Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

They're making fun of this poor dog, who is REALLY a creature of habit.


Read about the pastor in hot water as the church's biker outreach ("Set Free Soldiers") got in a barroom brawl with the Hell's Angels.

Read (Part 1 - Part 2) Why Elder Rule?

Read about genealogical results that Sarah Palin may be related to Princess Diana and FDR.

Read Matt Svoboda's thoughts on theological diversity in the SBC and finding common ground.

Read about salvation from within as a prisoner hid a hacksaw in his Bible, Shawshank-style.

Read Al Mohler's response to scientific evidence against the practice of spanking.

Read about the world's tallest man becoming the world's tallest dad.

Read Chris Brauns on when forgiveness might be wrong.

Read about the Cambodian couple sawing their house in house in the divorce settlement.

Read about The Real Obama by Thomas Sowell.

Read about the punishment handed down to rap fans whereby the judge sentenced them to listen to classical music.

Read about the legitimate uses of verbless sentences.

Check out Vladamir Putin's birthday gift, a tiger cub.

Read Tony Felich's thoughts on his link in the "Life Chain," standing for the lives of the unborn.

Read about the woman charged for serving marijuana-laced cake to her real estate agent.

Read Bill Kristol's thoughts on why McCain should fire his campaign manager.

Read Charles Krauthammer's thoughts on the importance of Obama's associations.

Read (pdf) Charles Halton's one page overview of How to Learn Hebrew. (HT Jim Hamilton)

Read Rev's thoughts on the importance of depravity and its lack of contemporary popularity.

Read about one experiment to determine how safe a city is.

Read Kelly's thoughts on the movie "Eagle Eye."

Read Ben Witherington's thoughts on the movie "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story."

Read John MacArthur's thoughts on Hope and Money.

Take the Yankee or Dixie? quiz. (HT Reepicheep)

Read about the punishment handed to the man who choose humiliation over jail time.

Read about Christianity Today's investigation into a potential connection between emerging theology and liberal politics.

Read about the woman killed in her sleep when a chunk of ice crashed through her ceiling, the origin of which is unknown.

Vote in Said at Southern's blog tagline contest.

Comment of the Week:
"Pets really do a little something for the self-esteem." (Michelle K)

Listen to yesterday's sermon at Providence Church on Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 "Worthwhile Worship"

"If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those decisions, perhaps better decisions will result."
-John Abrams

What if I'm looking for a bathroom, I can't find one, and my bladder explodes?

Ever stop and wonder, what's the Christian way to roll with this? Here's a real life applicational situation ...

A guy slips in the through the back/side door at Dairy Queen. He goes right into the restroom and he's in there ... a while. He comes out and slips right back out the back/side door.

I thought, "That's pretty brazen, especially as I think he did more than #1. I would have had to buy something."

Even at a gas station I feel inclined to buy a pack of gum or a Coke. Is that misplaced guilt or obligation?

So, do you feel inclined to buy something when you use an establishment's restroom?

Is that the Christian way to go, buying something?

Are gas stations in a different category? Does the cleanliness affect whether or not you make a guilt offering?

How do you roll?

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

A little good bull to brighten your day, and make you wish you had raised a lion cub. These 2 men raised a lion cub, but when the lion got too big it was released in Africa. This is a clip from their reunion.


Read about the dog that saved an elderly couple from a fire. I think the dog's name is "Lifesaver."

Read about the controversy in California where the marriage license no longer uses "Bride" & "Groom," but "Party A" & "Party B" instead. (HT Timothy) Why not add "Party C" while you're at it?

Read about the man who stole dead animals from the vet hospital and stuff them in high school lockers.

Learn the difference between Freud & Jung.

Read about Sarah Palin being invited to be the honorary VP & "Hockey Mom" of a California hockey team.

Read about one landlord's attempts to get rid of tenants via the smell of rotting cats.

Enter for a chance to win a FREE ESV Study Bible from monergism.com.

Read about the man brought up on charges for hugging a police officer whom he thought "just needed a hug".

Read the transcript from the Palin/Biden Vice-Presidential debate.

Read about police being called out to deal with a troublesome "kitty cat," only to find out it was a 80-90 pound mountain lion.

Read John Armstrong on Planned Parenthood and Politics.

Read about the German construction worker who turned over the package he found to authorities. The unemployed father of a disabled son said he conscience would not allow him to keep the 16,000 euros (@ $20,000) or jewelry.

Check out English Grammar 101: All you need to know.

Read about the human skeleton selling for $500 at an Indiana auction.

Read Belinda Luscombe's TIME magazine piece on why some women hate Sarah Palin. (HT Tim Challies) It's very insightful and reminiscent of high school.

Read about the politician who punched out the TV host for asking antagonistic questions.

Read Rev's piece What Is an Invitation? regarding altar calls & public invitations in SBC life.

