Posted in Uncategorized, tagged D.A. (Don) Carson, Emergent Church, Post-modernism on November 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I remember a few years ago when Don Carson come to my church for a conference. I had recently read his book “The Gagging of God”, David Wells’ books “No Place for Truth” and “God in the Wasteland.”, and Ian Murray’s “Evangelicalism Divided”. My head was buzzing with my new-found understanding of worldview history and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fasting, Sanctification on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Back again with some more thoughts on fasting. As I work through this issue, it’s felt more natural to throw some of the large fragments out there for public consumption. Was that a pun? I apologize if so.
After digesting (sorry, last time) a basic framework for discussion and establishing a goal in my considerations, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ecumenicalism, Emergent Church on November 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For those of you new to Ikonograph, there only a few blogs I read regularly and even fewer that I link to. Pyromaniacs just put up this link about the Emergent Church that you need to read. Follow the PDF link and read the LA Times piece. It requires a degree of familiarity with the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pseudo-Scriptural Scalp-Scratcher of the Day, Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Drum roll please…..
Q: Where in Scripture do we see the first beer tap?
A: In Numbers 21:16 ” From there they continued to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people, that I may give them water.”
Ha! Get it? Don’t take everything so literally! It’ll only get you to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian disciplines, Christian liberty, Fasting on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
If the Ikonographer poses a trivia question and nobody answers, does it make a sound? Man, I know my readership is not that great, but no takers? OK. I want to get the whole thing over with, but I have some other things on my mind that I want to get to while they are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Glory of God, Quotations on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
No takers on the latest installment of Pseudo-Scriptural trivia! What a lot of chickens you are. While you are all cowering and refusing to venture your respective guesses, I’ve got a great thought-provoking quote from Blaise Pascal. This quote is taken from the book “Mind of Fire”, which is a collection of diary style writings [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pseudo-Scriptural Scalp-Scratcher of the Day on November 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Continuing the trend of Christian liberty related themes, here’s some trivia for all of you alcohol abstentionists and moderationists.
Q: Where in Scripture do we see the first beer tap?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book Reviews, Francis Schaeffer on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I love Francis Schaeffer. For my money, there is no one better to express deep thoughts about the Christian worldview, fully and briefly. Reading Schaeffer is like savoring a good meal. I plan to read a lot more of him.
First of all, cool cover. Maybe the best ever.
More than that, “Christian Manifesto” looks at the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian liberty, Discernment, Friendship, Sanctification on November 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Here is a passage that is more often abused than used correctly:
“Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christianity Today on November 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Check out this article from christianitytoday.com. Regrettable that you can’t even really start discerning professions on the basis of the gospel until you get to the last 19%.
