By Ray Charles Istre
Was Jesus ugly? The Bible seems to indicate that he might have been…
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:2 (New International […]

Which of the American Idol contestants are Christians? Of course it’s hard for us to know with much certainty… Some of them might be believers, but choose not to make it apart of their publicly known profile. Others may claim to know God (like 80% of Americans), but never have known a personal relationship with […]

I was going to write an essay about how the the popularization of the term “Idol” proves the prevalence of idolism in modern society (I really do believe that), but I just don’t have time at the moment, so I’ll just tell you my favorites instead…
We don’t watch much TV, but we’ll watch american Idol […]

I always think its funny when they come out with a new study and announce something that we’ve known for a very long time.
Like today, I saw the headline on Yahoo, “Hot tubs a breeding ground for bacteria”
Haven’t we known that since like the 1960’s?