tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67060622011-07-14T17:24:06.353-04:00Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience (1 Peter 3:15b-16a ESV) Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1115232912324487282005-05-04T14:46:00.000-04:002005-05-04T14:55:12.620-04:00

I'm shutting this site down!!The template is coming together over at the new place, so I'm going to stop posting here. You want the new stuff, head over there.I'll keep this site up, just because I may keep the archives up here rather than move everything over to the other site. Some posts will move: anything that is part of a series will be over there. Not sure if the dates will be the same

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1114304054651021772005-04-23T20:46:00.000-04:002005-04-25T18:26:18.260-04:00

On top of everything else I have going on this week (paper, work, etc.), and everything I had going on last week (paper, work, etc.) I am preaching tomorrow morning. I appreciate everyone's prayers tomorrow as I preach on Genesis 3, and the results of the Fall.It's been interesting -- each class I've had this week had something to contribute to the subject. Especially the discussion of penal

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1114206632355577072005-04-22T17:47:00.000-04:002005-04-22T17:50:32.356-04:00

I've added the ESV blog to the blogroll. Unfortunately, I did it too late to get the free Bible. :(Oh, well. It's still a worthwhile blog, and an outstanding translation. Maybe they'll have a contest to get one of the Study Bibles when they come out.

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1114205950794630052005-04-22T17:36:00.000-04:002005-04-22T17:39:10.796-04:00

... but I'll be pretty quiet for the next week. Major paper due, and I have a pretty good bit of work ahead of me.Might get a post in on the whole Al Mohler "pope is not a biblical office" fiasco today, might not. Dr. Mohler's right, btw, and it's pretty bad when a US Senator has no more of a grasp on history that he didn't know that there were Christian leaders who didn't recognize the

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1113929707917461832005-04-19T12:42:00.000-04:002005-04-19T13:12:35.086-04:00

The white smoke has been sent through the chimney at the Sistine Chapel.Cardinal Ratzinger is the new Pope. Pope Benedict XVI.Once the archbishop of Munich and for many years prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Ratzinger, 77, is one of the most powerful men in the Vatican and is widely acknowledged as a leading theologian. (from CNN.com)And of course, fans of Saint

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1113666629665647272005-04-16T11:35:00.000-04:002005-04-16T11:53:13.086-04:00

I now have two awards -- the Pewie for Conspicuous Intolerant Tolerance (and I've changed the name of that one at least twice!), which I've awarded twice now, and the new VftP Get a Clue Award for conspicuous misuse of a religious term.The very first Clewie goes to Byron Williams at workingforchange.com. Byron calls himself a fundamentalist Christian who "trusts women to make the right choices

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1113601987540359102005-04-15T17:41:00.000-04:002005-04-15T17:53:07.540-04:00

Double Toothpicks has a MUST READ post about Eric Rudolph.Eric Rudoplh is being billed as a "fundamentalist Christian." That is a lie, plain and simple. I cannot believe that the MSM would do such little research that they wouldn't know the difference between a fundamentalist Christian and a member of the Christian Identity movement. It seems to me that the information is readilly available,

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1113184895555379292005-04-10T21:49:00.000-04:002005-04-10T22:01:35.556-04:00

Cruising though the pages of The Sacred Sandwich (which has been on the left-side links for a while now), I ran across this article in their archives.It's funny, but aren't we really like that? Don over at Locusts and Wild Honey recently critiqued one of Joel Osteen's sermons. I won't rehash what he said (though I agree with him) -- go there and read if you want the straight story. Read the

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1113159427809098252005-04-10T14:55:00.000-04:002005-04-11T20:55:03.400-04:00

{NOTE: This is the first part of my blogging review of the book Beyond the Shadowlands: C.S. Lewis on Heaven and Hell by Dr. Wayne Martindale. I received this book through Mind and Media as a gift from the publisher (Crossway), who donated the books for the reviewers.}I am looking forward to this book, just from reading the author's Introduction. This quote will give you an idea why: "Somewhere

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112973056178064842005-04-08T11:05:00.000-04:002005-04-08T11:12:49.886-04:00

Not for me, this time!Mind and Media is looking for some bloggers who want to read and write about what they read. It's really a great gig -- closest thing many of us will ever come to getting paid to blog. You volunteer to read a book, and blog about it. In exchange, you get a free book -- and rumor has it there may be other incentives down the road.Crossway is using M&M, as is Baker, so you

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112890668341444102005-04-07T12:14:00.000-04:002005-04-07T12:17:48.343-04:00

Ok, I was looking through my referals and found that someone got here through a search for Chili Beef Ramen. Intrigued, I checked it out to see what other Ramen goodness I could find.I struck Ramen gold. The Official Ramen Homepage has recipes and everything -- even dessert Ramen!! Go there and check it out -- you'll be glad you did.Now I have to pick something out for lunch ...

