For those of you who have not already read this when it was originally posted over at irishcalvinist.com, here’s my recent review of “(Re)Thinking Worldview” by J. Mark Bertrand. (It was a real kick to see the review noted at Bertrand’s website, definitely a blogo-history moment for me!)
(Re)Thinking Worldview is a fun read that will [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fasting, John Owen, Lent on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s an awesome quote from John Owen that has helped me break through on a key issue in my investigation of the Biblical practice of fasting. If you’ve read previous posts of this subject, you know that I have struggled to separate what the Bible describes as good, and what the Bible condemns, namely the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christianity Today on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a link to a recent interview with Barak Obama in Christianity Today. In addition to side-stepping the abortion issues, he makes some interesting statements about his own faith. I have to say that I was a bit surprised at how specific he was Though not much was said, it was more than I [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian liberty, Discernment, Worldview on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Everybody warm up your proverbial right-brain.
I read J. Mark Bertrand’s “(Re)Thinking Worldview” recently (review pending). Among other useful elements, the book had me thinking again about the meaning and use of art in all mediums. Bertrand has much to say about employing one’s worldview as a filter to both create and appraise art. He further [...]
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Those of you who attend church with me at Omaha Bible Church know that I am going through a significant change in ministry. Over the last three years, my wife Amy and I have been serving in the high school ministry together. As the leader of that ministry, I was challenged in ways I could [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian music on January 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
OK. So I wrote a review of Chris Rice’s “Peace Like a River: The Hymns Project” twice and somehow it got erased twice. I don’t have the patience to write it a third time, especially because I can’t type, so here it goes again.
It is good. I totally liked it. You should buy it.
There.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Man, was this a killer holiday season. It’s been two weeks at least since I last posted. There just hasn’t been an intersection of time and energy. Not that I’m looking for sympathy, this has been the most tiring holiday season I can remember.
Case in point: On New Year’s Day it is my tradition to [...]
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