Doug has responded here to my post, and I think we are getting at some extremely important issues here. The question is this: can justifying faith be described in any way as obedience to God’s command? The reason I believe that Doug has not engaged my exegesis is that he does not yet realize…
MONDAY We’re just going to quote directly from the Black Cat’s write up of mainstage headliners Firewater, because it’s pretty damned interesting: Firewater was birthed in a Brooklyn basement in the long, hot summer of 1997. Depressed, broke, and desperate, ex-Cop Shoot Cop leader Tod A tossed away …
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Yesterday was a sweet day for me. I have two little girls who love making plans and love surprising their Daddy. To be honest, my kids love me…I don’t say this out of pride or anything, they just love me and I know it. To be quite honest the love of my children is one of the most…
We love fruit! For years JA and I have talked and dreamed about planting raspberries, and blueberries in our yard. This year we finally have a yard to call our own, so we planted two blueberry bushes and a peach tree. Of course we have to wait a couple of years before we can enjoy the fruit from the…
It seems that the Vatican has moved to prevent the filming of another Dan Brown book, Angels and Demons — or, at least, to prevent scenes from being filmed in the Vatican or in any churches in Italy. Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, head of the Vatican’s Prefecture for Economic Affairs, said that the …
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Tags: Books, Religion & Society, Church Issues, Arts & Media
I noticed this photo accompanying an unrelated and relatively straightforward AP story at MSNBC.com about Barack Obama’s electoral strategy. As you can see, it falls into the Obama-as-messiah mold, albeit a little more subliminal and requiring more biblical literacy than previous still shots: …
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Tags: Religion, Christianity, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Online media, Media business, 2008 Presidential, msnbc.com, Campaigns & Elections, Alex Brandon
This song was apparently written less than a month ago by a relatively unknown worship leader.  But thanks to the internet and my friend Dave Bish,  I have found myself listening to a rough acoustic recording of it many many times repeatedly today with tears streaming down my face.  I predict…
HALLELUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUJAH!!!!! I just read a post by my Sister in Christ, Lily Ratliff, and my spirit was leaping all over the place. Check it out here: http://alilyslife.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/myspacetv-videos-a_letter_from_-hell-_-by-romans-116-unashamed/ I left a comment on my friend’s pa…
Starting today, every Monday, our Gospel Soundcheck blogger, Joanne Brokaw will post a trivia question about Christian music. Check out today’s question here and be sure to return to Gospel Soundcheck on Wednesday for the answer!……
I enjoyed church today. We’re in the middle of a teaching series on Justice & Compassion and a member of our community, Susan Van Riesen, taught this morning. (*If you would like to either learn more about our church or listen to Susan’s teaching, go to www.vcfp.org.) One of the stories that she sha…
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Tags: Church, Christianity, Social Justice, Gospel