Christians and The Oscars
My son writes and plays his own music. He's also an illustrator and cartoonist. He shows great potential as a writer, and also won the 'Best Actor' award in a local inter high school drama festival. I asked him recently if he had prayed about and considered attending film school. I was thinking that a set of gifts like that would lend itself well to film where these gifts all often come together. His response was negative. Not because he didn't have the desire, but because he has a negative view of what Hollywood represents. What does Hollywood represent? I have ...
How To Twitter The Bible
Here's a piece of trivia that I discovered while writing this post which every Christian Tweep will enjoy. The average Bible verse is 25 words in length and the average number of characters needed to Tweet a Bible verse properly is 140. There is a huge and growing Christian presence on Twitter and it has become a great place to publish God's truth. It's an awesome platform for Christians around the world to speak God's Word to each other, building each other up and encouraging one other. However, the 140 character limit means that there are many verses in the Bible ...
Heaven’s Tears
A popular song called, 'I Can Only Imagine' invites us to imagine what it will be like when we meet up with Jesus after our death. Although I absolutely love the song, there's one thing I wonder about when I hear it. The song doesn't contemplate or mention the possibility of tears. Probably because of a certain verse in the book of Revelation. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world, and it's evils are gone forever. (Revelation 21:4 NLT) There will be no sorrow ...
Be Still
To say that I had a lot of stuff on the go would have been a massive understatement. I was doing a major renovation on the home that I had just bought, I was trying to sub-divide part of the property and resell it, I was building my ministry/business for which I had several large publishing projects underway, I was the associate pastor of a new church that was growing like a weed and I had just become a new dad. You could say that I was starting to feel like I had perhaps bitten off more than I could ...
Five Dollar Fridays
On the morning of February 9th while running stationary on my treadmill, I watched President Obama speak live from Elkhart Indiana where the unemployment rate is now over 15%. That evening I again saw the President live. This time he was addressing the nation about the need for his stimulus package. Later, propped up in my bed, this news junkie watched a show that compared the Great Depression to what is happening in our economy today. The one thing that struck me, the one continually trumpeted common thread running through it all, was the urgent need to restore consumer confidence. In ...
Super Bowl or Gospel Bowl?
There are many sports writers who write about Faith when a top athlete is both a contender and a Christian. So I thought that I, a Faith writer, should return the favor and write about sports for the same reason. Especially since I'm an avid football fan and I'll be watching the Super Bowl. The outspoken Christian athlete that's getting all of the sports writers attention is the Arizona Cardinal's QB Kurt Warner who will be leading his team against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl 43. When the Cardinals won the NFC playoff game, pretty much the first thing Kurt ...
Praying for Obama
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:1 - 4, NIV) Some may not be familiar with the actual verses above, but we've all been introduced to the idea that every Christian's prayer list should include the need for praying for our leaders. We even teach our ...
A Time for Miracles
I love reading about Elijah and Elisha, two prophets whom God used to accomplish some marvelous miracles: calling fire down from heaven, conquering enemy armies with the assistance of angelic armies, proclaiming the start and end of famines, outrunning chariots, and much more. In the midst of these mind-boggling acts of God that altered kingdoms, these two prophets also dealt with and talked to God about three mothers. While that land writhed in a severe drought (which Elijah had announced ahead of time), God told the prophet to visit a widow whom God had commanded to feed him. He found her ...
Salvation Has Come To Your House
Every Christmas, most of us get together with family and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. Therefore, it's at this time of year when we're thinking of both family and Jesus at the same time. We can't help but think and pray about those in our families who do not know Jesus. Do you have members of your immediate or extended family that need to know Jesus? I was eighteen when I became a Christian. I celebrated Christmas for the first time shortly after that at nineteen. I was raised in a church that did not allow ...
The Ten Commandments for Christians on FaceBook and Twitter
In a very short period of time, social media websites like MySpace, FaceBook and Twitter have begun to change the way the world connects and socializes, and for Christians, the way we fellowship and even minister to others. Tens of millions of users log into these networks daily. According to Wikipedia, FaceBook has over 132 million users and MySpace over 117 million. Twitter, one of my favorites, is only about two years old and already has well over three million users and it's growing exponentially. So how are Christians responding? In FaceBook, many groups have been created to reach and help Christians ...
Rick's Resources for Parents
The 7 Mistakes Parents of Toddlers Make
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801 Questions Kids Ask about God
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The Spiritual Growth of Children
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The ‘Original’ Singing Bible
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My time with God
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Rick’s New Release
Here’s Lightwave Publishing’s release notice about Rick’s latest book. We are please to announce the release of the latest book from best-selling Christian Parenting Author Rick Osborne. ‘The Seven Mistakes Parents of Toddlers Make’ is a much-needed book for the parents of young children. The parents who’ve learned and used the... [Read more of this review]
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As you know when God calls us to do a work, he trains us for that work and often takes us through things that prepare us for the task. Real life is a really great teacher. I do not believe that God authors all of our difficulties. For example James tells us that God does not tempt us with evil. (James 1:13) However God will teach us and strengthen... [Read more of this review]
Contributing Author @ Christian Parenting Daily
ChristianParentingDaily.com is now hosting Rick Osborne’s “Christian Parenting” Blogs. Christian Parenting Daily is a website dedicated to giving Christian parents the daily encouragement, support and help that they need. Their goal is to help you reach your goals; a peaceful happy home, strong family relationships and children who... [Read more of this review]
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In addition to writing his weekly blogs at Christian Parenting Daily, Rick has also begun work on his next full length book ‘Putting The “Sweet” Back In Home Sweet Home.’ This book will focus on family strife issues like sibling rivalry, teenage rebellion, blended families and parental strife. It will walk families through the... [Read more of this review]
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