http://www.timellsworth.com Sports, culture, Christianity, parenting Fri, 09 May 2008 18:58:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies will host its second annual conference on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Aug. 25-26. Speakers include Albert Mohler, Malcolm Yarnell, Tom Nettles, Barry Howson and Austin Walker More information is available from Steve Weaver.  http://www.timellsworth.com/christianity/second-annual-andrew-fuller-center-conference Have a good weekend. http://www.timellsworth.com/general/its-open-blog-friday-104 FOX Sports gives you their top 10 of worst franchises in pro sports: 1. Pittsburgh Pirates 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Arizona Cardinals 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Detroit Lions 6. Boston Bruins 7. Minnesota Twins 8. Atlanta Hawks 9. Memphis Grizzlies 10. Los Angeles Clippers http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/worst-franchises-in-sports MLB infielders sound off on matters of faith Olympics: Appeals grow for Bush to protest Heisman gives Tebow platform to talk about Christ CSU baseball nips Furman C-N softball advances in regional http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/new-stories-on-bp-sports-41 Did you see Rick Ankiel nail two runners at third base last night? If you missed it, you can see the highlights here. Wow. Oh, and he also homered in the game. Not a bad night. http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/rick-ankiel-has-a-cannon Baptist Press Sports (www.bpsports.net) is looking for a couple of people to write faith-based sports columns on a regular basis. E-mail me if you'd like to inquire further. http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/wanted-columnists-for-bp-sports Just wanted to pass along a few recommendations for books that I've read recently. The first is Tim Keller's "The Reason for God." Keller does an outstanding job of answering some of the most common objections people have to Christianity. My highlighter worked overtime on this book. The second is "Instructing ... http://www.timellsworth.com/books/book-recommendations   The cruise was most relaxing, and was a break that I desperately needed. We were originally planning for the trip to be only for Sarah and me, but we found out a few days before leaving that we would have a little stowaway with us. http://www.timellsworth.com/family/greetings-from-the-three-of-us Jones maturing in faith in twilight of career Felix's faith emphasized in SI story Bengals select Lynch in sixth round Two C-N players sign with NFL teams Three from Baylor sign with NFL teams http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/new-stories-on-bp-sports-40 Tomorrow morning Sarah and I leave for an extended weekend Caribbean jaunt to Cozumel, Mexico. Blogging will not be on my mind, so don't expect any new posts for a few days. It'll be our first cruise. If you have any advice for us newbies, please pass it along. http://www.timellsworth.com/family/cruisin-away Get a load of this from Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow. He had a little trouble with the word "shot." Warning: Adult language (albeit by accident). Don't watch it if you're easily offended. Hat tip: Awful Announcing http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/broadcasting-boo-boo Former big leaguer Sanderson now models Christ as player agent Smoltz joins 3,000 K club Warner wins AIA award CBU softball wins fifth straight conference title Brad Locke: Fool's glory http://www.timellsworth.com/sports/new-stories-on-bp-sports-39