Archive for December, 2006

It’s a bird, it’s a plane….

Posted on December 30, 2006 at 11:49pm by Micah Fries 6 Comments

Nope, it’s John Stickley! I made a massive mistake while working on my blog database today and I thought I had lost my entire blog. If you stopped by this afternoon I’m sure you noticed the disaray. While contemplating the thought of losing 2 and a half years of my writing I called John for…

Jesus::redefined?

Posted on December 29, 2006 at 4:08pm by Micah Fries No Comment

In America today we have a great problem with ethnocentrism. According to wikipedia “Ethnocentrism or ethnocentricity is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture.” We have a tremendous tendency to relate to scripture and the characters in scripture in ways that are familiar to us. There’s nothing…

Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2006 at 10:39pm by Micah Fries 2 Comments

From my house, to yours, here’s a wish that you have a Merry Christmas filled with worship of the Christ-child and surrounded by family and friends. Blessing to you and your family this season!

Evangelism first?

Posted on December 22, 2006 at 12:19am by Micah Fries 30 Comments

I have claimed, for some time now, that evangelism is not the first priority of the church. I have faced some significant opposition from friends, but my study of scripture leads me to believe that bringing glory to God is the first priority of the church. As such, evangelism takes on an incredibly important role,…

9 out of 10 Americans have had pre-marital sex

Posted on December 20, 2006 at 9:31am by Micah Fries 13 Comments

Ok, so my break was really short! I read this article today and thought it would be something that many of you would find interesting. According to the Guttmacher Institute in a recent survey, close to 95% of Americans have had pre-marital sex. Beyond that, their survey claims that this number hasn’t changed much since…

Christmas Break

Posted on December 19, 2006 at 10:17am by Micah Fries 1 Comment

While I’m not taking a blogfast, this Christmas season has been my busiest ever. As such I’m just giving you a heads up that I’ll probably be offline for a week or so. If I unexpectedly get some time, or I find somthing important that “needs” my commentary I’ll be back. Otherwise, I hope that…