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How the Grinch Was Too Late to Steal Christmas
Read more: How the Grinch Was Too Late to Steal Christmas“Pooh-pooh to the Whos!” he was grinch-ish-ly humming. “They’re finding out now that no Christmas is coming! “They’re just waking up! I know just what they’ll do! “Their mouths will hang open a minute or two “Then all the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry BOO-HOO!” “That’s a…
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‘Roid Sage: Did We Learn Anything From the Steroids Era?
Read more: ‘Roid Sage: Did We Learn Anything From the Steroids Era?Editors note: This is part two in a two part series looking back at the end of Major League Baseball’s so-called Steroids Era. For part one click here. For a baseball fan growing up in Northern California, the late-90s and early 2000s were a great time. After some lean years through the mid-90s,…
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Ignorance Was Bliss: Reflecting on MLB’s Steroids Era
Read more: Ignorance Was Bliss: Reflecting on MLB’s Steroids EraThe 2012 season marks 10 years since Major League Baseball began testing for performance enhancing drugs, precipitating the end of what has come to be known as the Steroids Era. Fans everywhere nodded in approval while mumbling that it was about time they did something. They then collectively fell asleep as scores started dropping and…
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What to Think About Church Growth
Read more: What to Think About Church GrowthI don’t know what to think about church growth anymore. I’ve always believed it’s God that causes a church to grow–and I still do. But what role does the leadership of the church play in bringing more people in? I’m afraid the answer to this question I’ve long held to is actually little more than…
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Read more: With Great Power Comes Great ResponsibilityYesterday Albert Mohler published an article at his website entitled, “Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?” The article–or at least its title–inspired megachurch pastor Rick Warren to tweet, “@albertmohler A TITLE questioning 1000s of churches’ orthodoxy due to size is unChristlike. U need to apologize to pastors Al.” Despite the knee-jerk reaction it elicited from Warren,…
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Winning!(?): Christians and the Lottery
Read more: Winning!(?): Christians and the LotteryAn old proverb states that in every bet there is a fool and a thief. With the backdrop of the Mega Millions lottery jackpot rising towards a record setting $640 million last week, the subject of gambling became a popular topic among many Christians. John Piper wrote a blog post about why you shouldn’t gamble, Albert…
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An Overview of Our Blogroll (Part 3)
Read more: An Overview of Our Blogroll (Part 3)Today’s post wraps up a three-part look at the websites and blogs you’ll find on our blogroll. You can find part’s one and two here and here, respectively. We hope you’ll give some of them a look (as long as they don’t crowd us out of your daily blog rotation)… Veritas (veritas.org)–Veritas is an organization…
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Know Your Blogroll (Pt. 2)
Read more: Know Your Blogroll (Pt. 2)Welcome to part 2 of a look at the blogs that make up our blogroll at the bottom of this site. You can check out part 1 here. (The Two Cities has not received any financial considerations from the authors of these blogs, though donations are always accepted). The objective here is simply to point…
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Celebrating the Patron Saint of Corned Beef and Cabbage
Read more: Celebrating the Patron Saint of Corned Beef and CabbageThe image to the left is an artist’s rendering of what Saint Patrick may have looked like. At least that’s what it would seem many people today think. Like any good capitalist society, America has reduced St. Patrick’s Day to it’s most commercially friendly form. Not unlike Christmas, the actual meaning of the holiday is…
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The Life of The Artist
Read more: The Life of The ArtistThe prohibitive favorite for Best Picture at this Sunday’s 84th annual Academy Awards is Michel Hazanavicius’ black and white silent film The Artist. The film, which is nominated for a total of ten Oscars, is about a silent era movie star struggling to cope in an industry changing with the advent of “talkies.” George Valentin,…