Archive for December, 2006
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Friday, December 29th, 2006Derick Dickens tagged me. Normally I don’t do tags but a) this one is different, b) I like and respect Derick and c) I’ve never done one before. I’m supposed to tag five others but I can’t think of five blogs I read that would respond. I have to admit, I’d love to tag the [...]
Bond, The New Bond
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006I took my wife to see Casino Royal, the newest edition in the James Bond franchise. We found this theater that is kind of buried behind a layer of retail standards. It was once a really nice theater and now it is past its prime. That means, in the case, that the price was reasonable, [...]
Merry Christmas
Monday, December 25th, 2006Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who lived and died around 2,000 years ago. The promise of his coming is as old as mankind’s need of him. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his [...]
An Important Distinction
Thursday, December 21st, 2006The above screen shot is from my new aggregate at Google News. The small image does not necessarily go with the story to the left of it, however, it does highlight an important issue with the clumsiness of our news media. Notice that the story says “civil unions” and the image says “same-sex marriage.” They [...]
Reading/Read/Didn’t Read
Thursday, December 21st, 2006I just “finished” Reading the Bible Wisely by Richard Briggs. I picked it up at the TEDS bookstore for 50% of and, since it is such a thin volume, I thought I’d give it a shot. I got half way through it and threw it in the trash. Why? It wasn’t that bad of a [...]
Not to scare you, but…. Okay. Its scary
Monday, December 18th, 2006Drink sugared soda? I do on a rare occasion. Here are the effects: In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down. 20 minutes: Your blood [...]
Matthew Smith Streamed for Free
Sunday, December 10th, 2006This is exciting! I preordered Matthew Smith’s new CD All I Owe and I don’t regret it. Matthew is the lead singer of Indelible Grace, a group who take hymns and set them to new tunes, mostly without changing the words. My soul is blessed often by listening to them. Matthew’s new CD is no [...]
What is an Evangelical?
Saturday, December 9th, 2006I don’t think I’ve ever heard an evangelical give a better answer! Take a look at this Q&A with Jeffery Sheler, author of “Believers: A Journey Into Evangelical America.” I think I heard a bit of an interview with him a while ago and was impressed. He really did penetrate the evangelical subculture and it [...]
Webb Spectrum
Friday, December 8th, 2006FreeDerekWebb ends today. If you don’t have Mockingbird, today is your last chance to get it for free. I recommend it. NPR recently featured Derek Webb. One of the things they said about him was “Chris Tomlin whose been at the number one spot on the Christian charts for eleven weeks running. On the other [...]
American WHAT-ocracy?
Thursday, December 7th, 2006I simply don’t get it. Some people are so offended by Christianity that they think it is Christianity that is a threat to their freedom. I saw this OpEd piece a while ago and resisted the urge to respond to it then, but I can’t hold out any longer. You needn’t read the entire piece [...]
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