Fidel Castro (D-Cuba)
August 30, 2007 by Badlands Cogar
Filed under Theology
According to a recent English translation of an editorial in a Cuban communist party newspaper, Fidel Castro called a potential Clinton-Obama pairing in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, “invincible.”
The only question that remains is when Fidel Castro became an expert on democratic elections.
I <3 Huckabee
As the 2008 election draws near the conversation continues on who our next President will be. Clinton? Obama? Romney? Edwards? How about Mike Huckabee. The former Governor of Arkansas (man that sounds familiar) was the “comeback kid” in Iowa (deja vu).
Now this isn’t to say that Huckabee (R) will catch up to Mitt or Rudy but he’s alive. To be honest, as of now, I don’t feel like I’d want to vote for any of the front runners, and I would be fine with not voting at all. But for the record I did order the “Alex supports Mike Huckabee” pin last spring and if given the opportunity he has my vote for sure. Where does Mike Huckabee stand on all the issues?
Jesus Christ and Napoleon Bonaparte
Ryan Fullerton quoted Napoleon Bonaparte sunday morning in church. I thought the quote profound and thought i would share. It can be found at http://www.fullbooks.com/Napoleon-Bonaparte2.html.
After explaining that Jesus did not follow the typical human methods or mindsets for gathering followers, Bonaparte says:“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself have founded empires. But upon what did we rest the creations of our genius? upon force. Jesus Christ alone founded his empire upon love. And at this moment millions of men would die for him. I die before my time, and my body will be given back to earth, to become food for worms. Such is the fate of him who has been called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ, which is proclaimed, loved, and adored, and which is extending over the whole earth! Call you this dying? Is it not living rather? The death of Christ is the death of a God!”
Ryan also, in relation to this, spoke of how there are no Christian suicide bombers. Christians are instead suicide servants. Christianity is indeed, very unique.
Quick Hits!
August 28, 2007 by Brady
Filed under Politics, Quick Hits, TheologyHits from around the web.
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: Vick Finds Jesus?
- The trends are favoring whom for president? Mike Huckabee?
- Kim Riddlebarger refutes John MacArthur on Amillenialism.
- Josh Harris says, “Facebook should be Courtbook.”
- Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez resigns.
There have been some articles on infant baptism posted at Westminster West.
- Dennis Johnson, author of Him We Proclaim, writes: Infant Baptism, How My Mind has Changed.
- Scott Clark writes, A Contemporary Reformed Defense of Infant Baptism.
a B.A. in cooking and cleaning?
John 10:10
Here are some links in the media concerning Southwestern’s new homemaker’s degree.
TODAY SHOW Video: Homemaking a major at one college
Jane Smith, MRS: You mean I Can Finally Earn My Degree in Homemaking?
Sewing, cooking, and other Southwestern Seminary courses.
I am telling you, the SBC is trying my patience this week.
Drs. Patterson defend homemaking degree
Southwestern Seminary becomes homemaking school
Controversy continues over homemaking degree
Southern Baptists encourage basic skills — for women only.
A homemaker’s education — The MSNBC Blog
OT Resource Links
August 24, 2007 by mattgalyon
Filed under Biblical StudiesThis summer I had the privilege of teaching a few small groups at my church back home on some books from the Old Testament. From my studies for these small groups I came across a few helpful sites for Old Testament Study. Enjoy:
John Stevenson (Don’t let the look of his website fool you, this provided some very insightful overviews of the OT Books)
Biblical Overview Series linked by Monergism
Scripture Studies
Capitol Hill Seminar MaterialMaps
A Page of Links to Some Great Biblical Maps
Study Light - The best site of biblical maps that I’ve found.
Greg Gibson Freestyle
August 22, 2007 by brianmoats
Filed under VideoAs most of you know, I recently moved into an apartment with our brother Greg Gibson. This is what occurs when it is 4:30 in the morning and you have hung out for about 6 hours.
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NOT together for the gospel?
The ongoing debate on baptism is heating up on campus and in the blogosphere. Check Justin Taylor’s blog or Adrian Warnock’s blog for a summary of the discussion so far.
Sam Storms writes,
“This may be offensive to some, but the claim to be “Together for the Gospel” rings a bit hollow to me when some would decline to fellowship with others around the Lord’s Table because of their disagreement on the proper recipients of baptism.”Here is his whole article. It really is a must read.
Where does everyone fit on this debate?
-Brady
The Resurgence of (Good) Christian Art
August 20, 2007 by mattgalyon
Filed under ArtIt is not a secret that Christianity has been failing desperately in the cultural arena of the arts. Christian music, clothing, and movies have become comedic relief to our culture instead of a representation of the beauty of God communicated through Christian image-bearers. Forbes magazine put out a very interesting article on “artistic evangelicals” and the resurgence of visual art into the life of the Christian and the Church. They mentioned a wide variety of evangelicals who are a part of this movement including Steve Halla from Southern Seminary who is over the school’s Center for Theology and the Arts. Halla comments on art and the church saying, “”If we as Christians believe that creativity and imagination is a gift from God, why have we neglected it for so many years?” Tell me what you think about the article.
A couple good quotes from the article:
“The very parched nature of evangelical visual culture is making people who have grown up in this culture thirsty for beauty,” he said. - Andy Crouch, editorial director for Christianity Today’s Christian Vision Project.
“For too long, Christian art has implied pale imitation,” Detweiler said. “We’re trying to get back to the days of the Renaissance, where the church was the patron of the finest art.” -Craig Detweiler, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.
- Matt G. (The American One)
Resurgence Vodcast, For Your Viewing Pleasure
August 18, 2007 by Brady
Filed under Missonal Thinking, Theology
Just recently I began re-watching a Video Podcast (or Vodcast for the cutting edge tech-geeks out there) put out by Resurgence. By their own proclamation, “Resurgence is a movement that resources multiple generations to live for Jesus so that they can effectively reach their cities with the gospel by staying culturally accessible and biblically faithful.” I would recommend three lectures given by Tim Keller at the Reform and Resurge conference in 2006 entitled “Being the Church in our Culture,” “Preaching the Gospel,” and “Doing Justice.” Tim Keller has a gift of speaking with prophetic clarity about the church’s role in culture today. His ministry and lectures are always Gospel-saturated, challenging the church to rethink the way we preach and do ministry and helping us to remain faithful to Scripture’s focus on the good news proclaimed in Jesus Christ. The Resurgence vodcasts can be seen here, or subscribed to by their iTunes podcast. I would also recommend to you the videos (or audio) from the latest conference put on by Resurgence entitled “Continuous Worship.” I’ve listened to one of the lectures by Harold Best, author of Unceasing Worship and former dean of the Conservatory of Worship at Wheaton College, entitled “Continuous Worship: Jesus the Sole Mediator of Worship and the Helplessness of Music.” The lecture was incredibly convicting. I’ll leave you with Best’s closing comment:
There is a thing called musical gluttony in worship, where we just over-music, too much in the diet and we have this kind of theological cholesterol that clogs the veins through which the blood of true worship should flow and continuous worship with no high point anywhere except as the Holy Spirit chooses to bring it down.
- mg
