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Random Thoughts - 12/26/2007

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Welcome to a very special after-Christmas “Random Thoughts”! (OK, not much special about it. Still, Merry Christmas!)

Stand to Reason has a very interesting point about peace on earth
Denny Burk has his top 10 YouTube video picks for 2007. There are some real gems here. (HT: The Henry Institute)
Phil Johnson takes on accusations of foundationalism
Tim Hawkins [...]

Random Thoughts - 12/20/2007

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

21 Questions on Mormon Theology, with Analysis 
FoxNews.com submitted 21 questions on Mormon theology to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and posted their answers. Rob Bowman now provides good analysis of their responses. (HT: Tim Challies)
Welcome to the Blogosphere, Dr. Doug Bookman! 
There’s a new blog from Dr. Doug Bookman, appropriately called The Rabbit [...]

Sleepless Nights

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

The other night, I stopped breathing in my sleep.
It was pretty scary. I was laying there, and had just dozed off. I started snoring, as usual (much to the constant dismay of my wife), when something blocked my breathing. It might have been my tongue, my uvula (that little punching bag that hangs in the [...]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

WSMV-TV in Nashville has posted a listing of bands the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame forgot.
Here is the list, I assume in no particular order:

Genesis
Jethro Tull
Chicago
New York Dolls
Stooges
The Cars
Grand Funk Railroad
Styx
Moody Blues
Yes
Rush
Little Feat
Procul Harum
The Guess Who
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
MC5
Electric Light Orchestra
Heart
Linda Ronstadt
The Replacements

My thoughts:
1. What is the criteria for the Hall? Is it influence [...]

Blue for Boys, Pink for Girls

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

There’s an article in today’s Independent titled “Boys like blue, girls like pink - it’s in our genes.”
According to researchers at Newcastle University,
“On top of the universal preference for blue, females have a preference for the red end of the red-green axis, and this shifts their colour preference slightly away from blue towards red, which [...]

The Depths to Which Man Will Sink…

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Note: I have thus far avoided politics on this blog, and it is my intention to continue to do so. Personally, I believe that Christians are not called to appeal to the state for solving the problems of the world, whether on the “right” or the “left.” But some things transcend politics, and yes, life [...]

Application: It’s Not All About Us

Friday, July 20th, 2007

I was going to include this in the Random Thoughts post I just did, but I found this one so good I had to set it off to itself.
Melinda at Stand to Reason writes that It’s Not All About Us:
Most preaching in church these days is focused on personal application. That’s been the trend [...]

Random Thoughts, 07/20/2007

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Steven Kreloff, guest blogging at Pyromaniacs, wonders Is “Messianic Judaism” a Good Idea?
Chez Kneel asked recently asked why the priests were allowed to eat the breast and thigh of the Peace Offering, and answers it today.
Peter Mead makes some very good points about sermon points (or teaching points) in Pointers for Points
(so point your [...]

Random Thoughts, 07/10/2006

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I’ve been working on a lengthy review of The Almost Christian Discovered (and I’ve started the next book, The Bruised Reed), but in the meantime, here are some interesting items I’ve been reading in the blogosphere…

Southern Baptist seminary president Albert Mohler is debating Mormon science fiction author Orson Scott Card about whether Mormons are Christians [...]

OK, I’m Back (Semi-Random Thoughts)

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Yeah, it’s been a while. I didn’t really go anywhere, I just wasn’t here posting. So, here we go. I will be posting some site updates later, but for now, here are a couple of outstanding recent finds in the blogosphere:
The Evangelical Outpost - Fads and Fixtures: Ten Deadly Trappings of Evangelism
Joe Carter talks about [...]