Craig Blomberg reviews Richard Bauckham’s Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
I believe I have discovered the source for at least part of my sense of humor. I got this email from my father over the weekend (hopefully he won’t mind my posting, it’s too priceless to hoard for myself):
Grandma & mom made me go and see the queen movie. I got the worm fuzzes [...]
Local up-and-coming Acts 29 church The Journey gets their day in infamy on the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I’m just not sure what to say about this. But Dave has a few words.
I have a question for Lutherans reading this website (I suspect there may be only one, but who knows? I will leave the question open).
I want to know what’s on your iPod (or other MP3 player). Specifically, I want to know whose sermons and/or radio broadcasts and/or teachings are something that you try [...]
I thought this was pretty interesting. The website claims that only 420 people in the US have my last name, and that no one has my first and last name.
Oops, their code didn’t work. Anyway, this is a website where you can put in your name and it will tell you how many people in [...]
Keith and Kristyn Getty have a new album out called “In Christ Alone.” I’d like to pick it up at some point. The sample MP3s on WTSBooks sound beautiful. And of course, I love the song “In Christ Alone.”
Get ready for the blog to look weird. I’m updating it to Wordpress 2.1 over the next day or two and I honestly have no idea what’s going to happen. At the very least I suspect that my asides will show up here again, and the veryplaintxt theme may not work.
Update: Asides [...]
[Music here.]
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love and power.
Refrain
I will arise and go to Jesus,
He will embrace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Savior,
O there are ten thousand charms.
Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,
God’s free bounty glorify;
True belief and [...]
Phil Johnson weighs in on the Francis Chan video, “Just Stop and Think,” that’s caused a whirlwind of discussion around the Godblogosphere. (I loved the photo with the frontpage newspaper headlines.)
Along the same lines, Paul Martin’s perspective is worth considering.
As is James White’s, despite being of a different opinion.
BTW, I wonder, has anyone tried [...]
Eh, for what it’s worth:
A BLUE Dragon Lies Beneath!
My inner dragon is the Water Elemental dragon. If there ever was a draconic example of a supple attitude, my inner dragon is it. Just sit back and go with the flow. *contented sigh*
If there ever was a draconic example of a supple attitude, your Inner Dragon [...]
[Music here.]
I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art,
My only trust and Savior of my heart,
Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake;
I pray Thee from our hearts all cares to take.
Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
Reigning omnipotent in every place;
So come, O King, and our whole being sway;
Shine on us with [...]
A most worthy enterprise! I wish I had a million dollars to donate to them.
The 50 most influential Christians in the United States today.
Keep in mind CSL was addressing his pupil’s particular situation, so the advice in the letter isn’t necessarily applicable to anyone else.
Magdalen College
Oxford
Jan 5/51
Dear Mr. Van Auken
We must ask three questions about the probable effect of changing your research subject to something more theological.
(1.) Wd. it be better for your immediate enjoyment? Answer, probably [...]
Hat tip to Jessica for this one:
You scored as Frodo. You’re Frodo Baggins! Frodo is a somewhat timid hobbit of the Shire, but he sets out on a dangerous journey to save Middle Earth, though the quest will change his life forever. Frodo is a selfless being, and his loyal friends will [...]
One of my favorite Tom and Jerry quotes is in this cartoon. “Boy, are you corny. You act like a square at the fair. A goon from Saskatoon. You come on like a broken ‘off.’ You’re a sad apple. A long-hair. A cornhusker. In other words, you [...]
Hard not to be proud of this:
Your Language Arts Grade: 100%
Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know “no” from “know.” Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).
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Got this from [...]
Adapted from a tagline I saw today: “The best way to accelerate a Windows system is at 32 feet per second per second.”
Dear Reformed People, particularly you who, like me, often think that you have a commission in the Reformation Police… go read this right now.
If it applies to you, repent. That’s what I’m doing.
Really cool. Here’s an honest, down-to-earth video presentation of the Good News by a regular guy named Francis Chan. You gotta watch it. It’ll only take about 10-15 mins. And it’s available in small, medium, or large format. HT: Centuri0n.
Update (1/12/07; 1/13/07): I may have spoken too soon. I still [...]
Way back when, if memory serves, Charlie used to have something like a category for “free ideas.” These were ideas which crossed his mind throughout the course of a day that he would post online for others to entertain.
I don’t know if the following qualifies, but I’ll throw it out here anyway, [...]
Revised 1-11-07:
DJP’s recent post is quite good.
In fact it was so good it inspired me to post the following in the combox:
Speaking of freedom re: whom to marry, might I please take this moment to freely offer myself to available single Christian females?
I don’t want to waste your time, so let’s get right to [...]
Sorry to post something technical but I just have to share this with somebody, and my wife’s already heard it and people at work are sick of hearing about it.
Imagine with me, if you will, that you have 32 kilobytes of data. That is 32,768 letters, numbers, or symbols, if you want to look [...]
Pat Robertson’s making predictions again. Tell him to stop. (See Jeremiah 28.)
Phil Johnson on the true balance of Christian doctrine: “…New Testament sanctification properly stresses both liberty and love for Christ; both freedom from the law and freedom from sin; both emancipation from the bondage of our sinful flesh and slavery to righteousness as the only way to enjoy our new life in the Spirit.”
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