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September’s Top Posts.

September 30, 2011 in Misc with 1 Comment

Looking back over my top posts for the month is always a humbling experience. As is often the case, my top posts were things that involved little or no work on my part. I have to admit, though, that The Painful Truth of How Denominations See Each Other is absolutely hilarious. So, I can understand its popularity. And, it’s great to see so many people interested in downloading lectures on Augustine. So, I can’t really complain about the top two. And, at least the other three were posts that I actually wrote.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the Top 5 Posts from September:

  1. The Painful Truth of How Denominations See Each Other
  2. A Smorgacopia of Augustine Lectures Online
  3. Why Is It Popular to Be a Heretic?
  4. When is an inerrancy debate not really about inerrancy?
  5. Slave owners, sex addicts, and anti-semites: how do you talk about flawed heroes?

Flotsam and jetsam (9/30).

September 30, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 0 Comments

Good Reads

  • Good News: Jesus Is Not Nice. Mark Galli offers some good thoughts on “the God who comes to us in the often disturbing Jesus Christ and through the disruptive Holy Spirit.”
  • CNN looks at Patriotism and the ‘God Gap’ - statistics suggesting that religious people (especially evangelicals) are more likely that  non-religious people to have a high view of America.

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  • This year’s Ig Nobel prize winners have been announced. These prizes honor the year’s funniest “scientific” achievements. My favorite from this year: LITERATURE PRIZE: John Perry of Stanford University, USA, for his Theory of Structured Procrastination, which says: To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that’s even more important.

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Flotsam and Jetsam (9/28)

September 28, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 1 Comment

A kid after my own heart (HT 22 Words)

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  • Jared Wilson offers some great reflections on The “Religious People” Bogeyman - or, how we use terms like “pharisee,” “legalist,” or “religious people” as a way of shutting people up.

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  • Deal of the Day: Lifeway is giving away $1000 and $500 gift cards today. Go here to check it out.
  • Pot growers in California consume 3% of all electricity use and 8% of household use. If you’re wondering, that’s a lot.

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Flotsam and jetsam (7/27)

September 27, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 2 Comments

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  • iMonk offers a really nice summary of key themes in Thomas Merton. This is worth checking out if you want to get a handle on one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century.

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Flotsam and jetsam (9/26)

September 26, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 2 Comments

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A Prayer for Sunday (Lancelot Andrewes)

September 25, 2011 in Prayers with 2 Comments

[Lancelot Andrewes, one of the most influential and learned clergymen during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, died on or around this date in 1626. Known as a man of prayer, here is the beginning of a prayer that he wrote for when you enter a church.]

As for me, I will come into Thy house, even upon the multitude of Thy mercy;

And in Thy fear will I worship towards Thy holy Temple.

O Lord, hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto Thee;

when I hold up my hands toward the mercy-seat of Thy holy Temple.

We wait for Thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of Thy Temple.

Be mindful of the brethren who are present, and join together in prayer with us now:

Remember their devotion and their zeal.

Be mindful of them also who upon good cause are absent:

And have mercy upon them and us, according to the multitude of Thy mercies, O Lord.

Forced Choices: The Reformers

September 24, 2011 in Church History, Misc with 21 Comments

Last week’s Forced Choices put the Gospels to the test. John (34%) jumped out to a quick lead and held on to it all week. Matthew was next (28%), followed by Luke (20%) and Mark (17%). So, it looks like people actually prefer the synoptic Gospels overall. But as individual Gospels, John is the favorite.

This week: who is your favorite reformer? (No, that’s not “Transformer,” which would also be interesting.) As usual, you can leave a comment explaining your choice if you’d like, but feel free just to vote. And yes, I know that I’ve left off a lot of important names. I didn’t want to list everyone, so you have to pick from these three. That’s why it’s called a “forced” choice.

So, what do you think?

Saturday morning fun: If computer problems were real

September 24, 2011 in Humor with 0 Comments

I thought the funnier pieces were the ones toward the end. So give it time to warm up.

Flotsam and jetsam (9/23)

September 23, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 5 Comments

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  • And, here’s a list of 10 Odd Things Swallowed (mostly by animals). It comes complete with x-rays to prove that these things were actually swallowed. Otherwise, you’d never believe a couple of them.

Flotsam and jetsam (9/22)

September 22, 2011 in Flotsam and jetsam with 0 Comments

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