Eyes Wide Open

1. The Billy Graham Library was dedicated yesterday. The purpose of the library is to celebrate the life and ministry of a faithful evangelist who had one purpose: to preach the gospel of Jesus, inviting everyone everywhere to make a decision for Christ. Not only do I revere Billy Graham for his faithfulness to the gospel, but his unwavering spirit in the midst of criticism. The following was extracted from a NY Times article:

“Billy Graham stayed extremely focused on what he saw as his calling in life: conversion of people to Christianity,” said David Key, director of the Baptist Studies Program at Emory University. “Billy Graham didn’t veer to the left or the right during his ministry — and both those on left and the right have criticized him for that.”

2. Are you a parent or do you work with students? The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding is a nonprofit organization committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. Spend some time here and look around. Lots of good stuff.

3. Need a stress relief or 15 minute game break? Try Bible Fight. Wow. Just pick your character, select a venue, and away you go! As my wife would say, “I think this is just a guy thing…”

4. And for your basic scripture-passage finder, try Bible Gateway. No gimmicks here. Just an easy way to look up scripture.