3G conservatives in the SBC

Thursday, 19 February 2009, 9:46 | Category : Bible & Theology, Church
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Steve McKinion over at B21 has an insightful reflection on the progress of conservative resurgence and its inheritors.  Read it here. HT: Nathan Lino

New Kindle-2: E-books 2.0

Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 11:06 | Category : Books, Culture/Society
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I borrowed a Kindle a while back and was fascinated by how much I enjoyed reading on the wireless device.  It was a little bulky and the mechanics needed some tweaking.  So, you can imagine I was thrilled to hear of the new release of the Kindle 2 with all of my objections remedied:
Slim: [...]

Botched Abortion exposes dark world of abortion agenda

Friday, 6 February 2009, 5:15 | Category : Bible & Theology, Culture/Society, Family
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In this horrific story (proceed with caution), an 18 year-old went to an abortion clinic, and after receiving her medications for dilation, which precedes the procedure that causes the death of the child, the woman delivered her baby.  That’s when things went wrong.  The mother watched the staff cut (not clamp, which allows for bleeding [...]

Where do your peeps live?

Thursday, 5 February 2009, 19:58 | Category : Family
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I like this tool to find out where folks with your last name (surname) live.
@import url(“http://www.dynastree.com/maps/images/en-us/wp_mappreview.css”);

Distribution of the surname Overstreet
Where does your name come from?

Check it out.

Super Bowl Ad for Adultery Service receives criticism

Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 8:49 | Category : Bible & Theology, Culture/Society
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Some Super Bowl watchers were offended by the AshleyMadison.com service that boasts you can “have an affair to remember or your money back.” For obvious reasons, I am not linking the site, and I recommend you not go there.  Beyond unbiblical and unbelievable, the founder of the 3.3million-user service argues that adultery may as well [...]

“Stimulus Watch” website goes live

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 10:08 | Category : Culture/Society, Politics/Public Policy
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You can now click here and give your feedback on the potential projects submitted by various entities and give your feedback.  The site is searchable  by keyword, city, state, and federal program.
From the website: “We do this by allowing you, citizens around the country with local knowledge about the proposed “shovel-ready” projects in your city, [...]

Evangelicals and Sports

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 5:28 | Category : Culture/Society, Missions/Evangelism/Apologetics
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List of the top 12 athletes in sports who are professing Christians.
Read here.

PCBC Pastor resigns for BGCT Theologian Post, starts Center

Monday, 2 February 2009, 11:02 | Category : Church, Missions/Evangelism/Apologetics
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Dr. Jim Denison, pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church, resigned last week, and will step down from the pulpit February 15; he and his wife will teach the Men’s and Ladies’ Bible Studies until April.  They will continue to live in Dallas and stay at Park Cities.
At the BGCT, he will be the Theologian in [...]