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is my second post on Mark Driscoll’s answering questions about sexfrom a biblical point of view. Driscoll is doing a series on sex and marriage and is taking questions via email and texting and answering them on his blog.
The second question is: What are some good books on marriage and sex?
Driscoll gives several of his favorite books [...]
Biblical Answers to Sex Questions
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, Leadership, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged Bible, God, health, immorality, Jesus, mark driscoll, morality, premarital counseling, premarital sex, sex education, spiritual health, truth on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Parents: Please review before allowing your children to check it out……
Mark Driscoll is the teaching pastor at Mars Hill in Seattle, Washington. He is currently teaching a series from Song of Solomon or sometimes called Song of Songs. While teaching this series he is calling, The Peasant Princess he is taking questions via text messages [...]
Friday Movie Review: The Secret Life of Bees
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, PG Required, movies, tagged moview review, the secret life of bees on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please take the poll below…..I am testing it out……
Man, I can’t keep up with all the movies I want to see. Lisa is looking forward to The Secret Life of Bees because she enjoyed reading the book. Camerin Courtney did a review for Christianity Today and gave Bees 3.4 out of a possible 4 stars.
Camerin [...]
Dating and Sex Checkup
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Leadership, Messed Up World, PG Required, Prayer, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, Uncategorized, tagged baggage, commitment, counseling, dating, engaged, engagement, God, Jesus, mental pain, parenting, parenting teens, premarital counseling, premarital sex, relationships, single, singles, teens, weddings, young adults on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I listed the “Top Ten Turn-Ons for Getting A Date” from Sean Covey’s book, The Six Most Important decisions You’ll Eve Make – A Guide for Teens.
I know as a counselor and a pastor for over fifteen years now that pre-marital sex can really mess up a relationship. Sex becomes the center of [...]
Top Ten Turn-Ons To Catch a Date
Posted in Books, Entertainment, PG Required, Self-Help, Stress, tagged dating, finding a spouse, Marriage, parenting teens, singles, teens, turn-ons on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t had to date since 1977 when I met my wife Lisa during the second half of my senior year at MacArthur High School in Irving, TX. I remember seeing her sitting on the tail-gate of a friends truck in the Gibson’s parking lot and thinking how beautiful she was. I didn’t think there [...]
Friday Movie Review: Flash of Genius
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Leadership, PG Required, movies, tagged Flash of Genius, movie review on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been watching the previews for Flash of Geniusand Lisa and I are looking forward to seeing it. Josh Hurst of Christianity Today did a review on it. He gave the movie 2.5 out of 4 stars. Flash of Genius is rated PG-13 for some brief strong language including “a few profane uses of [...]
Friday Movie Review: Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, PG Required, movies, tagged fun, family movies, dogs, clean fun, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Disney, PG Movies on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love this movie season leading up to Christmas. Lisa and I love going to movies this time of year. There are two coming out this weekend we have been looking forward to. One, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, (We have a Chihuahua in our family) and the other, Flash of Genius. One funny and probably brainless, [...]
Parents: Are your kids speaking E-language? (BFF)
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, PG Required, Self-Help, Uncategorized, tagged baby boomers, communication, culture, education, generation x, generational, IM, internet, kids, language, lingo, parenting, parenting teens, slang, teens on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking to baby boomer parents I find they are sometimes troubled that their Gen X and Gen Y kids are speaking a language they don’t understand. To make instant messaging more instant, and texting much faster, an e-language has been and is still in the process of being developed. Parents, don’t freak out when you hear your kid [...]
Text and Drive: More dangerous than drink and drive
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Family, Messed Up World, Motorcycle, PG Required, tagged cell phones, danger, dangerous, driving, driving safety, drunk driving, parenting, parenting teens, teenagers, teens, texters, texting, young adults on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I need to start off with a confession. I have used my phone to text people as I was driving, not often mind you, but I have. Even worse, and please use a word more kind than stupid while thinking of this, I have once or twice done so while driving my motorcycle. How about you?
As a [...]
Friday Movie Review: Traitor
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, PG Required, RELIGION, movies, tagged christian, date night, Don Cheadle, Faith, film, God, Guy Pearce, Jesus, movie review, movies, Muslim, sisterhood of the traveling pants, Traitor on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There have not been a lot of movies out lately Lisa or I have been very excited about checking out. I posted a review on the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie a couple of weeks ago and Lisa and her best friend went to see it and it was a yawner. Thanks to Carolyn [...]
Successful Marriage: Expect More of Yourself than of Your Spouse
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, Uncategorized, tagged empty nest, God, Jesus, joy, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, parenting, relationships on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lisa and I just had our twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. I would say, and I think she would, we have had a successful marriage. We still love each other very much. Our love and our relationship, for sure, is stronger and more mature, thank God, than it was when we got married at twenty. We have been through all [...]
