Archive for January, 2009

Re-wrestling Richard (Dawkins)

If you’re interested in resurrecting the Dakins thread, there is a new comment and some question on the post “The God Delusion – Part 2″.
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Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)

Merton was born on this day in 1915… a couple of my favorite quotes:
“Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more…Faith does not destroy reason, but fulfills it.”
“One of the paradoxes of our age is that millions of men who have found it impossible [...]

25 Things

1. I started dating Anne Marie when I was just short of my 15th birthday
2. I married Anne Marie when I was just short of my 20th birthday
3. In between those two dates, I didn’t always treat Anne Marie as well as could have. I hope I do a lot better now.
4. I get annoyed [...]

NBC Rejects Obama Pro-life Super Bowl Ad

NBC has reportedly rejected the following ad, saying that NBC and the NFL are not interested in advertisements involving “political advocacy or issues.”
What do you think?

Send feedback to NBC to: victoria.morgan AT nbc.com
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Do Christians Believe in Global Warming?

I was asked the following question by a friend this morning: “In your experience do Christians believe in global warming?”
In the interest of a lively discussion, I’ll throw the question out here.
Go ahead, have at it. The guy who asked the question will be taking part in the discussion so feel free to ask [...]

Tony Jones Finds Audience, Loses “Religion”

Emboldened by the added attention of a liberal-leaning audience since he moved his blog to Beliefnet, Tony Jones today announced a plan to review the Apostles’ Creed and put forward a controversial position on each one.
Since blog posts questioning gender roles and the doctrine of original sin have been so popular, Jones has decided it’s [...]

Wrestling or Cursing? Some Thoughts on “The West Wing”

When it comes to television, I’m a bit of a Luddite – and I like it that way.  We have rabbit ears, that’s it – no cable, no satellite.  There are only two shows we keep current on: 24 and LOST.
The West Wing is a show we’ve been watching recently and we just finished season [...]

Mark Driscoll on ABC’s Nightline

A couple of weeks ago, Driscoll was in the New York Times, now it’s ABC’s Nightline. (*UPDATE: here is a direct link to the segment or watch below)

Driscoll is getting a lot of attention because of his recent sermon series on The Song of Solomon called “The Peasant Princess” (see series website)  in which he preaches [...]

Motivational Poster #1 – Teamwork

I don’t remember where I came across these, but I find them amusing… in an overly cynical kind of way.

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Rick Warren: In the name of “Yeshua, Isa, Jesus”

For those of you who don’t know, Rick Warren was asked to pray at Barack Obama’s inauguration. He closed his prayer “I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life—Yeshua, ‘Isa, Jesus [Spanish pronunciation], Jesus—who taught us to pray:” followed by The Lord’s Prayer.
Contrary to this report by Daniel Cordell [...]