Monthly Archives: November 2009

How we love our myth of self-determination

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

“If you obey the Bible as an experiment it’s cool. If you obey it out of conviction you are naive and backwards.” This is what I discern our culture to be telling us. AJ Jacobs wrote a book “The Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture commentary

Twitter Updates for 2009-11-29

Posted on November 29, 2009 by

Conventional assumption: If you obey the bible as experiment its cool. If out of conviction you're naive # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2009-11-28

Posted on November 28, 2009 by

Cultural history is the story of our confusion regarding the nature of reality # RT @HarrisJosh Black Friday will increase your debt and leave you empty. Good Friday cancels your debt of sin and reconciles you to God. # RT … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2009-11-27

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

RT @fakejohnpiper Turkey is most glorified in you when you are most stuffed with it. # RT @praxishabitus "The Fat Map" & Conserving Food Energy | Eric Bryant http://ow.ly/FGiq # RT @craigadams49 RT @TheEconomist: Fattened up – America's turkeys and … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2009-11-26

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

RT @kt_writes: three things one cynic has learned about gratitude: http://www.halfwaytonormal.com/?p=537 # RT @MattTCoNP: New Blog Post! Celebrating 'No-Thanksgiving' with some of my least favorite things. http://bit.ly/7s19RF # "Now Thank We All Our God" reworked Apocrypha text from Saxony by … Continue reading →

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The mundane seems the enemy of the grateful

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

I haven’t seen 2012 yet. I saw the review on the Rotten Tomatoes Show and it looks like a lot of movies I’ve seen before, some of which I’ve enjoyed. Why do we love watching urban landmarks get wasted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Reflection

Twitter Updates for 2009-11-25

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

RT @JohnPiper Marriages fail because of how right it feels to justify sinful responses to sin. # RT @praxishabitus: article reviewing a dozen books about boys being different from girls Chronicle of Higher Education http://ow.ly/ERhP # RT @RedeemerNYC: The essence … Continue reading →

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Getting pastors a little drunk and in the mood for some whoring

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

In my Revelation study for Sunday School I’ve now arrived at chapter 17, the closeup of the whore of Babylon. She is the mother of whores, contrasted with the another woman found in the wilderness who is the mother of … Continue reading →

Posted in Pastoral Identity

Twitter Updates for 2009-11-24

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

my sermons are not like my children, I don't love them all the same. # RT @kt_writes: post will appeal if a) you ever get annoyed w yourself, or b) you ever get annoyed w church music. http://tinyurl.com/y9a8eg2 # RT … Continue reading →

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Trust Rather to Their Friendship

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

I’ve started listening to The Tolkien Professor. In his first Tolkien Chat on Knowledge and Evil they discuss a very interesting observation made by Gandolf as Elrond ponders the group that will become the Fellowship of the Ring. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations