Diving Judge
March 19, 2009
Humor from The Sacred Sandwich:
Jan thought about warning the diver that the pool wasn’t filled with water, but she didn’t want to appear too judgmental.
‘We become a version of the world in an attempt to save the world’
March 18, 2009
COLLIDE’s Scott McClellan: ‘Why Jack Bauer Isn’t My Hero’
‘Why do conservative Christians have so many children?’
December 22, 2008
Two or Three’s Daniel G. offers six reasons conservative Christians have more children than liberals and non-Christians.
Weekend Walkabout, December 20, 2008
December 20, 2008
26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):
“All” Always Means ALL. Right? - Phil Johnson
A Bad Sign - The Sacred Sandwich
CCM Magazine’s Top Ten Artist Blogs of 2008 (HT: Worship.com)
Don’t Waste Your Sexuality - Josh Harris
The Elvis-Beatles Relativity Fallacy - Rod Dreher
“Free” Christian music downloads from CompassionArt - Gospel Soundcheck
Glorifying God in Our Christmas Shopping - Tony Reinke
“Does my gift serve the soul of the recipient?”
How Hellish is ‘Time Out’? - Russell Moore
If Only it Were That Clear - Mark D. Roberts
Jonestown and the Reformed Movement - R. Scott Clark
“As weird and impossible as Jonestown seems today, what happened to them and what they did to themselves, is not utterly unrelated to ideas, causes, and personalities in the Reformed movement over the last three decades.”
Killing is My Business, and Business is Good - Paul Manata
Lewis’s Famous Essay on Bulverism (HT: Victor Reppert)
Martin Luther’s Christmas Book - Between Two Worlds
No Good Reason - Cerulean Sanctum
“In sorting through this clothing, the realization that I throw away just about nothing hit home.”
Online Community…Does it exist? YES! But I Think You Are Asking the Wrong Question - Rhett Smith
Phillips Daylight Window Concept Presentation - Joshua Sowin
Q+A :: How many U.S. churches exist? - Church Relevance
Reflections from a Church Pianist - Amy Scott
“When I have a brain freeze at a bad time, I’ve got a special look for the other musicians that asks, ‘What are you people thinking, man?’”
Six Christmas Poems - Marcus Goodyear
Tim Challies Day - Justin Taylor
Unpacking forgiveness in real life - Dan Phillips
Volition: A Short Film - Jonathan Ignacio
“It is a fifteen minute film focusing on three of the worst atrocities of human rights this world has faced.”
Why read through Calvin’s Institutes in 2009? - Ligon Duncan
Xmas Giveaway - Trevin Wax
“For the next ten days (Dec. 15-25), you have the opportunity to register to win all ten of my favorite books this year. Plus, an ESV Study Bible. That’s $260 worth of books!”
You Should Subscribe - Green Baggins
Zeitgeist as Agent? - Pseudo-Polymath
“Consider … for a moment the intelligent ant colony … from the ant’s perspective … here with man as ant. “
Protestants should pay attention to Catholic policy on life
December 16, 2008
… says Gene Veith:
“We non-Catholics tend to not care about pronouncements from the Vatican, but this is one we could find useful. Interestingly, Roman Catholic ethics these days is based not on supernatural revelations from the papal authority but on reason and the natural law.”
Is Project Red a good thing?
December 11, 2008
Sure, says Laura Murray at the Tapestry blog … but it doesn’t encourage the kind of sacrificial giving Scripture commends:
“When I walk into one of their stores in December, I can self-gratify through my drink as well as self-gratify by giving to someone in need. When it comes down to it, it’s not about those in Africa, it’s about me. Brilliant marketing to the American culture where philanthropy is beginning to be the ‘in’ thing … or is it?”
Official RED website.
Where to give?
December 9, 2008
At Boundless, Heather Koerner explores the question, “Should Christians give their time and money to Christian organizations only — or should they just give wherever they deem appropriate?”
“Does good parenting call for some measure of hypocrisy?”
December 2, 2008
Wow–the blogosphere is full of moral dilemmas today. Abraham Piper wonders if it’s hypocritical to want your kids to be better than you were.
Overheard at a coffeeshop: adultery
December 2, 2008
(Well, could be.) Justin Wise posts about an (apparently unmarried) couple he has seen chatting at Amici Espresso on more than one occasion–yes you two, we’re blogging about you!–and asks:
“Do you say something to people who are having an affair, even if you don’t know them personally?”
Re-thinking America’s economic habits
November 7, 2008
At the Center for a Just Society website, Mark T. Mitchell, Associate Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, offers “Ten Questions and a Modest Proposal,” in response to the recent economic crisis.
An excerpt:
“2. The bailout was ostensibly necessary to protect our ‘American way of life.’ That such a reason was offered without justification indicates that our way of life is an axiom that must be assumed but never questioned. But is it too much to consider, if only for a moment, that perhaps our way of life is precisely the problem? Of course, a way of life is a complex thing, but insofar as the “American way of life” consists in living beyond our means, it is unsustainable. To the extent that consumer credit is at an all-time high and personal savings is at an all-time low, the ‘American way of life’ is irresponsible.”
(HT: Acton PowerBlog)
“You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama”
October 31, 2008
An article by Janet Porter posted at WorldNet Daily:
“To all those who name the name of Christ who plan to willfully disobey Him by voting for Obama, take warning. Not only is our nation in grave danger, according to the Word of God, so are you. …”
(HT: Brian McLaren)
“Taking the Pill = Abortion?”
October 30, 2008
Sandra Glahn, adjunct professor of Christian Education and Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary, examines the evidence behind an allegation that has been around for some time:
“Last week a bunch of news services picked up and distributed a true story about a seminary professor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who told students that taking birth control pills is murder. His reason: “The pill causes abortion.”
Whoa. Not so fast. …”
“Women’s Ministry: Why Ethics Matters”
October 27, 2008
Sarah Flashing discusses the responsibility Christians have to think through tough decisions, using the mind God gave them:
“There are times when we say that we are praying about matters when what we are really doing is avoiding a reasoned decision because that might be less than spiritual, or too human.”
Should Christians be praised for their power?
October 27, 2008
At Credo, Jan Lynn responds to a recent Beliefnet post listing “Hollywood’s 12 most powerful Christians.”
“If power is so darn important, why don’t we celebrate the “most powerful people” in the Bible?”
Another perspective on poverty
October 23, 2008
Do U.S. government relief programs cause poverty? Watch this video from the Acton Institute: “How Not to Help the Poor” (HT: Justin Taylor):
