Archive for October, 2006
Elena’s First Laugh
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Elena’s First Laugh
Originally uploaded by mushin.
Elena has a new trick. Tonight we were taking some pictures of her and Nancy. I was trying to get her to smile, and so was making goofy faces and noises and heard the most amazing sound I’ve ever heard […]
Porn: America’s Addiction, A CNN Special Series with Glenn Beck
Monday, October 16th, 2006CNN has a very interesting series starting tonight at 7pm (EST).
Hidden. Forbidden. Addictive. Porn In America.
ABOUT THE SERIES In Part 1 on Monday, Glenn profiles a man’s addiction to online porn, and we’ll show how he and his wife got through it. On Tuesday, we […]
Kathy Hanson On Biblical Literalism
Saturday, October 14th, 2006Kathy has a great post on the “God Is Still Speaking” campaign, which touches on what I was talking about a few posts ago with biblical literalism. It is well worth the read. Quick quote:
No Christian–even the most fundamentalist believer–really takes the Bible literally. Language isn’t that simplistic.
Check it out.
Definitions
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Edify - To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.
Encourage - To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten.
Rebuke - To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. (The Greek is interesting here: Epiplesso: 1. to strike upon, beat […]
The Opposite Of Play Is Not Work
Monday, October 9th, 2006I am a Web designer by trade. I’ve been doing it for seven years and have gotten fairly proficient at it. I love doing what I do. It is a very exciting, fast-paced, ever changing, and very influential field. It was a hobby that someobody once started paying me to do. […]
Misquoting Mark Driscoll #3
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006“I think irony and sarcasm is a prophetic function that is greatly overlooked in scripture…”
From here.
(in case it’s not evident… these “misquotes” i’ve been doing, aren’t actually misquotes. They are simply taking brilliant one liners and pulling them out of context.)
Lost: Season 3 Starts Tonight!
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The only TV show I’ve really “gotten into” in recent history is Lost. When the season 1 DVD set came out, my parents bought it and lent it to me. I watched the whole thing. The story is compelling, the characters are amazing, everything one could want in a good show. […]
A Brief Rant On Biblical Literalism
Monday, October 2nd, 2006In my last post, Dave left a comment with the following question:
My methodist church has always been fairly liberal. Please explain the comment about female bishops? Does it really hurt your opion of methodism so much that methodists (who DO preach jesus is our savior, love your neighbor, and more) DON’T believe the […]
