50 Greatest TV Shows of all Time May 3, 2008
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#50 — Quantum Leap
If you watched it, you’re coded for some geek factor. Of course, I loved it.
Jeremiah Wright unqualified to Pastor April 30, 2008
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After listening to the comments made to the national press club on Monday, it is clear, if never before, that Jeremiah Wright is unfit for the office of pastor, as qualified in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Read Denny Burk’s comments below, and more importantly, read 1 Timothy, Paul’s instruction to the young pastor Timothy about qualifications for the man of God called “pastor.”
DALLAS–On Monday, Pastor Jeremiah Wright had the following exchange with the moderator at the National Press Club:MODERATOR: “Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the father but through me.’ Do you believe this? And do you think Islam is a way to salvation?”
read more of Denny Burk’s commentary
Update: Townhall links Burk’s piece.
Cherry Blossoms in the Spring — Time Lapse April 30, 2008
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Watch this time lapse video compilation of the beauty of the cherry tree blooming. The Lord is good.
North Korean Persecution Continues April 29, 2008
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The devolution of Christopher Hitchens April 28, 2008
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Read this article following the life and wiring of Hitchens–author, atheist, arguer.
Quote from the article: The notion of history as an unravelling argument, to be lost or won, is, ironically, a declaration of faith. Under it, the chaos of human reality consumes idealists, moralists and revolutionaries alike. But Hitchens is temperamentally incapable of abandoning his flashing certainties and evolving into a liberal realist. The splits and divisions of his career in argument seem only to have increased his absolutism. Derived from the embers of an imperial past, his are the last flares of a very English species of political fury.
Russia suppresses Protestant Churches April 27, 2008
Posted by moverstreet in : Bible & Theology, Church , add a commentWatch this video on the abuse gospel churches receive in the former USSR as a result of the state church support for Putin. Pray for those who live under this oppression.
Encore: Solos back on at the MET after Flórez floors 9 April 26, 2008
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After the tenor Juan Diego Flórez popped out his nine shining high C’s in “La Fille du Régiment” at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night, the crowd rose and cheered. Mr. Flórez obliged with something not heard on the Met stage since 1994: a solo encore. Solo encores were common in the 19th century but fell out of fashion as performance practice grew more serious. At the Met they had been explicitly banned for much of the 20th century. Before Monday night the most recent such occasion had been Luciano Pavarotti’s repeating the third-act tenor aria in “Tosca” in 1994, Met officials said.
Watch the video (final rehersal).
Listen to the live performance.
Bible webTools for Study April 25, 2008
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Mercer hires controversial pastor Younger as Prof April 21, 2008
Posted by moverstreet in : Church , add a commentThe embattled pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth says he will leave there this summer to take a teaching position in Georgia. His move comes after months of public struggle within the church. One issue was whether gay couples should be featured in a 125th anniversary directory. Dr. Younger said Thursday that he was “honored by the invitation,” where he’ll serve as an assistant professor of preaching.
The McAfee School of Theology confirmed the hiring of Dr. Younger late Thursday. “We are excited about the contributions he will make both in the classroom and in the churches across the Southeast,” Dean R. Alan Culpepper said. “Dr. Younger has a passion for preaching; a quick sense of humor; extensive pastoral experience in rural, suburban and urban churches; and a winsome personality.”
The Rev. Brett Younger will leave Broadway on June 8 and will work at the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta.
Keller’s Reason for God lectures now available April 20, 2008
Posted by moverstreet in : Bible & Theology, Church , add a commentI have recommended the new Keller volume and believe it will continue to rise as an influential volume for those seeking to share the gospel with thinkers.
Watch the video of his interaction with faculty and students. His responses are reasonable and provocative.
Keller Roundtable with WTS Faculty
Keller at UPenn: The Reason for God
Thx: Real McCoy