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112839503021613262005-04-06T22:00:00.000-04:002005-04-06T22:05:03.020-04:00

I'm working on relocating to my mu.nu site. Total redesign of the blog -- and not the one I was showing everyone. I think I'm going for a little cleaner look.I have no idea how long it will take -- I'm still working on papers for school, and I'm preaching April 24th in the morning service, so I kinda need to have something prepared for that. Then I have finals.But my goal is to have it done

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112664362677506572005-04-04T20:38:00.000-04:002005-04-04T21:26:02.676-04:00

What a pleasant topic, huh? But with recent events, it has been on my mind a bit lately.Contrast the two recent deaths for a moment. Terri Shiavo, for years on death's door. She's suffered, she's been through therapy and been withdrawn from therapy. What did she want? Who really knows -- from what I saw, it didn't really matter. It was about what everyone else wanted, simply because she

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112655929589876582005-04-04T18:56:00.000-04:002005-04-04T19:05:29.590-04:00

Ok, maybe not news. Maybe more like shameless self promotion, but titling a post "Shameless Self Promotion from the Pew" just doesn't have the same ring to it, you know?I've set up a "bookstore" at Lulu.com, where you will be able to get PDF copies of whatever papers I've written for school for free. Why would you want them? I don't know, but they're free, so you won't be throwing any money

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112464186408437672005-04-02T12:29:00.000-05:002005-04-02T13:44:11.176-05:00

{Tip o' the hat to Adrian Warnock}This article/essay/message from John Piper sums up my feelings pretty well. I still often use the King James or New King James when preaching, simply because that is what most, if not all, of the people I am speaking to are using. In my personal study, I use the ESV almost exclusively -- I also will use the NASB and my MacArthur NKJV Study Bible, but the ESV is

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112455072547149362005-04-02T10:11:00.000-05:002005-04-02T11:08:33.853-05:00

First of all, slow posting this week, and probably slow posting for the month of April. I have a 10-13 page sermon due for systematic theology on the 22nd, and a 20-page paper on Andrew Fuller and Assurance of Salvation due on the 28th. Of course, I've actually started writing neither of them, so I have a bit of work to do. At least I've done the research on these already.Second, there is a

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112065458642421322005-03-28T21:59:00.000-05:002005-03-28T22:04:18.646-05:00

Hate to say this, but Kristof has nailed it this time.I especially like this quote -- I think it's particularly relevant.Yet conservative Christians in the U.S. should take heed. Christianity is thriving where it faces obstacles, like repression in China or suspicion of evangelicals in parts of Latin America and Africa. In those countries where religion enjoys privileges - Britain, Italy, Ireland

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1112054949978095382005-03-28T18:59:00.000-05:002005-03-28T19:09:09.980-05:00

I don't like PETA much at all. That should come as no great shock to anyone, given my carnivorous tendencies -- I won't be eating any veggie Ramen any time soon. I ate meat on March 15 (International Eat an Animal for PETA Day), but that wasn't much of a special event for me; I regularly consume copious quantities of cooked animal. If God hadn't meant for us to eat animals, He wouldn't have

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111967025872798802005-03-27T18:38:00.000-05:002005-03-27T22:54:38.413-05:00

{Edit: My wife has officially dubbed me Iron Chef Ramen. Food Network, here I come!}Figured I'd post this one while everyone else was napping. TWO Ramen recipes for your culinary pleasure.Chili Pepper Ramen -- Same as the Jerk Ramen, but substitute chili powder for the jerk seasoning, and add about a half-tablespoon of crushed red pepper close to the end, right before you take the noodles off

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111948784185624472005-03-27T13:34:00.000-05:002005-03-27T13:39:44.186-05:00

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111893376044381192005-03-26T22:03:00.000-05:002005-03-26T22:16:16.046-05:00

Thursday, March 31, 2005 marks my one-year blogiversary.Wow. One year of inflicting my rantings, opinions, and insights-of-dubious-value on unsuspecting readers all over the world. And I do mean all over the world. I think the one thing that has shocked me the most is how many different countries have been represented by visitors to my blog. Obviously, the US and Canada are the most

