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christian themes in Science Fiction
Kathryn Jean Lopez pointed yesterday to this interesting City Journal article about religious themes in science fiction movies. here is a small excerpt, but go read the rest, especially if you like science fiction at all. What did happen? Not … Continue reading
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Tagged christian themes, culture, darth vader, luke skywalker, political themes, pop culture, science fiction, star trek, star wars, superman returns
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tunes
I am obsessing this week over the Justin Cofield Band. specifically, King of Glory and Whiter Than Snow are in heavy repeat mode on my iPhone. Psalm 51 already haunted me without setting it to Justin’s voice and Kyle’s guitar. … Continue reading
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Tagged justin cofield band, King of Glory, psalm 51, whiter than snow
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friday riddle
who said this: All the money you earn, all the stocks you buy, all the mutual funds you trade—all of that is mostly smoke and mirrors. It’s still going to be a quarter-past getting late whether you tell the time … Continue reading
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Tagged money, temporary wealth, treasure, treasure in heaven, true riches, wealth
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foto friday
spring is here with flowers with baseball and with new leaves on trees
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Tagged 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, 80-200mmm, austin, austin texas, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography, spring, texas
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ESV Study Bible
As I expected when I bought my ESV Study Bible, the most important part of the purchase was access to the online version. Crossway is offering free access to the online version of its study bible through the month of … Continue reading
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Tagged English Standard Version, ESV, ESV Bible, ESV Study Bible, free study bible online, online study bible
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ligonier on fire
Ligonier Ministries’ blog has been on fire lately. Yesterday they put up an interview with Sinclair Ferguson that included these two bits and more: Sometimes I feel this is actually what has happened in popular evangelicalism. Our “Jesus” is actually … Continue reading
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Tagged Holiness of God, ligonier, ligonier ministries, r. c. sproul, sinclair ferguson
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suffering
I noticed in the sidebar at the Straight Up blog a three part series on God’s role in suffering by Gerald Hiestand. Here is part three which contains links to the first two parts. Go check it out. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, determinism, free will, gerald hiestand, indeterminism, morality, responsibility, sovereignty, suffering
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using spiritual gifts
James McDonald has posted about the great damage that can be caused by people using the spiritual gift of discernment in their flesh and not in the Spirit. I have been a pastor for more than 25 years and I … Continue reading
R.C. Sproul on Horton's Christless Christianity
R.C. Sproul has reviewed Michael Horton’s book Christless Christianity and he likes it. here is an excerpt: Leaning heavily upon the research of sociologists of religion such as James Davidson Hunter, and others, Horton has been able accurately to pin … Continue reading
Original Sin
Kevin DeYoung points to a series of posts by Emerging Church leader Tony Jones in which Tony makes the statement: “I have come to reject the notion of Original Sin. I consider it neither biblically, philosophically, nor scientifically tenable.” [emphasis … Continue reading
yesterday
Yesterday we went to Origins Church. It is a church plant that only began having public worship services last September. They meet in a Holiday Inn meeting room which was nice. Meeting in that location lessens the setup and takedown … Continue reading
Saturday evening
Yesterday evening we went to the H.E.L.P. Launch party held at the Sodade Coffe house. It was fun and we were able to see some folks from Vista that we haven’t seen in a while. Good music too. first up … Continue reading
philosophers go at each other
and there is a play by play. very interesting stuff. Plantinga is the christian and Dennett is the militant atheist. Much more at the link. 3:52 pm – I have just realized that Dennett is taking far too long. The … Continue reading
two clips from John Piper
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words matter
Vision Navigator posted a video with this introduction: Ran across this short movie called Validation…funny, intriguing, touching, and a great story that illustrates the power of words, and the fundamental human need for recognition and affirmation. here it is, what … Continue reading
foto friday
spring is springing. here is a bee on a redbud on the Capitol grounds. My new spring header came from this. Love the determination on 2’s face: and I just can’t seem to get enough of flags:
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Tagged 105mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, austin, austin texas, basketball, capitol, d300, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, photography, texas
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James MacDonald's blog
James MacDonald is the senior pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago. He is currently in California undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer, but he is still updating his blog. he recently did a video post on songs that Harvest … Continue reading
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Tagged brian mclaren, emerging church, harvest bible chapel, james macdonald, walk in the word
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gospel centered preaching
here is Matt Chandler talking about gospel centered preaching as opposed to silly irreverent myths [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5YzI7b92L8&hl=en&fs=1] p.s. I am trying to remember where I saw this and will update with a link when I remember
What "reformed" means to Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung has written about what it means to him to be called “reformed”. The whole post is very good and you should read it, but I especially liked these two paragraphs. I delight in the glory of God and … Continue reading
generations
baptist 21 is publishing a series of articles by a guest poster, Steven A. McKinion, who is a theology professor at Southeastern Seminary. Professor McKinion is describing the heirs of the Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. He talks … Continue reading
yesterday
we went to church at Austin City Life yesterday. About 80-100 of us crowded into the Hideout Theater. Turns out it was the last Sunday in that venue and next week the church will meet at the Parish on 6th … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin City Life, church planting novice, creation project, jonathan dodson
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God's glory
Al Mohler also touches on the question that I quoted from John Piper the other day. First he starts with an important reminder: Human beings are trapped in a human frame of reference. When we think of motivation, we inevitably … Continue reading
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Tagged al mohler, Dr. Al Mohler, glory of God, god, God's glory, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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Interview with Dinesh D'Souza
I first became acquainted with the work of Dinesh D’Souza back in law school when I read Illiberal Education. It was both interesting and eye opening in its willingness to take on directly the sacred cows of the left wing … Continue reading
Is God for us or Himself?
Is God for us or Himself? That is the question answered by this sermon from John Piper delivered at Wheaton College back in 1984. My brother-in-law, Todd, sent me the link by email last weekend. Such an excellent reminder of … Continue reading
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Tagged God's purpose, God's sovereignty, John Piper, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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