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The Heart of Christian Hedonism — and the Bible and Creation and Everything

The greatest happiness God pursues is the delight he takes in the echoes of his excellence in the supremely happy praises of the saints.

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Is the Reformation Mostly Over?

26/10/2015 22/09/2016 Thoughts

Today, nearly 500 years after the Protestant reformation, orthodox Protestants and Catholics are closer to each other than they perhaps have ever been. And this is as it should be. While they still have important differences about the primacy of Rome, the place of Mary, justification by faith, and the structure of the church, it is not uncommon on practical ethics issues for conservative Protestants and Catholics to be working alongside each other in the political trenches – and to view each other as allies in every possible sense of the term. What has driven them closer together is the need for survival in the face of an aggressive and advancing secularism. Today faithful Christians of all kinds – Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox – are being urged by their secular counterparts to cast aside their antiquated beliefs about God and families, and instead to embrace new ideas about gender, marriage, human personhood, and God (i.e. God’s non-existence) that are more compatible with ‘conte..

ROOM: Expanding Our Empathy

16/10/2015 22/09/2016 Movies

Heartache is an interesting condition. It is usually associated with romance, when break ups lead to heartbreak. So what should we call a situation where you find yourself rooting so hard for someone else’s happiness, that their trials and tribulations make your heart ache? Room is both harrowing and heroic. It places a heavy burden upon its characters and thanks to superb acting, writing and directing, transfers that weight to the audience. Emma Donoghue adapted her award-winning novel to what ..

Pinky Promise’s Statewide Baby Shower!

05/10/2015 22/09/2016 Heather Lindsey

Getting set up for the statewide Baby Shower! Me & My husband, Cornelius! Whew! We've been super busy around here preparing for our 1st annual Pinky Promise statewide baby shower!! And, it finally happened on September 12, 2015!! I've been planning this thing in my head for a year and I started actually putting the Pinky Promise Dream Team in place and taking the steps towards the shower about a year ago. It all started when I was pregnant with Logan in 2013. I had a pretty rough preg..

“The One” Revealed – Virtual Book Tour – *Giveaway!

26/09/2015 22/09/2016 Heather Lindsey

“The One” Revealed: A Woman’s Hopeful and Helpful Guide in Knowing Who Her Husband Isby: Karolyne Roberts This book thoroughly addresses many questions pertaining to the quest for “The One” and hearing God’s voice. One of your very own questions may be: “Did God really show me who my husband is?”, “Is there such thing as ‘The One’?”, “Did I marry the wrong person?” or “When will it finally be my time to get married and have children?” Throughout this book, Karolyne dissects the desire to be mar..

Faith-based historical football drama “Woodlawn” coming to theaters nationwide

10/09/2015 22/09/2016 Movies

A faith-based period drama with a modern-day purpose and explosive sports action is headed to theaters nationwide October 16, 2015. WOODLAWN, is said to be an exhilarating high school football story about revival and reconciliation, offering hope for overcoming the racial crises facing America today. The movie, an Erwin Brothers film produced by Kevin Downes, tells the true-life story of Ton..

“One Generation Away” film tour visits the frontlines of religious liberty issues

10/09/2015 22/09/2016 Movies

“One Generation Away” is a fast-paced film that travels the United States (and Europe) in search of a deeper understanding of the religious freedom clauses in the Constitution’s First Amendment. From Hobby Lobby to the Mt. Soledad Cross in San Diego to wedding service providers in the Northwest, “One Generation Away” asks hard questions about the status of religious liberty in America toda..

Pregnancy & Labor: Taylor Milan Lindsey’s Birth Story

12/08/2015 22/09/2016 Heather Lindsey

Introducing the world to our little princess, Taylor Milan Lindsey! First, how did we come up with her name? While me & Cornelius were courting, we used to joke and make stick figures creating our little family. The first stick figure was a little boy named "Logan," the second, a little girl named Taylor. And.. there was a third & I think we are going to adopt him/her! :) So, as we searched high and low for girl names, we couldn't agree on one name. It's crazy how many people you rea..

When your Faith is Low..

07/08/2015 24/08/2016 Heather Lindsey

Sometimes we can get tested out of NOWHERE and those tests can sometimes bring a fear to our heart. But it's in those moments that you have to APPLY your quiet time with the Lord, what you've learned at conferences, church and the books you read on faith. It's not enough to simply be fat off of the word of God - at some point, we have to take what we've learned and APPLY it to our life. We walk by FAITH and not by SIGHT. Which means, although the circumstances look BAD as you..

“After Graduation & Feeling Purposeless?”

30/06/2015 25/08/2016 Heather Lindsey

I recall taking an internship my junior year in college (2003) and I had just finished cooking for Jesus & having a "date night. with Him" I was single, focused & very intentional about spending time with God daily. So, as we watched a movie, He told me to turn to TV off. I grabbed a journal and the Lord began to download into my heart. He said, "Heather, I have called you to preach my gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. You and your one day husband will have a worldwide ministry and millions of..

Inside Out (2015)

19/06/2015 22/09/2016 Movies

Take a deep dive into your own head. Do an archaeological dig. Work your way all the way to the center. What do you find? Core memories. Foundational impressions. The moments that made you. Me? Mine are almost all related to creativity: – Reading books — fairy tales and fantasy, mostly. – Writing and illustrating my own fantasy stories with crayons, and then learning how to type out the words with my index finger on a typewriter. – Drawing pictures on church bulletins during church while my mom softly shushed me. – Opening presents on Christmas morning at my grandparents’ house, and discovering that my grandfather has built me my very own puppet stage. – Hanging out with my dad while he read theology books and graded high school students’ papers all evening. – Playing basketball in the backyard all by myself, inventing new variations on the game, and pretending to be every player on opposing teams as I acted out whole games. – Watching Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on the bi..

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The Heart of Christian Hedonism — and the Bible and Creation and Everything

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Is the Reformation Mostly Over?

ROOM: Expanding Our Empathy

Pinky Promise’s Statewide Baby Shower!

“The One” Revealed – Virtual Book Tour – *Giveaway!

Faith-based historical football drama “Woodlawn” coming to theaters nationwide

“One Generation Away” film tour visits the frontlines of religious liberty issues

Pregnancy & Labor: Taylor Milan Lindsey’s Birth Story

When your Faith is Low..

“After Graduation & Feeling Purposeless?”

Inside Out (2015)

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