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111873683965673302005-03-26T16:29:00.000-05:002005-03-26T16:48:03.970-05:00

LSU 90LU 48LU is still winless against Southeastern Conference teams, but they are still riding high on the heels of a school-first Sweet Sixteen appearance.Nobody expected them to get this far. In fact, I sometimes wonder if anyone realized that Liberty's women's basketball team had been so dominant in the Big South for the past nine years. And other people question whether any conservative

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111772863601581512005-03-25T12:40:00.000-05:002005-03-25T12:47:43.603-05:00

Today is the day that Christians remember the day that Christ died. It seems that, especially in recent years, Good Friday has stayed a religious holiday while Easter Sunday has been completely commercialized. Even so, it's easy to miss the importance of the event. In the rush to Easter,and the preparations for cantatas and Passion plays, not to mention the Easter Bunny pereperations, it's

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111699193920672092005-03-24T16:13:00.000-05:002005-03-24T16:19:53.923-05:00

I've been revisiting my undergraduate days lately, and eating Ramen noodles for lunch. Problem is, Ramen noodles are boring. I'm not a boring person.So I kick my Ramen up a notch or two. Here's a great recipe for Ramen that I just might send to the Carnival of Recipes this week.Kicked Up Jerky RamenIngredients:1 package Chicken-flavored Ramen noodles2 tblspn Carribean Jerk Seasoning (I

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111689723041185942005-03-24T13:24:00.000-05:002005-03-24T13:42:03.046-05:00

March 23, 322.This is the anniversary of the death of Gregory the Illuminator. Gregory is credited with helping in the creation of the first Christian nation in the world. And it wasn't the United States.There were certainly Christians in Armenia when Gregory was born -- tradition says that Bartholomew and Thaddeus both visited the country and preached Christ to them in the first century AD.

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111680009132454742005-03-24T10:46:00.000-05:002005-03-24T11:00:09.136-05:00

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111590837562812562005-03-23T10:04:00.000-05:002005-03-23T10:13:57.566-05:00

... I decided to cruise through my blogroll, looking at some blogs that I normally read through my RSS reader, and some I hadn't been to in a while.This post touched me. Especially this quote:So what is a Christian to do? One answer seems to be that we eschew the entire mess and crawl into an enclave somewhere. We only buy from companies that have a fish symbol on their logos. We homeschool our

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111544675991119162005-03-22T21:17:00.000-05:002005-03-22T21:28:19.176-05:00

Lightning has struck twice. The Lady Flames are going to the Sweet Sixteen.My favorite stat -- 21/21 from the line vs. 13/18 for DePaul. That could have made the difference. One or two misses from Liberty, and more made for DePaul, and it's a different ballgame. But the Lady Flames won it.And now they have to face #1 LSU. The nice thing is, there's no pressure on LU. They're not supposed to be

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111521170810589422005-03-22T14:50:00.000-05:002005-03-22T14:52:50.810-05:00

Nick has nominated me for a spot at mu.nu. So far, I have two yes votes -- I need three. If you have a mu.nu blog, go vote for me. I'd really like to get to a community with a little more to offer as far as customizablilty goes.

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111518164598899692005-03-22T12:41:00.000-05:002005-03-22T14:49:00.930-05:00

And he called the people to him again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand:There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." He who has ears to hear, let him hear. And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. And he said to them, "Then are

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111439707877225842005-03-21T16:05:00.000-05:002005-03-21T16:43:01.746-05:00

So we got Duke and the Great Pie War from my Mom today. Halfway through, I'm a little disappointed, and a little upset.Story of Moses -- Miriam is an irresponsible kid who leaves her brother in the river because she has to get out to let the princess swim. TOTAL mischaracterization of Miriam, and a rather large rewrite of the story. All to make it fit with the theme -- loving your family.Seems

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111428359010750872005-03-21T13:01:00.000-05:002005-03-21T13:05:59.013-05:00

The scene: Larry King Live.The Question: Do you understand how they feel? [Concerning Terri Schiavo's parents and family]The Answer:Yes, I do. But this is not about them, it's about Terri. And I've also said that in court. We didn't know what Terri wanted, but this is what we want...It's all about what he wants -- not about what Terri ever wanted. One moment of truth in the midst of a sea of

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111425736284695002005-03-21T12:13:00.000-05:002005-03-21T12:57:03.050-05:00

The Liberty University women's basketball team, the 13th seed in the Chattanooga region of the NCAA Women's tournament, upset the #4 seed Penn State Lady Lions last night. This is only the fourth time that a 13 seed has beaten a 4 seed in tournament history.The Lady Flames have been Big South champions for the past 9 years running, but have normally been given a 16 seed -- a real disappointment