Read about Finland pulling the game "Kindergarten Killer," an Internet game whereby you roam the halls of a school shooting children with a shotgun. After experiencing the country's worst school shooting ever, they decided it wasn't a good idea.

Read about the landlord who spied on his female tenants via hidden cameras in their apartments.

Enter (by Wednesday) for a chance to win Chris Brauns' book, Unpacking Forgiveness. I liked it and I think you will too.

Read about the Algerian baby found ... alive after spending 4 days stuck in the mud after flash flooding.

Read 7 online blunders than can ruin your computer or invite identity theft.

Read Timothy's sermon Why Is Abortion Sin against God?

Read Faith, Feelings and Corrie Ten Boom by Mark Altrogge.

Search Google 2001, getting the results you would have got in 2001, on this their 20th anniversary.

Read about the Vatican official who called the Democratice party the "Party of Death."

Read a collection of tributes to Jonathan Edwards on 305th anniversary of his birth.

Read the Truth about Christian Bookstores by Dan Edelen.

Read about Joe Biden's 14 Lies after the VP debate.

Read about Shrinking Cooperative Program Giving & The Future Of The SBC by Tony Kummer.

Read as Rebecca Brown asks, Where Are Our Manners?

Read Soldiers of Christ by John MacArthur.

Read what John Piper has to say on things to do and things to not do with evil.

Check out the new Herman Bavinck website, dedicated to "Maintain a fresh and uncluttered corpus of books, articles, lectures, news, information, and discussions on the life and writings of Herman Bavinck (1854-1921)."

Read Martin Luther on harsh language from his sermon on Ephesians 5:3-4.

Comment of the Week:
"I can see both "Old Yeller" and "Where the Red Fern Grows" if your still a boy, but "Star Trek II" and "Forest Gump"? Really?" (mlanders)

Listen to yesterday's sermon at Providence Church on Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 "Any Comfort in the Cosmos?"

"The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people."
-Lucille S. Harper

First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.

Reminds me of my sermon series on Ecclesiastes. (click to enlarge)

Of my friend, I can only say this: Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most . . . human.

I came across a list of "10 Movies It's Okay for Guys to Cry at." The list is all wrong, but I thought the concept was interesting.

Here are the movies it's okay for a man to cry while watching and still be considered a man (i.e., his Man Card is not put in jeopardy).

In no particular order ... The Top 20 Movies during which Men May Cry:

1. Old Yeller - This is beyond dispute. If fact, there's something wrong with you if you didn't cry when Old Yeller got shot.

2. Rocky II - When he says, "Yo, Adrian! I did it!" ... Niagra Falls, baby.

3. The Green Mile - Knowing the end of an innocent man.

4. Schindler's List - Many moments, of course.

5. Forrest Gump - When Forrest reads the letter at Jenny's grave ... oh yeah, touching.

6. The Champ - Little Ricky Schroeder crying, saying, "Wake him up, Jackie." Maybe it was because I was a kid, but that left quite an impression.

7. Where the Red Fern Grows - If you've seen it you know, especially if you're a dog lover.

8. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Great movie and even greater book, but seeing what Chief does prior to his exit is quite moving.

9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The touching scene between Kirk & Spock centered around sacrifice.

10. Men of honor - When DeNiro orders Cuba Gooding, Jr. to walk in his suit.

11. The Passion of the Christ - Never have I been so moved by a movie, especially one I could never watch again.

12. City of Angels - The end ... I won't spoil it for you, but it's good.

13. Excalibur - Being caught by the Lady of the Lake at the end.

14. The Mission - The ending, naturally.

15. Pay It Forward - The ending, of course.

16. Remember the Titans - When they win for their fallen teammate. One of the best movies of all time in its own right.

17. Family Man - Late at night when he ponders his last moments with his kids.

18. Butterfly Effect (Director's cut, not sloogey version) - How Devon brings about the end of the/his narrative.

19. Somewhere in Time - Richard Collier's departure and denouement.

20. ? ? ?

No offense to Oilcan, but An Officer and a Gentleman didn't make the list, nor did Terms of Endearment. Beyond that, I'm open to suggestions for number 20.

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

Vintage Steve Martin with Johnny Carson demonstrating how his new gadget (the answering machine) works.


Read about the House defeating bail out plan.

Read Ray Fowler's roundup of the Fireproof movie.

Read about 10 Animal Myths Debunked, particularly interesting about elephants and important about rattlesnakes.

Check out this roundup page for the recent Desiring God conference, with audio, video, and transcripts.

Learn the difference between Marvel & DC.

Read as mother of child with special needs shares 10 things she'd like you to know.

Read about the California ruling that lapdogs can remain lapdogs in traveling cars. Thanks for Gov. Arnold who vetoed a bill that would have outlawed the practice.

Read Al Mohler's thoughts on overturning Roe vs. Wade.

Read about the 6 year old girl in Nepal declared a "living goddess," so declared by the government, not the church.

Read the Ten Commandments of Blogging.

