World-renowned psychologist Phillip Zimbardo recently published The Demise of Guys: Why Boys are Struggling and What We Can Do About It. It was recently profiled on CNN. The central thesis is that addictions to video games and online porn are devastating a generation of young men. Dr. Russell Moore from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary writes [...]
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A lost generation of men
Posted by dschmus on May 26, 2012
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/a-lost-generation-of-men/
54 minutes
From Jim Cymbala, in Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: The services have to be uniformly positive, and the services can’t go longer than 60 minutes. Even then, church is inconvenient for some, especially during football season… One minister told me recently that two families left for another church because his parking attendants didn’t direct cars out [...]
Posted by dschmus on April 16, 2012
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/54-minutes/
How did I get here?
I came home from Embracing Life tonight full of the love of the Father, and I feel like He asked me to write this. I hope it ministers to you. It’s a little embarrassing. He must increase, I must decrease. I’m not sure how I got here, but it’s wonderful. I can remember often being [...]
Posted by dschmus on November 19, 2010
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/how-did-i-get-here/
Elisabeth Elliot on Amy Carmichael
In Elisabeth’s Elliot biography of Amy Carmichael, called A Chance to Die, she writes: “The preoccupations of seventeen year old girls—their looks, their clothes, their social life—do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.” [...]
Posted by dschmus on June 6, 2010
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/elisabeth-elliot-on-amy-carmichael/
Would rather have a grandchild
Just came across a quote by Herbert Spencer, who first posited the theory of Social Darwinism and coined the term “survival of the fittest.” Spencer never married, but devoted his life to study and writing. Much of his later years were consumed with the publishing of the epic Synthetic Philosophy–18 volumes which essentially represented his [...]
Posted by dschmus on January 26, 2010
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/would-rather-have-a-grandchild/
Various Fall/Winter Pics
Posted by dschmus on January 18, 2009
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/various-fallwinter-pics/
My son was dead, and now he’s alive!
On Sunday after worship I went to a lunch meeting for those on the ministry team, meaning those who pray for people who walk forward for prayer after the service. A man named Peter told his story about Josh, one of his 11 children. I took notes, and here it is. Josh first noticed his [...]
Posted by dschmus on January 13, 2009
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/my-son-was-dead-and-now-hes-alive/
Fireproof review
I took Elizabeth to see Fireproof last night. It was wonderful, painful, joyful,…emotional. Similar to their previous film, Facing the Giants, it was well done, had limited cheesiness (those who have seen a lot of Christian films know what I mean) and was so powerful. When you see the film, I would encourage you [...]
Posted by dschmus on September 27, 2008
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/fireproofreview/
Mind dupe of heart
“The mind is always the dupe of the heart.” – Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld This was the journal topic in class today. I love this topic because it so accurately diagnoses the romantic emotionalism that drives teenagers (and most adults) in search of their significant others. We believe that love is an emotion and [...]
Posted by dschmus on September 22, 2008
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/mind-dupe-of-heart/
Sarah Palin, McCain’s VP pick
Quote from Gov. Palin about her son Trig, born in April with Down’s Syndrome: “Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We [...]
Posted by dschmus on August 30, 2008
http://dschmus.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/sarah-palin-mccains-vp-pick/
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