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111351773563179842005-03-20T15:45:00.000-05:002005-03-20T15:49:33.566-05:00

My best efforts failed me. Well, I can't really say they were my best efforts, but in any case, I didn't get the crown back. Congrats to the new King of the Blogs, GMs Corner. I didn't even get close this time -- I came in dead last.Voting wouldn't have saved me. Trackbacks wouldn't have saved me. The new layout would probably have saved me -- I got gigged for my site design by one of the

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111291050168764792005-03-19T22:23:00.000-05:002005-03-19T22:57:30.173-05:00

Here we go, on this whirlwind trip through my blogroll. The Plodding Pilgrim is talking about comfort. I like the definition that he uses -- it has less to do with feeling good, and more to do with being upheld and strangthened. Smart Christian is promoting the Christian Blogosphere Convention. If you can go (I wish I could, but I'll be in classes), you need to go. There is also a need for

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111114177760371602005-03-17T21:38:00.000-05:002005-03-17T21:49:37.763-05:00

I get a lot of grief at times about my love for history. Not even just church history -- that has only started in the past five years or so. I've always loved history. People wonder what good it could possibly be to read things written by dead men. A quote from Andrew Fuller:It becomes Christians to bear positive good-will to their country, and to its government, considered as government,

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1111073051090277362005-03-17T10:05:00.000-05:002005-03-17T10:28:08.090-05:00

The Feast Day of St. Patrick. Today is known more now for drunken revelry than any celebration of the actual life of St. Patrick, so I figured I'd post something historical and devotional -- even though most scholars say that it's too late for it to be attributed to Patrick. It definitely reflects his spirituality, and so I include it today. Besides, it's an awesome example of devotional

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110985747655959712005-03-16T10:01:00.000-05:002005-03-16T10:09:07.656-05:00

And I'm NOT talking about the Cap'n, either. I'm getting clobbered in the KotB voting, and though I didn't need those points in the past, I WANT them this time. I lost the last time by something like a half a point, so I want some cushion. So I come to YOU, my loyal readers, with hat in hand, to ask, implore, and otherwise BEG you to go to the KotB site and vote for me. AND post something

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110857542723413602005-03-14T22:03:00.000-05:002005-03-14T22:32:22.776-05:00

So, I'm planning this dinner party to celebrate my return to the KotB competition (a la Teddy Roosevelt) and my subsequent victory (a la Grover Cleveland). And I'm going to invite a few people, and we're going to have a great time -- dinner, conversation, dessert, all that. Now all I have to do is figure out who to invite. . .I'd invite Songstress, but I'll probably be serving one of her

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110815936917635502005-03-14T10:54:00.000-05:002005-03-14T10:58:56.920-05:00

No, not the 70's sitcom -- I'm talking about what's happening around here!First of all, I'm back in the Best of Me Symphony. Head over there and read all the great posts (including one from Nick Queen himself).SPEAKING of Nick Queen -- (and I was going to make this a separate post) I am returning to the King of the Blogs competition to reclaim my throne, and become the only King to rule

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110648929847839262005-03-12T12:27:00.000-05:002005-03-12T12:35:29.850-05:00

Head over to Dignan's and read his post about the Religious Right(tm), and tell me he doesn't sound a lot like me -- just more eloquent. I haven't had some of the experiences he's had (like the Jay Sekulow episode), but I DID attend Jerry Falwell University (aka Liberty University), so I probably have a few that he hasn't had.Laws change behavior -- sometimes. But we're not commanded to change

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110579739296435962005-03-11T17:01:00.000-05:002005-03-11T18:39:06.766-05:00

Espresso Roast is a written by a fellow Southern student (who REALLY should be in the SBC aggregator! Need to email him ...). He's got an interesting report of a case of Bush Rage in Florida.Jeri over at Blog on the Lilypad2 is linking to Phil Johnson's report on American Fundamentalism. Jeri's pretty active over at the FFF, and Phil used to be. Read Jeri's blog, then head over to the FFF --

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110546953902840722005-03-11T08:13:00.000-05:002005-03-11T08:15:53.903-05:00

This has been a hectic week, with midterms coming up at school and everything, so I've been abit slack. NOT all of it is my fault, though -- had a great post done on the Ten Commandments, and Blogger ate it. I was so frustrated that I stopped and went to sleep. Maybe I'll repost it this weekend.I plan on having something up this evening; I have two or three things rolling around in my head,

