(By Nathan Williams)

 Rick Warren is launching a new quarterly magazine called The Purpose Driven Connection. Read about it here.

 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi commented on Sunday that family planning, which includes abortion, will act as a “stimulus” and help the economy.

 I’m sure many of you have read about President Obama’s statement concerning abortion on the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. John Piper responds in this video. (HT: Denny Burk)

 Here is one way to save on fuel costs during a recession.

 This has to be one of the saddest stories I have read in some time. It discusses Ted Haggard and his reflections on the scandal that cost him his ministry two years ago. Here is one of the saddest lines in the whole piece:

“And I call it my sin,” he says. “That’s my sin. I’m not saying everybody is a sinner that does it. I’m just saying with my standards and my values, it was a sin against me and God. For me.”

 That’s right. That is a church and that is a car in the roof of the church. Watch this video.

 A Christian school in Dallas fired it’s girls basketball coach because his team beat another school 100-0. He is not apologizing.

(By Nathan Williams)

 It seems to follow that once society allows gay marriage, legalization of polygamy will be close behind.

 Speaking of the homosexual agenda, President Obama is working fast to advance homosexual rights.

 And speaking of Obama (though in a different context), Erik Raymond gives 5 reasons why he is thankful for President Obama’s inauguration.

 You know you are curious. Was President Obama’s inauguration the most watched presidential inauguration ever? See for yourself.

(By Nathan Williams)

 Several evangelicals who play both college and pro football have been getting media attention recently.

 C.J. Mahaney has a series on Biblical Productivity going at his blog. In typical C.J. fashion he gets to the heart of the matter and helps us think biblically.

 This pastor tells Oprah that being gay is a gift from God.

 And, in case you missed it, here is Rick Warren’s prayer from President Obama’s inauguration.

(By Nathan Williams)

 Those who promote the prosperity gospel have fallen on hard times . . . and not just because of the recession. To quote from the article:

Some of the high-flying icons of the prosperity gospel—the belief that God rewards signs of faith with wealth, health, and happiness—have run into financial turbulence.

 It will be interesting to see if and where President Obama chooses to attend church while living in D.C.

 Andy Naselli points readers to a collection of free D.A. Carson Mp3 downloads.

 American youth plan to participate in a cyber missions trip, in which they will bombard popular websites with stories about their faith during the first two weeks of February.

(By Nathan Williams)

Russell Moore argues that we should support Israel in time of war.

“We know that these are the kinsmen according to the flesh of our Messiah. There’s a reason, therefore, the Powers rage against them so. A Christian anti-Semite is a contradiction in terms.”

There is a very interesting interview over at the 9marks blog on the exclusivity of monologue preaching with Steve Timmis, author of the book Total Church.

“Trying to do it all” is the number 1 stupidest thing a pastor can do in a church, at least according to a new book, entitled Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing. (It seems to us that things like a lack of Christ-centeredness or a lack of biblical fidelity would have been better candidates for number 1. Then again, if numerical growth is the primary goal … )

(By Nathan Williams)

 George Barna is reporting that Christianity is no longer the default religion of Americans. Barna says one of the implications of the surveys he performed is that people are now serving more often as their own “theologian in-residence”. They pick and choose what beliefs they will embrace and in many instances people end up holding to contradictory positions. What a tragic result of postmodernism!

 Seriously? This guy claims to be the antichrist and has a church called Growing in Grace Church. He also lost a recent divorce settlement case.

 Finally, pray for the small number of Christians living in Gaza. According to some sources, Hamas has implemented Sharia Law which includes legalizing the crucifixion of Christians.

From the (relatively) recent newsdesk:

Homeschooling is becoming a more and more popular choice for American parents who are losing faith in the public school system.

Looks like Fred Phelps, along with fellow members of his Westboro Baptist Church, plans to be at Obama’s inauguration.

Zondervan has plans for a handwritten Bible. (We’re not exactly sure why this is a good idea.)

The New York Times Magazine features an article on Mark Driscoll, entitled, “Who would Jesus Smack Down?”

Tim Tebow made John 3:16 the most searched item on Google last Friday. 

Oh, and don’t miss the world’s first flying car.