Flash mob sings the Hallelujah Chorus in a mall

This is an amazing video and what a picture of how the glories of Christ will one day be the song of all peoples- that is of those who believe.

See What Steve Saint is up to now- literally "up" to.

Steve Saint is the son of Nate Saint who was one of the 5 missionaries who were killed in Ecuador. Check out his new venture- mainly aimed at use in missions, but pretty cool anywhere. I want one for Christmas! May God use it for the cause of the Gospel.

He blinded me with science

Steven Hawking has settled the question of the origin of the universe and has declared that God is not needed. Physics is all we need, or so says Hawking. We can all go home now.

What is the source of the origin of the universe? Gravity. Yep, that's right, plain old fashioned, things fall down, gravity. Who'd a thunk it? Why didn't we look there before? What...... you don't get it? You're a rube, a naif, a man who clings to the opiate of the idea of God. You are a poorly educated, anti-science fool. So there, and if you come back again I shall taunt you a second time.

Hawking is the mystical sage of the science world who gives pronouncements like the Buddha. He says that "Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist" and that gravity is the reason behind all of this. Get it?

He is playing the part of the grand magician who can pull the universe out of the hat of gravity. What is amazing is that so many smart people are fooled by a cheap trick.

The Bible has seen many Hawkings' come and go and has said in no uncertain terms that no matter how many physics equations one can breakdown, a fool says in his heart "There is no God" (Psalm 14:1,53:1). Smart people can say the most foolish thing possible.

**to "blind with science" means to deliberately confuse someone by giving the impression of highly complex knowledge.

5 Big Myths About Calvinism- or as a Calvinist named John Newton termed it- Amazing Grace

Here is a great article looking at 5 common myths about Biblical Calvinism, sometimes referred to as the Doctrines of Grace or Reformed theology.

Here are the five big myths:

1. CALVINISM DESTROYS EVANGELISM

2. CALVINISM APPEALS TO THE PRIDE OF MAN

3. CALVINISM STUNTS HOLINESS

4. CALVINISM TEACHES THAT MEN ARE MERELY ROBOTS

5. CALVINISM DIMINISHES THE GOD OF LOVE

Here is a money quote from the article from Charles Spurgeon....

“I do not come into this pulpit hoping that perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope lies in another quarter. I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and say, "You are mine, and you shall be mine. I claim you for myself." My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will. Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.”

3 Things You Should Know About Islam

Here is a view of Islam that you won't find in many places. One caveat- the makers of the video have a weak view of Scripture, because Scripture gives more than advice and does not genuinely contradict itself according to the law of non-contradiction.

Nevertheless, it could open many an eye to the lie of Islam- especially so-called moderate Islam. (HT: Newsbusters)

PRAY FOR CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Christopher Hitchens is a well known atheist (author of "God is not Great") who has debated numerous Christians including Doug Wilson and intended to debate James White. However he has just been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He describes the beginning of this ordeal with a prose that gives one the feeling that death has begun to shake his foundations.... I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early morning last June when I came to consciousness feeling as if I were actually shackled to my own corpse. The whole cave of my chest and thorax seemed to have been hollowed out and then refilled with slow-drying cement. I could faintly hear myself breathe but could not manage to inflate my lungs. My heart was beating either much too much or much too little. Any movement, however slight, required forethought and planning. It took strenuous effort for me to cross the room of my New York hotel and summon the emergency services.

Hitchens writes that there are an astonishing number of prayer groups on his side, for which he seems appreciative.

His own brother has become a believer in Christ and no doubt is among those praying.

Add yourself to that number, and may God be gracious to bring Mr. Hitchens out of his spiritual death and into the forgiveness and eternal life that comes by faith in Christ alone.

Glen Beck may be a patriot, but he's no theologian

Glen Beck is a fine patriot and a terrible theologian. His patriotism is welcome, but his understanding of God is absolutely wicked.

Pray that his eyes might be open to the true freedom that is found in the Gospel.