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110236835086999232005-03-07T17:53:00.000-05:002005-03-07T18:07:15.090-05:00

(TWO in one 'week'! You'll get spoiled, I know you will ...)March 7, 1274.A man who is arguably the best theologian of the Middle Ages, Thomas Aquinas, died this day at 48. Aquinas adapted the writings of Aristotle to Christianity (for good or ill), in the process engaging Averroists in both Christianity and Islam in debate. His Summa Theologiae is still studied by students of all denominations

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110223072076009382005-03-07T13:56:00.000-05:002005-03-07T14:32:02.603-05:00

The New York press seems to have attracted a cadre of top-notch Christophobes. Nicholas Kristof, of course, has taken on this issue before (and I took him to task for it as well). Now that paragon of tolerance Bill Moyers has taken another shot at the faithful, in the form of a New York Review of Books article titled "Welcome to Doomsday."Moyers starts with the typical "I can't believe people

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1110147692415974462005-03-06T17:02:00.000-05:002005-03-06T17:23:49.563-05:00

Same format today. I'll probably NOT do the cruise on Thursday or Friday, because of school, but every other day, it will be here. CoffeeSwirls is blogging the Heidelberg Catechism -- question 27 is today's entry. This is a pretty good idea for anyone -- consider what you believe, and why you believe it.The Banty Rooster is up in arms about "gender-neutral restrooms". I agree that this is a

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Don't forget to head over to Mind and Media. Stacy's set up this blog to promote Christian authors, film makers, etc. If we're really going to engage this culture, we are going to have to do it through the arts and through the media.We live in a culture and a society that focuses a LOT of attention (not to mention money) on the media. The media has a lot of influence. It stands to reason that

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Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon

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I like the "top five" thing I did yesterday, so I'm going to do the same thing. The first five blogs listed in the Church Directory. First up, Double Toothpicks. Is atheism in decline? And is the stuff that's replacing it even worse? Berkeley Godspot hasn't been updated in a while (uless they changed URLs and didn't tell anyone), but what's there is a great read. I especially enjoy the post

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Just got back from hearing David Ring at First Baptist Ironton, OH. If you EVER think that you can't do something God has called you to do, or start feeling sorry for yourself because of some problems you are facing, go hear him speak. In fact, even if you don't ever feel that way, you should hear him speak anyway.From the website:Few individuals have felt the crushing blows that have besieged

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(It's BACK! Did you miss it?)March 5, 1797.Henry Nott arrives in Tahiti to begin his missionary work. Twenty-two years later, he rejoices in his first convert.How many of us would have that kind of patience? How many of us would stay in a country to minister after all those who came with us were killed by the natives? How many of us would have stuck with it?We live in a society that demands

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It sure has taken them long enough!!And it's a pretty fair assesment of the religious blogosphere, including references to Jewish, Muslim, and Mormon blogs in addition to the Catholic and Protestant blogs.SmartChristian gets a plug for GodBlogCon2005, meeting at Biola this year. WISH I could go, but it's going to be in the middle of school season, so I'll either be teaching (actually substituting

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Returning to the Cruise today, I decided to take a look at the top five blogs mentioned on the "Church Directory" (the Evangelical Outpost list). Dunker Journal is talking about colleges and leftism. UVa is "creating power bases" for budding socialists all over America.Cerulean Sanctum wants to know if Christianity is broken. "I wonder if we Christian bloggers are actually doing a disservice

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1109978086005175022005-03-04T17:56:00.000-05:002005-03-04T18:38:29.990-05:00

I'm being interviewed by Nick at NickQueen.com (formerly Patriot Paradox). If YOU want to be interviewed HERE, leave me a comment, and I'll ask the questions -- I'm taking the first three. Answer them on your site, and offer to interview people too! How would you describe yourself, and how would this differ from your wife's description?I'd describe myself as a complete geek. Roleplaying games (

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I've got a new template ... sort of.It's up over at The Testing Center, and it looks like crap. I'm a rookie at CSS, so I could use some help if anyone has the time or inclination ...I'm going for a look that's kind of like seeing notices posted on a church bulletin board. Eventually I want to try to put little push-pins at the top of each section. I'm not thrilled with the overlap, and I

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To the poor, twisted individual who ended up here after searching for Christians and Speedos in Yahoo. I don't know what you expected, but I know you didn't get it here. It frigtens me that you might have found it somewhere else ...

