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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Man is homo religiosus
or as I keep saying, “you don’t replace something with nothing.” the blue people movie is more evidence that in our modern culture spirituality is fine, but Christianity or other specific organized religion is off-limits. Jonah has an interesting piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, christianity, james cameron, jonah goldberg, nicholas wade, spirituality, the faith instinct
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truth
here is an interesting perspective on how much truth to give someone in their moment of pain and how our hearts have to be divinely prepared before some truths make sense to us at all. a taste: 2.Then there’s an … Continue reading
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do something risky with your life
here is John Piper talking about the stoning of Stephen and its application for us. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AZVkexI1qQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Hat tip to m cubed
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Tagged John Piper, martyrdom, meditations of a michigan missionary, persecution, stephen, stoning
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secularism and paganism
useful post from Challies on the six faces of paganism present today in our society. Go read his post for the details. 1. materialism 2. empiricism 3. determinism 4. secularism 5. secular humanism 6. post-modernism see if you can tell … Continue reading
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Tagged challies, determinism, empiricism, materialism, paganism, secularism
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more AVATAR
this is a great read and a fun take on the new smurf native movie. Takes down radical earth loving environmentalists along the way. In Avatar, James Cameron has created a world that justifies the smug arrogance and bitter alienation … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, earth worship, environmentalism, fantasy, gaia, james cameron, revenge, revenge fantasy
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a little biblical archeology
here is a little biblical archeology for your reading pleasure this holiday weekend. How December 25 Became Christmas here is the beginning of a fascinating disquisition. The Bible offers few clues: Celebrations of Jesus’ Nativity are not mentioned in the … Continue reading
Les Lanphere
I found Les Lanphere’s blog through Twitter (@llanphere). He has been doing a series showing God’s sovereignty in everything and especially in salvation in each non-Pauline epistle of the New Testament in order to show that this doctrine is not … Continue reading
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Tagged calvinism, election, Les Lanphere, predestination, soteriology, theology
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the decline and fall of Detroit
here is a Steve Crowder video on the case study of the effects of liberal policies and union power in Detroit. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] more photos of the collapse of Detroit here. more pictures here Freaky story about how the city and … Continue reading
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Tagged decline, detroit, freedom, liberalism, prosperity, tax and spend, unions
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AVATAR
Dr. Russell Moore saw it. I was watching his twitter stream (@drmoore) yesterday evening and saw this (oldest ones at the bottom): I didn’t cheer, by the way. Too much Merle Haggard in my blood, I guess. Like to see … Continue reading
friday fotoes
an explosion of color in my backyard not really happy with this one, but trying to get the elusive Christmas tree shot. ice in the grass on fuji film
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Tagged 17-35mm, 50mm, 50mm f1.4 AFD, AF-S 17-35mm f2.8, d300, F5, fotoes, fotos, friday fotos, nikon, nikon d300, Nikon F5, photography
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Piper talking to Chandler
Here is a four part interview that John Piper did with Matt Chandler. Well worth a listen/watch. Part 1 – Chandler tells his story up to about 20 years old. Part 2 – More on Chandler’s story, through becoming a … Continue reading
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Tagged desiring god, interview, John Piper, matt chandler, pastor's conference
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life
“yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” or as Kansas says: Now, don’t hang on nothing last forever but the … Continue reading
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Tagged brain tumor, cancer, dust in the wind, kansas, matt chandler, uncertainty of life
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trade it all?
A friend of mine put this question up on Facebook last night: Michael Irvin “would trade it all for 19-0” and wonders: What would you trade it all for? a question like that crawls up into my brain and rolls … Continue reading
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Tagged 19-0, facebook, idolatry, idols, kingdom of heaven, Michael Irvin
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you don't replace something with nothing
very interesting study from Pew Forum about the religious views of Americans. The religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories. A new poll by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life … Continue reading
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Tagged AGW, anthropogenic global warming, beliefs, global warming, greenpeace, Lord Monckton, religions, supernatural, United States
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new calvinism in the Christian Century
Kevin DeYoung has some thoughts about this article. here is one paragraph from the article: Moreover, the New Calvinism displays considerable diversity. African-American rapper Curtis “Voice” Allen is known for his distinctively Calvinist lyrics (“I been exposed to bright lights, … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvin's comeback?, christian century, J. Todd Billings, Kevin DeYoung, new calvinism
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phriday photos
the sky was a little bit strange Tuesday evening here is the same picture as the one from last week on 35mm film to show the full 17mm. (compare to D300 17mm which is more like 24mm) and I always … Continue reading
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Tagged 105mm, 17mm, 35mm film, AF-S 17-35mm f2.8, canon, canon powershot S90, film, film camera, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, Nikon F5, photography, S90
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the Office
take a look at this and tell me what you think. here is a bit: This is a very important point. Many shows, and much of the message coming out of popular American culture, is that we are all destined … Continue reading
Banging the Drum
Francis Chan continues to bang the drum. This man really fires me up. Have you read Crazy Love yet? you should. here are a couple of bits from his article, but go read the whole thing. [In starting Cornerstone Church] … Continue reading
photos
you will notice over on the left sidebar that I added a button that looks like this: I have put some of my pictures on QOOP for folks to buy download print or whatever. Let me know if there is … Continue reading
helpful reminder
here is a helpful reminder of our role in the scheme of things from Jeremiah Burroughs courtesy of Kevin DeYoung. I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him. Should God make the … Continue reading
Matt Chandler
Matt Chandler’s surgery to remove a mass from his frontal lobe begins in about 20 minutes. Be in prayer for him during the surgery and for a complete recovery. Here is a post from Matt going into surgery about the … Continue reading
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Tagged adversity, gratitude, matt chandler, sovereignty, suffering, village church
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foto friday
I recently got a wide angle lens (17-35mm) and I have been trying to learn how to use it. from my parents’ backyard family during thanksgiving. Great great grandparents admiring the second great great grandbaby. the north side of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17-35mm, AF-S 17-35mm f2.8, nikon d300, photography, thanksgiving, wide angle
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Lessons from Tiger Woods
C.J. Mahaney has some thoughts about what we can all learn from Tiger Woods and his troubles this last week. Excellent stuff. Go read it all. Hunted by Sin But Tiger is being hunted by something more menacing than journalists. … Continue reading
headline sufficiency
here is a case where the headline really does tell you enough: “Man loses job after searching too hard for aliens.” But feel free to click through if you must have the gory details regarding misuse of public computers involuntary … Continue reading