Around The Horn – 12.17.09

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent
Just because I like it.

Ungodly Evangelicals
What does it mean to be an “evangelical” and why would anyone want to be one?

A Statement on Prosperity Teaching
This from the Lausanne Theology Working Group at its consultations this past fall.  It is offered as a discussion starter for further reflection (theological, ethical, pastoral and missiological, socio-politcal and economic) on the phenomenal rise of prosperity teaching around the world.

What Is Reformed Theology?
Available for free online, R.C. Sproul in this 12 part series explores the basis of Reformed theology.

Thanks for the Memories
How do you treat people?  How do you repay loyalty?  Maureen Dowd, writing in the New York Times offers this insight and commentary.

The Big Picture
Literally.  Here’s the Boston Globe’s pictorial year in review.

He Had Faith in His Job:
This is a pretty sad story: “A reporter’s work covering church sex scandals, religious tycoons and healers tests his beliefs — and triggers a revelation.”

Your Best Life Now
I wonder if the Apostle Paul played this board game on Malta to pass the time?

A Hokey-Pokey Church Service
From the pulpit of a New Jersey parish this past Sunday: “Well, are you willing to do this? On this Third Sunday in Advent, sometimes known as ‘Refreshment Sunday’, are you willing to stand up and dance the Hokey Pokey with me? To begin to take a small risk for the gospel?  Okay, then. Let’s do it. (“Oh no,” you’re thinking, “She’s not going to make us get up!” Oh yes she is!). C’mon! Everybody form a circle around the church. That’s it. Let’s do the Hokey Pokey. Right here in church. You too, choir. Ready? Everybody sing and dance!”

What They Really Believe
“What happens when developing nations with soaring vehicle populations get tens of millions of petroleum-powered cars at the same time as the global economy recovers and there’s no large global oil supply overhang?” What happens, of course, is that the price of oil goes through the roof — unless we develop alternatives. The petro-dictators in Iran, Venezuela and Russia hope we don’t. They would only get richer.