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... the more they stay the same. Consider this quote, taken from Andrew Fuller's letter to the chairman of the East Inia Company concerning Christian missionaries in India:I have observed with pain, sir, of late years, a notion of toleration, entertained even by some who would be thought its firmest advocates, which tends not only to abridge, but to subvert it. They have no objection to

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Nobody will ever write a history of Europe that will make any sort of sense, until he does justice to the Councils of the Church ...---G.K. ChestertonThe first two centuries after the death of Christ were marked by periods of intense persecution of the church. The early Christians had little time to concern themselves with systematizing their beliefs -- their primary concern was to preach the

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A bill in Maine attempts to protect homosexual fetuses from "discrimination."Essentially, you can kill your baby all you want in Maine -- as long as it's straight. If it's going to be gay, then you can't do that, because it's a hate crime.It is the public policy of the State that the State not restrict a woman's exercise of her private decision to terminate a pregnancy before viability except as

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I'm taking a look at the things people have typed into search engines to get here. I don't get as many bizarre ones as some people do, but some of these are interesting.'difference in fundamentalists and evangelicals': #2 in Yahoo!, not even top 50 on Google.'Al Mohler God gene': #1 in Google, not in the top 50 on Yahoo!'Christians in public schools': #38 on Yahoo! (they must have ben looking at

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Never thought I'd be linking to an MTV story, but I think this is important."Korn has parted ways with guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end," a statement from the band reads. "Korn respects Brian's wishes, and hopes he finds the happiness he's searching for."I'm hoping that Christians will react to this in

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Blatently ripped off from Jared and the Songstress. 1. Open the bookmarks list in your favorite web browser and note the bottommost entry (which may or may not be the last one you added), even if it's inside a folder. Copy the bookmark title, along with the URL, into a post or comment. 2. Count up your list from there, and select every fourth bookmark, until you've picked another four. Add

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MOST blogs get spammed by poker sites, porn sites, things like that. Not me.I get spammed by sites that sell clothing for dogs. I'll fix it Monday evening when I get back home, and let the owner of the site know exactly how much I appreciate them messing with my comments.

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And it IS mandatory. All married blogging males MUST at least refer to Valentines Day on their blog, else they will incur the wrath of the Wife. At least it's in the copy of the rules I got ...We actually celebrated over the weekend, with a trip down to Charleston, WV to Town Center Mall and Bennigans. The Carribean Crab Cakes are quite good, by the way, and if you get a side of fries they

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You might have noticed I missed a few days. No, no blogger angst this time. No scholarly excuses, either. I've been playing a game.Not just any game. Shot Online golf. The game might remind some people of Tiger Woods 2004 -- but I never played that one (I'm a Links 2003 man myself). You play, earn money and experience. Money buys you new clothing, hair, or clubs. Experience makes you

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Checking in with my very favorite New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, today, I was amused to notice that, this one time, he's been scooped by some of us religious nuts.He's written a column about "prominent American geneticist" Dean Hamer, and his 'God gene' idea. Kristof likes the idea, it seems -- it explains why so many people decide to be irrational enough to actually believe in this

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And a little bit of a Blogroll Cruise for good measure.First, a little randomness. I've been leaving BlogExplosion alone for a bit, conducting an experiment. I wanted to see what impact being close to the top 1000 in the TTLB ecosystem was having on my actual hits, rather than just links. I have noticed a slight increase -- of course, me not posting anything for five days didn't really help

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1108263300028803082005-02-12T21:52:00.000-05:002005-02-12T21:55:00.030-05:00

... to the judges at the KotB tournament, anyway. They've changed the Blogger comment thing so that you don't have to have a Blogger account anymore to leave comments on a blog with their comment thing turned on.I still like Haloscan better, though. BlogSpot still doesn't have trackback, for example.I really don't have anything else to say, but I wanted everyone to know about that -- it was

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1108176128298705512005-02-11T21:38:00.000-05:002005-02-11T21:42:08.303-05:00

The irony of this quiz result is that I was going to use this guy in my last King of the Blogs defense, to answer the challenge post about who I would base my rule on. Unfortunately, I forgot the guy's name until two days later when my wife mentioned him. Yes, we are both history geeks, so we DO have conversations like that all the time.Which Historical Lunatic Are You?From the fecund loins of

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I heard a little about this story on the way to school this evening. Once I got here and had dinner, I figured I would check into it a little. Is anyone else VERY disturbed about this? The fact that someone can go to the FBI and claim that your sermons are inciting violence, and the FBI then shows up and gets transcripts or recordings of your messages bothers me more than I want to even think

Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353049818230434231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706062.post-1108008575146888762005-02-09T23:04:00.000-05:002005-02-09T23:10:16.956-05:00

I've been struggling for the past several days with a lot of stuff. For a few hours today I was thinking about shutting down the blog -- but I'm not. It's hard to describe what I was feeling, because a lot of it was nothing at all (which is far more frightening than feeling something), but I think that this Steve Taylor song probably does a pretty good job of it. The Finish Line Once upon an

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Midwestern Mugwump offers a critique of the Iraqi insurgents who apparantly have taken a GI Joe doll hostage. Eternal Perspectives gives us another perspective on the whole Unity in Christ issue. We are to be united in Christ -- what exactly does that mean? Does it mean we support everyone who claims the name, or do we have divisions based on doctrine? Sacra Eloquia, which is the

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A few other people have noticed that the US military seems to be involved in religious torture. I'm a little upset that more people aren't makeing this an issue. We need to seriously ask the questions that Jeff Jacoby asks -- "Are Americans OK with using religious humiliation as tools of war? How about religious torture?" Marcus Sheffield has a good editorial in the Chatanoogan about not

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... from an oxycodone-fogged mind. Monday was surgery day -- the hernia I had in September of 03 came back, and I wanted to get it fixed before it got too bad. I waited five years to get that one fixed, and it was NOT pretty. Also had to spend a week in the hospital after the surgery. This time, it was outpatient, so I'm home, but I'm still hurting. I SHOULD be OK to drive to school tomorrow,

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Well, unite as much as Southern Baptists ever do! (that was a joke folks!) Seriously, in yesterday's Blogroll Cruise, I talked about denominational aggregators and how they can be useful. I've gone ahead and done it -- there is a Southern Baptist Blog Aggregator set up at Blogdigger.com (I actually set one up at server.com as well, but I think that the blogdigger site is where we're going to be

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{That title should get me some unintended Google hits!} I was planning on stopping tonight, then I read this. I'm not a political blogger. And I think that the war in Iraq is justified, even as I fervently wish that other means could have been used, and I pray for peace there every day. But I think that this article shows exactly what lengths the military is willing to go to in order to get

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First up, Jollyblogger. I haven't been linking to him much lately, and I am not sure exactly why. Today, he's tough to ignore, with not one but TWO great reads. First, the McChurching of America talks about the franchising of the Megachurch. I'm torn here, because in a way, it seems that the megas are doing what I want them to be doing -- they are starting new churches rather than keeping a

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... to celebrate my birthday. Yep, it's that time of the year, and I'm another year smarter. Hey, I'm 37, I'm not old! So I'm just going to put my feet up and play on the internet this evening, and post something intelligent later, maybe (why start now, right?). And if you feel so inclinde, my Amazon wish list is right here -- newly updated and everything.

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This piece from the New York Times just cruised through the RSS reader, and I'm more than a little disappointed. Never mind the fact that I don't like using politics to effect a change that can really only come through Christ. Never mind the fact that I think that Social Security is in need of an overhaul. Using SS reform to get what you want socially is not a good plan. Let's say that Bush,

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This week's Christian Carnival is at Digitus, Finger & Co. http://www.neiluchitel.com/ To enter is simple. First, you post should be of a Christian nature, but this does not exclude posts that are political (or otherwise) in nature from a Christian point of view. Secondly please send only one post dated since the last Christian Carnival. Then, do the following: email me at Uchitel (at) slappo (

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A brief note: I'm not linking to posts on the whole SpongeBob thing. NOT because it isn't an important issue, but because if I did that, I wouldn't have room for anything else on the cruise. Google SpongeBob and Dobson if you want a rundown of those posts. Allthings2all has an account of a Christian doing what Christians are supposed to be doing -- meeting people where they are. This is

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Head over to The Owner's Manual for this installment of the Bets of Me Symphony. This week's conductor is George Bernard Shaw, and he's got some great comments for all the entries this week. Next week's installment is hosted at the same place. Send Gary an email at gcruse AT netscape dot com and submit your entry. Only requirement is that it's good (duh), and it's two months old. Get some new

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Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many

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{Edit: I fixed the link to the DHMO site.} I've just finished reading this at USA Today. I have a few questions about the article, and the idea of a Blogger Code of Ethics. First, why? The Blogosphere is self-policing. I can guarentee that if I write something stupid (as I have done in the past), or blatently wrong, someone will let me know about it (whether I actually admit I was wrong is

