Mar

Around the Horn – 03.31.11

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, _samp

Celebrating Superiority Have you ever noticed that the sins you hate most may just be the sins closest to your heart? I hate the sin of envy, and I think I hate it so much because it is so often very near to me, just waiting to strike, to cause me to mourn when I [...]

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Mar

A Crisp Word About Cuts

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Theology

Found this interesting article by a young woman who attends St. Andrew’s: “I am fascinated by the political process. I realize there are many negatives to modern day politics, but the process itself is really amazing. All of the different viewpoints coming from all different angles to reach a seemingly common goal…the good of the [...]

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Mar

Should Non-Christians Be On The Worship Team?

Posted by Steve Published in Leadership, Worship

Interesting article from Vicky Beeching giving the pros and cons – though she never takes a position (not necessarily helpful since she’s a well respected worship leader whose insight and argument could be helpful). At the end of the day I come down on the “no” side. Vicky asks about quality/integrity of faith for the [...]

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Mar

Must A Pastor Be Married? The NYT Asks

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Scripture, Theology

Ran across this article in my sermon prep this week. I didn’t preach on marriage – or pastoring – but it was too good not to pass along. Erik Eckholm of The New York Times asked the question in a news story that put a focus on Mark Almlie, a single seminary graduate who has [...]

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Mar

Friday Morning Video – The Kimyal People Receive the NT

Posted by Steve Published in Empowered Living, Scripture, Video

How much we take for granted!

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Mar

Why Natural Law Arguments Make Evangelicals Uncomfortable

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Theology

A nice surprise today to see a friend’s, Matt Anderson, article in Christianity Today. Matt takes on the gulf between evangelicals and Catholics through the prism of marriage. Here’s a snip: Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8 poured gasoline on an already raging debate about whether the state should recognize permanent, monogamous [...]

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Mar

A Rich Mullins Kind of Morning

Posted by Steve Published in Devotional, Video, Worship

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Mar

Around the Horn – 03.24.11

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, _samp

The Angry Person: Always the Last to Know The problem with anger is that those who don’t have the problem take it to heart; those who are angry are confident in their right-ness and over time can become massively, utterly, completely deluded, blind and (this is no exaggeration) can feel quite good about themselves after [...]

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Mar

A Nice (and provocative) Send Up of Rob Bell

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Scripture, Theology

Sitting in an office waiting to be seen and just ran across this very naughty bit by Peter Ould: Close up shot of black and white photographs from the Second World War. Background somber but progressive piano music. PETER – VOICE OVER: A few months ago my local museum had a show of photographs from [...]

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Mar

How Sports May Focus the Brain

Posted by Steve Published in Sports

From the NYT: Who can cross a busy road better, a varsity wrestler or a psychology major? That question, which seems to beg for a punch line, actually provided the motivation for an unusual and rather beguiling new experiment in which student athletes were pitted against regular collegians in a test of traffic-dodging skill. The [...]

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