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Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Consistency?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

I was reading an interview with David Pratt, author of The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates, and he mentions two favorite quotes of his…
Quote #1:
I started collecting quotations by Nobel Prize Winners after reading Winston Churchill’s saying “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and [...]

The Shack by William P. Young

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Timmy Brister may be the first person to ever post video from both the 700 Club and Mark Driscoll together.
So I want you to consider the responses as I juxtapose them here for the purpose of showing how biblically illiterate and theologically incompetent we are today to address old heresies in contemporary garb.

We Get It!: Stewardship of Creation and the Poor

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

A group of concerned Christians have put together a declaration of care for the environment and the poor. You can read more, watch a short video, or endorse the statement at the We Get It website.
The We Get It! Declaration:
God Said It
God created everything. He made us in His own image, and commanded us to [...]

God, Cyclones, Earthquakes, and the News

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Jay Younts reflects on God, Cyclones, Earthquakes and the News:
It is no longer politically correct to associate God with the news of the day. Low pressure centers form and produce hurricanes and tornadoes. A fault line slips and an earthquake happens. In a world which refuses to allow for the actions of the God of [...]

Epistemic Hubris

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Have you heard this from someone recently? That “WE CANNOT KNOW, with certainty, what God has revealed so anyone who thinks he does is proud? We must, rather, (they say) embrace God as mystery?” I don’t know about you but I have heard this more than once in the past few weeks. IN light of [...]

Dan Wallace, Jesus, and Politics

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Great comment from Dan Wallace:
I was on the radio in Montreal last week, on the Joe Cannon Show at 940 AM. I was interviewed about the Albania manuscripts that CSNTM photographed this past summer, but the interview quickly turned to politics. Mr. Cannon asked, “If Jesus were alive today, where would his political alignments [...]

John Mark Reynolds on Grand Theft Auto

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

John Mark Reynolds wonders Should I play Grand Theft Auto?
What is the justification for playing Grand Theft Auto?
The easy answer: “It is fun.”
Fun is a good reason to do a thing, but not good enough.
My own religion teaches that joy is a great good. I plan on spending eternity in bliss.
Fun is a good sign [...]

Piper on Humbly Being Light in the World

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

John Piper has been blogging about how we ought to use our “economic stimulus checks” in some Christ-glorifying way, which has led to a very good discussion about balancing the tension between the following two Biblical commands:
Matthew 5:14-16

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do [...]

The Only Post I’ll Do on the Presidential Race

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

(Probably.)
I used to be quite interested in politics. When I first started my college education, I was double-majoring in History and Political Science.
In fact, in High School, I participated in and won a mock Presidential Debate. This was while the actual 1988 presidential race was going on, and I debated as Pierre “Pete” DuPont IV. [...]

Dever on Dangerous Gospels

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

At T4G last week, Mark Dever’s session was on the all-too-common attempt to “improve” the Gospel beyond what it is. Tim Challies summarizes it very well:
His talk was built upon five “calls” that are dangerous to the gospel—five ways churches may be tempted to adapt or shrink or expand the gospel message in order to [...]