Archive for October, 2008
Jingoism Defined
Thursday, October 30th, 2008A propos of nothing, the word ‘jingoism’ popped into my head this morning. I’ve heard it but didn’t know what it meant exactly. So I looked it up. Basically, it means ‘extreme nationalism with an aggressive foreign policy.’ That kind of fits with how I’ve heard it used, but this is one of those words [...]
Conversion Pictured
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Doug Wilson is a very good author. I’ve been enjoying the online, chapter-a-Monday installments of his latest novel Evangellyfish. Well, “enjoy” doesn’t really capture the range of emotions triggered, not all of them comfortable. Anyway, we’re at the end of the story and one of the minor characters who has been going to church “gets [...]
Gospel Across Culture
Thursday, October 9th, 2008I am not a fan of hip hop. It sounds like noise to these 1970s-trained, suburban ears. However, I recognize that it is a large part of a predominantly young, black culture that I’m not part of. A lot of hip hop has been violent, misogynist gangsta music. Pour that kind of influence into a [...]
Is Religion Rational?
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008The New Atheists preach that religion is bad and irrational. Salvation is supposed to come through education. But a recent Gallup poll says otherwise. From a Wall Street Journal article: Surprisingly, while increased church attendance and membership in a conservative denomination has a powerful negative effect on paranormal beliefs, higher education doesn’t. How about more [...]
Mocu-documentaries
Monday, October 6th, 2008Bill Maher has jumped on the Michael Moore bandwagon by using the “documentary” film format to preach his own message. For Maher, he’s got an axe to grind with organized religion and so he’s made a film called Religulous intending to show how religion is bad for the world. My reaction to this announcement was [...]
Race Picture
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Here is a shot from my first 5k.This proof that I did finish! I’m the guy running with a number on his shirt not the guy standing around watching people with numbers pinned to their shirts running.I’m looking off the left at the timer display. I thought I’d blown my goal but my official time [...]
New Reformation Hardware T-Shirt
Saturday, October 4th, 2008I haven’t updated Reformation Hardware in a while since Leopard broke my age old copy of Photoshop Elements. Upgraded from 2.0 to 6.0, that’s how old it was. Any way, I got an inspiration for a new tee and it is now available: T-shirts don’t trust Jesus, they don’t follow him, they aren’t filled with [...]