Cartoons recreated for 21st century kids

Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 16:46 | Category : Culture/Society
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Remember Saturday morning cartoons and the deviant plot of “Wiley E. Coyote” to destroy “Bugs” with the latest in Acme technology?  Well, those days are long gone.  Move over kid-friendly cartoon characters and make way for Goth Bugs.  Yikes.
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Save the Village: Christopher Hitchens argues for non-gentrification

Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 5:43 | Category : Culture/Society
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I recently returned from a trip to Indianapolis, a city deeply engaged in the act of regentrification. This week, Christopher Hitchens takes a whack at saving the essence of the old city in an effort to promote American nongentrification.
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Reason #5 why Christians need to live differently with their finances

Monday, 16 June 2008, 5:54 | Category : Bible & Theology, Culture/Society, Family
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This week David Brooks wrote a compelling op-ed on the devastating effect money with no moral foundation has on families. The social norms that once controlled spending and encouraged frugality have given way to spending money and taking on debt at Babylonian proportions. How bad is it? In America, a household with [...]

World’s oldest church discovered?

Sunday, 15 June 2008, 5:06 | Category : Bible & Theology, Church
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If tests confirm that it dates back to between 33 AD to 70 AD, as the archaeologists claim, it would make it the earliest known place of Christian worship by around two hundred years. According to a report in the Jordan Times newspaper, a very early underground [...]

Gordon-Conwell Seminary Names Dr. Dennis P. Hollinger as President

Saturday, 14 June 2008, 8:02 | Category : Campus, Church
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Dennis P. Hollinger, Ph.D., President and Professor of Christian Ethics at Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS), Myerstown, PA, has been named the sixth President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Professor of Christian Ethics, effective August 1.Dr. Hollinger succeeds Dr. Haddon W. Robinson, who has served in an interim capacity as President since May 2007. Dr. Hollinger [...]

SBC INDY 2008

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 7:49 | Category : Bible & Theology, Campus, Church, Missions/Evangelism/Apologetics
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I’m in Indianapolis this week for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, an association of thousands of churches who partner together for missions and ministry.  For over 150 years, these churches have seen great work accomplished for the gospel and the kingdom.  I am looking forward to seeing the Lord accomplish another year [...]

Man Buried in Pringles Can?

Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 22:32 | Category : Culture/Society
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The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his remains were buried in one of the iconic cans. You can read the story here.
When I read this headline, I was struck by Baur’s desire to be buried in the tubular Pringles [...]