Read about the ruckus in Spain over a political candidate sharing of his first sexual experience coming in a brothel, to the ire of his female opposition, making accusations of encouraging prostitution.

Read Tim Challies on Evangelism and Calvinism.

Read about the woman who had a bat in her house and inadvertently cooked the bat in her coffee while it was in the filter. Oh yeah, she drank the coffee too.

Read as Matt Svoboda asks, Is Baptist diversity holding us back?

Read about Egyptian prisoners being allowed to order out for restaurant food during Ramadan.

Read the transcript of the first presidential debate.

Read about UCLA "discovering" the largest prime number, a 13 million digit prime number, that is.

Read Jesse Johnson's Evangelism: Event or Lifestyle?

Read about the hospital telling a 71 year old grandfather the good news, that he's pregnant.

Read Sinclair Ferguson's 20 Resolutions on Taming the Tongue from the book of James.

Read about the apartment squatter arrested when he called 9-1-1.

Read A Christian View of the Economic Crisis by Al Mohler.

Read about the firefighter accused of stealing a man's severed foot.

Read about Tony Blair teaching religion at Yale. (HT Brent Thomas)

Read about PETA urging Ben & Jerry's to use human milk in their ice cream.

Check out church vs. social club from E. Dewey Smith.

Read about the man hit by a truck while jaywalking. He was then fined.

Read about Barak Obama's negligence in being his brother's keeper, literally, his brother.

Read about China reporting a successful space flight, prior to liftoff.

Read about Kirk Cameron refusing to kiss anyone onscreen other than his wife in the movie Fireproof.

Read about twins charged with fraud when judge has her twin sister sit in for her.

Read Is Success a Hindrance to Marriage? by Suzanne Hadley. (HT Tim Challies)

Check out the cornfield sculpted to display the image of Sarah Palin from the sky. Eat your heart out crop circles.

Read why Mark Driscoll loves John Piper.

Read about the German thief who apologized and paid restitution after feeling guilty.

Read about the Muslim man convicted of child cruelty for encouraging kids to flail themselves.

Read Denny Burk on Using "God's Will" to Manipulate.

Check out the slide show Presidents Say the Darndest Things. (HT Jenn)

Read about the inventor of the :-) emoticon (smiley).

Read about the priest stabber inspired by the Da Vinci Code.

Read about God's High Call for Women per Grace Community Church (John MacArthur).

Read about the pastor sentenced for stealing the church's Hurricane Katrina relief funds.

Read about the candidate for governor who drowned in a publicity stunt in Bangkok.

Read How to Be a Fool, in 4 Easy Steps by Dan Phillips of Pyromaniacs.

Read about the man who stole the beer truck, but abandoned it once he saw it was empty.

Buy your life size Sarah Palin wall sticker from WallMonkeys.

Read about R.C. Sproul's talk on If God is sovereign, how can man be free? at the recent Ligonier conference.

Read about Japan holding an adult diaper fashion show.

Read about Johnny Mac's talk on Why does God allow so much suffering and evil? at the recent Ligonier conference.

Check out the recap of the recent Founders Conference Southwest in Mansfield, which I attended and enjoyed greatly.

Comment of the Week:
"More validation that I can and should preach in my Speedo Sunday. Service starts at 10:40." (Lance)

Listen to yesterday's sermon at Providence Church on Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 "More than a Watchmaker"

"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."
-Bob Dylan

Luke's got more guts than brains.

Friday saw the passing of Paul Newman, dead at age 83.

My favorite Paul Newman movies:
3. The Hustler
2. Slap Shot
1. Cool Hand Luke

In his honor I plan to watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, for the first time.

For your amusement/edification, I share some great Cool Hand Luke quotes ...

• Takin' it off here, boss.
• Babalugats, we got a bet here.
• He's called, "Captain." You call the rest of us, "Boss," you hear?
• Cuttin' the heads off of parkin' meters, Captain. We never had one of them.
• In case you get rabbit in your blood and you decide to take off for home, you get some bonus time and leg chains to slow you down.
• Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box.
• Any man loud talkin' spends a night in the box. (etc.)
• You don't have a name until Dragline gives you one.
• He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules.
• Anything so innocent ... and built like that just got to be named, "Lucille."
• Oh, boy, she knows EXACTLY what she's doin'.
• Yeah, well ... sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
• I can eat 50 eggs.
• Luke, what did you say 50 for? Why couldn't you say 35 or 39? It seemed a nice round number.
• What we've got here is failure to communicate.
• Some men you just can't reach.
• I'm shakin' it, boss.
• A quick look, but no memorizin' job.
• You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice, you got yourself two sets. You ain't goin' to need no third set, 'cause you're goin' to get your mind right.
• Wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, Captain.
• Callin' it your job, don't make it right.
• Stop feedin' off me!
• Luke's got more guts than brains.
• What's your dirt doin' in his ditch?
• I never planned anything in my life.
• He's a natural born world-shaker.