The PITI Blog
Sermons with a Smile
07/30/08
Increasing your ability to make people laugh will improve your sermons and add satisfaction to your job. Two things that even the most seasoned pastor should welcome. To be sure, anyone can get a laugh with a tired joke just like...[more]
In the Interest of Bitterness
07/28/08
Anyone who has taken the time to calculate an amortization or loan repayment schedule, understands the implications of interest, and how interest paid on long-term loans will often exceed the amount of principal paid before the...[more]
Twilight, Teens and Vampires
07/27/08
Stephanie Meyer has done something few authors have done. She has actually enticed the American teenager to put down the joystick, hibernate the computer, turn off the television and read a book. With her “Twilight” series...[more]
The Prayer to Nowhere
07/24/08
I hate to pray. There. I said it. I know that there are times in my life when I pray that the Lord will confront me with something that needs attention. Why can't I have the "feel good," prayers, the...[more]
Families Adrift
07/21/08
Some businesses mistakenly operate as though the market share controlled or amount of success enjoyed will endure forever. Major institutions cling to products of growing obsolescence with the false hope that the changing desires...[more]
A Missionary's Perspective-Animism and Buddhism
07/18/08
On a recent trip to the States I had the opportunity to teach about how Animism and Buddhism have influenced Mongolian culture. Mongolia, my home for the last six years, is a culture founded upon the ideas prevalent in Animism...[more]
Culture and Christ or Christ and Culture?
07/14/08
The contextualization of Christianity in a culture is a controversial work. How much of the presentation of the Gospel must be adapted to a culture, and honor the culture? When must culture be ignored in favor of the supreme...[more]
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