Be Careful with that "Point and Clicking"...

A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and
automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct
methods of reaching their goals. We have been trying to apply
machine-age methods to our relations with God. We read our
chapter, have our short devotions, and rush away, hoping to
make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another
gospel meeting or listening to another thrilling story told by
a religious adventurer lately returned from afar. The tragic
results of this spirit are all about us. Shallow lives, hollow
religious philosophies, the preponderance of the element of
fun in gospel meetings, the glorification of men, trust in
religious externalities, quasi-religious fellowships,
salesmanship methods, the mistaking of dynamic personality for
the power of the Spirit; these and such as these are the
symptoms of an evil disease, a deep and serious malady of the
soul.
... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Pursuit of God [1948]

Amazing Animated Map of Middle East Conquests

Do you have 90 seconds free? Click on this link and watch an amazing animated map/timeline of Middle Eastern conquests over the millenia. Don't miss the end when it finishs with a rapid visual recap of all the conquests.

Spectacular Emirates Palace Hotel

Two weeks ago I visited Abu Dhabi for my daughter's basketball tournament. We spent the night in the city and really enjoyed the stay. Abu Dhabi is a welcome break from the hectic pace of Dubai. At night the lavish Emirates Palace is wonderfully lit and I was able to snap this pic. I believe it's a 7 star hotel just like the Burj Al Arab.

Dialogue - More Pics and Newspaper Article

Well, it's still busy as my wife is out of town for a week. So the best I can do is give you a few more interesting pics from the dialogue and post an article the local paper ran on it today. I have some good ideas for posts but you'll have to wait :) (click on the pics to enlarge them so you can read the articles... The Gulf News article is much more accurate)

Click here if you want to download a pdf of the above article for reading.

Report on Muslim - Christian Dialogue

The Muslim-Christian Dialogue that my company sponsored went really well yesterday afternoon. The students did a fantastic job of organizing the event and our company was well represented. I will post a video clip tomorrow.

I'm pictured here with the speaker (left of me) named Ahmed Hamed and some of his team. Ahmed did a very nice job of presenting the Islamic viewpoint. I was impressed with his presentation skills.

Here is Ahmed Hamed, the Muslim speaker, and Thabiti Anyabwile, the Christian speaker.

We had a great crowd... about 175 people total.

The crowd was diverse and filled in after the very beginning pictured here.

The CEO of our company, Mack Stiles, welcomed everyone and gave some opening comments.

Corporate Sponsor... Muslim-Christian Dialogue at Knowledge Village

My company is the corporate sponsor of an event tomorrow in the Knowledge Village. It's a Muslim-Christian Dialogue about the identity of Jesus based on the Qur'an and Bible. Come if you can! Details above.