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why theology?

Posted on July 26, 2010 by bkingr

Joe Thorn posts an interview with Ray Ortlund about the importance of theology. here is the middle bit. What is the central task of the theologian? To love the Triune God wholeheartedly, according to the Bible. Nothing complicates theology like … Continue reading →

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Fotos on Fridai

Posted on May 21, 2010 by bkingr

a belated edition of Friday fotos posted from my lovely wife’s laptop. Mine is still in triage to determine the extent of the damage from its impromptu coffee bath.\ a weed in the back pasture on Ilford HP5 plus 400 … Continue reading →

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doctrine

Posted on February 15, 2010 by bkingr

Big new book from Mark Driscoll is coming soon. Doctrine, What Christians Should Believe Looks good. here is the table of contents: Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 – Trinity: God Is Chapter 2 – Revelation: God Speaks Chapter 3 … Continue reading →

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truth

Posted on December 30, 2009 by bkingr

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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Aaron Ivy – Worship Band

Posted on September 24, 2009 by bkingr

Aaron Ivy – Worship Band, originally uploaded by Doug Klembara. Here is Aaron Ivy at Kyle Field in Aggieland. Doug Klembara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougklembara/) took this picture and some others. He estimates the crowd at 7K.

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ben rector is free fallin'

Posted on September 10, 2009 by bkingr

cool stuff (I don’t know why vimeo videos won’t embed for me. either I am doing it wrong or wordpress doesn’t support it, but click through the link before or the one after to see it.) Ben Rector – Free … Continue reading →

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price of perpetual boyhood

Posted on September 7, 2009 by bkingr

Amy Holmes is wondering if there is a price for men to pay in their pursuit of perpetual adolescence. Inher post on The Corner she says about the death of DJ AM [Adam Goldstein]: But consider: He died a 36-year-old … Continue reading →

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friday fotoes

Posted on July 17, 2009 by bkingr

a pelican swooping over the water last Tuesday morning more macro flowers and a monochromatic sunstar from the old film camera

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Last morning

Posted on July 4, 2009 by bkingr

The last morning here and Joseph and I decided to see if the fish bite early. First we had to clear ourselves a place and the we got busy. Not too much luck, but I did finally catch a bass. … Continue reading →

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Still Fishin

Posted on July 3, 2009 by bkingr

Still out here fishing. So far we have only caught perch. The river was coming up some last night. Maybe it washed some bass downstream. Here’s hoping. We will probably head up to Lake Whitney for a swim sometime today. … Continue reading →

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Vacation

Posted on July 2, 2009 by bkingr

We came up yesterday to my parents’ river house northwest of Waco. Going to spend a few days catching fish and laying around. Too hot to do much outside. But it sure is pretty here.

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free music

Posted on June 5, 2009 by bkingr

Resurgence is starting a music wing called Re:Sound. To kick things off, they are giving away a free EP of eight songs. I just downloaded them and have listened to the first two. Interesting.

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friday fotoes

Posted on May 29, 2009 by bkingr

My lovely wife and I celebrated 20 wonderful years of wedded bliss last weekend in Grapevine at the Gaylord Texan. and the sky was really funky one evening this week here we are on self timer

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God saves bad people (hallelujah!)

Posted on January 23, 2009 by bkingr

here is a word from Dr. Art Azurdia III courtesy of the Ramblin’ Pastor Man. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoMIDK1SXTU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Romans 5:1-11: 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom … Continue reading →

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Fireproof's review by the NYT

Posted on October 1, 2008 by bkingr

surprisingly positive. “Fireproof” may not be the most profound movie ever made, but it does have its commendable elements, including that rarest of creatures on the big (or small) screen: characters with a strong, conservative Christian faith who don’t sound … Continue reading →

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foto friday

Posted on September 19, 2008 by bkingr

here is Austin City Hall’s “stinger” and here is Pluto enjoying Bull Creek.

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Transparency is worth zero if you have no passion

Posted on August 22, 2008 by bkingr

Michelle Greer has a great post up about “transparency in marketing.” (warning, a mild expletive) Her point is that the latest marketing buzzword means nothing to a person/company that is bored with or dislikes their own product. Here is some … Continue reading →

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Gray morning

Posted on August 18, 2008 by bkingr

A little cooler, but much more humid this morning. Hopefully we will get some real rain today.

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ouch

Posted on August 8, 2008 by bkingr

too true

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blaming others

Posted on July 31, 2008 by bkingr

Ben at Desiring God blog posted 12 sins we blame on others. Here are the first few: 1) Anger I wouldn’t lose my temper if my co-workers were easier to get along with, or if my kids behaved better, or … Continue reading →

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a musical interlude

Posted on July 30, 2008 by bkingr

Thanks to the Justin Cofield Band I am obsessing over this song. I just can’t get enough of it. I haven’t obsessed over a song like this since this one and this one. I can’t link to the other song … Continue reading →

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new page/rock of offense

Posted on July 26, 2008 by bkingr

I just put up a longer piece on a new page that I wrote back in 2005 about Jesus and the woman at the well. The tab is above.

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one of the things I like about Austin

Posted on July 24, 2008 by bkingr

The pagans are pagans and proud of it. I saw this bumper sticker in traffic earlier this year and took a picture of it with my iPhone (great little phone and minicomputer, not such a great camera) so the quality … Continue reading →

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Vista Church podcasts

Posted on July 23, 2008 by bkingr

I am trying an experiment to see if I can link to the Apple Store. If I am doing this right, this link ought to take you to the Vista Church podcasts in the iTunes store. If you get there, … Continue reading →

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Test from the iPhone

Posted on July 23, 2008 by bkingr

Walking with Julie right now and testing the wordpress application for iPhone blogging. Beautiful day so far.

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