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When I get a blog host that allows it, I think one of my blog categories is going to be Intolerant Tolerance. I've done several posts on this subject, and yet it just gets worse, and more obvious. The theme seems to be, "Why don't those silly Christians get over their ignorance and realize they should all be just like us?" Sounds like tolerance for a conflicting worldview to me, doesn't it to you

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JivinJehoshaphat (gotta LOVE that name) has a multi-part series about How Pro-Choicers Argue (the link is to part 5, but there are links in that post to the other parts as well). We should be knowledgeable about how our opponents think and debate, so that we can work more effectively against them. This is a great series -- read it from the beginning, and use it! Along the same lines, Proverbs

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Ok, this is going to be a little bit on the technical side. The other day, I was cruising through the Church Directory and I was amazed at how many blogs listed there don't have an RSS feed, or at least don't advertise it if they have one. RSS feeds are simple to set up, and let a LOT more people have access to your content. I admit -- since I started using an RSS reader, I've gotten lazy. I

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First, I noticed that Evangelical Outpost was doing something called Outtakes -- Joe is basically going through his blogroll and commenting on noteworthy posts -- with links, of course. Next, I saw that Rusty at New Covenant is doing something called Rusty Nails, where he goes through his blogroll and comments on noteworthy posts -- with links. And now, I see that David at Jollyblogger has

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From the New York Times: Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has asked an Ohio Republican who supports some abortion rights to be his co-chairman, stirring the ire of social conservatives. Mr. Mehlman's choice is Joann Davidson, who was chairwoman of the Bush campaign in the pivotal Ohio Valley region and a former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. In an

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This is a soap-box issue for me, as an educator and a Christian. And there are no easy answers, and no really nice way to say it, so I'll just be blunt: Americans -- both Christians and nonChristians -- are woefully ignorant of the Bible. Non-Christians at least have an excuse -- it's not their holy book, after all. It's like asking Christians about something in the Koran or the Talmud. With

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LaShawn Barber has posted these questions for us all to post. They're pretty good questions, so I figured I'd answer here: 1) How long have you been blogging? Started at the end of March, 2003. 2) Do you believe you’re addicted to blogging? Please explain, and be honest. It is habit-forming, I must confess. (If I decide to use your response, I may have follow-up questions.) Absolutely. I even

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Most blogs do a Week in Review every Friday or Saturday. I'm doing it the other way around. This is what the week looks like, and what my goals are. I'm hoping that by doing this, I'll have some direction to what I want to post, and I'll make sure I have something substantial every week. This week I start classes back at Southern. Thursday evenings and Friday mornings will be taken up by

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... another Christian Carnival. This week, it's over at Sidespot. All posts should, of course, be of a Christian nature. Politics and things that are NOT especially religion-oriented are welcome if written from a Christian perspective. If you take a look at this post, there are some good ideas for those who are totally stuck, but want in on the Carnival. Then all you have to do is send:

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There's a new poll over on the right side. Should I keep the links to the newspapers over there on the left, or should I get rid of them? I'm still working on the new site design, and I'm not sure I like having them over there, but I want to know what you all think! Let me know.

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There are two church/state separation issues in the news right now, and I haven't really been talking as much about this as I should, so I want to cover them both here. First, the prayer at the Inauguration. Michael Newdow is back in court, challenging the President and his desire to have a prayer at the inauguration. And Newdow does have a good point, if this is true:"The government is coming

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Hat tip to Scott over at The Crusty Curmudgeon.

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Cruising through some news stories that I've heard about today -- and commenting on them, of course! 2 stories about the "James Ossuary." I tend to agree with the Observer article -- whether the ossuary is authentic or not is NOT going to change anyone's mind about the truth of Christ, or the truth claims of Christianity. Plenty of people believe that Jesus existed, and that He taught and was

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I'm a bit bored, and suffering a bit from writer's block, so I decided to check some of my stats. Here are some of the searches that have landed people here, and how high I rank on Google for that search: You Might Be a Baptist If ... : I'm #1 right now."In the event of rapture this car will be unmanned : I'm #3!This Week in Church History: #7Study of Mark: #9View from the Pew: #1, though I

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When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they

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I HATE doing these, and I seem to do them a lot, but I feel guilty when I don't post each day. I guess I AM a blogaholic. I have a good reason, though -- I'm reworking the template for this blog. I'll have a test site set up hopefully by the end of the week for everyone to look at and comment on. I'm also working with GIMP to create some blog buttons for some of the links over there on the

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