NYC church calls Christians “self-righteous judgmental b*****ds” on its website

‘Revolution NYC’ (HT: Defending. Contending.)

David Dunham defends his tattoos

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Take the 12-week health challenge

… with Amy Scott

Son of Hamas leader found Christ in Israeli prison

yousefFOX News (HT: Stacy L. Harp, Persecution Blog)

Deep sea fish rescue

There’s a sermon illustration here somewhere:

(HT: Theophilogue)

Review of Dark Knight among posts at Christian Carnival #257

Find it at Ancient Hebrew Poetry (HT: Parableman)

Jeff Buckley and the Unexplainable

By Prodigal Jon

jeff-buckleyHave you ever bumped into the unexplainable? Something that didn’t line up with your expectations of how this life works? A moment that didn’t make sense but yet was still happening all the same?

Chris Cornell did. He’s from Soundgarden and Audioslave. Here is what he said in a recent issue of Rolling Stone about hearing Jeff Buckley sing:

“Hearing Jeff’s live at SIN-E EP was one of those moments that happens only a few times in your life as a music fan—it was something otherworldly … that’s not about technical ability, that’s something else.”

In that same issue, Billy Joel struggled to make sense of Ray Charles …

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Getting specific key to making resolutions stick

Bill Reichart, Provocative Church

Theology Program on iTunes

C. Michael Patton discusses

‘Greatest sportsmanship story of all time’

ESPN (HT: Gordon Atkinson)

‘Ten for the History Books from 2008′

Al Mohler

$175M ‘Bible Park USA’ planned for Nashville

WISTV story by Jason Barr (HT: Sharper Iron)

Post Christmas Playtime Car Track Looping Awesomeness

Courtesy of Tony Steward

Car Track Loop Post Christmas Awesomeness from Tony Steward on Vimeo.

Things that happened for the first time in 2008

A list by FellowElder at Pure Church

Rove: W. read 95 books in 2006, 51 in 2007, 40 last year

Karl Rove, WSJ (HT: Justin Taylor)

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