January 2012
2 posts
1 tag
No wonder English is so hard to learn →
August 2011
4 posts
“Patience is one of the greatest assets in any toolbox. The willingness to put...”
– Linford Detweiler (Over the Rhine)
A Study of The Edge’s Guitar Delay (U2) →
July 2011
5 posts
Creativity, Taste, Repetition
This quote has been going around lately. IT’s worth sharing.
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste,...
June 2011
6 posts
NT Wright's thoughts for his children on Jesus →
This video is amazing.
it's about persistence, people
thekylereed:
“Consecutive reading of Biblical books forces everyone who wants to hear to put...”
– Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p. 53-4. He is speaking on the value of reading large chunks of scripture in one’s devotional time in preference to small verses.
Cranking | 43 Folders →
This is a freaking life manifesto right here. Tears.
culturalsavage:
(via Instapaper)
April 2011
2 posts
“There are no shortcuts to developing a virtuous disposition; it requires the...”
– Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology and Psychology, F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage, p.115-16
March 2011
8 posts
Hebrew Bible in Hebrew →
(HT: @jdkirk)
Thom Rainer on criticism vs. encouragement →
grooooan
A couple of enterprising bass players, unwilling to sit through a long, bass-less stretch of Beethoven’s Ninth, sneaked off stage and into the bar next door. Beer flowed; time passed. “Look at the time! We have to get back!” said one. “Relax,” said his partner, “I tied the last few pages of the conductor’s score together with string. It will take him a few...
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The...”
– John Rogers | Kung Fu Monkey (via johnthelutheran)
WatchRespect this man.
February 2011
6 posts
Baptism Matters
Your baptism matters. It is more than a symbol, though not a superstition. By it, you proclaim your new identity in Christ. God is present. It is not something that one should feel like they can tack on to their profession of faith at some point - later - if they feel like it or get around to it. Evangelicals, our cavalier attitude toward baptism is a failure of epic proportions. It is a sacred...
Think about it.
“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” (Genesis 3:7, ESV)
“And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3and said, ‘Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’” (Matthew 18:2-3, ESV)
...
Let's dig our hole a little deeper, shall we?
The assumption that oppressive prejudices and racism are tied to a particular philosophical or political belief, or are present in all members of a dominant culture is a lie designed to gain and perpetuate power by those who would otherwise claim to fight against racism and oppressive prejudice. Those bad attitudes cross the political spectrum and need to be dealt with by non-political means. The...
Hello Again Kitty.
cjhubbs:
Awesome.
Reformed non-cessationists
Thanks to @wyclif on Twitter for this: just collecting a list of some Reformed names who are not in the cessaationist camp (These are the things theology nerds to from time to time):
George Gillespie
Samuel Rutherford
Wm. Bridge
Richard Baxter
Alexander Peden
John Knox
George Wishart
C. H. Spurgeon
I’d add CJ Mahaney to that, too. Not sure if Mark Driscol is in the list as well.
January 2011
22 posts
“There is no physical boundary that will protect you from your mind.”
– Jeff Sanders - our pastoral care class
“When you get to the end of God’s revelation, don’t become a...”
– Joel Lawrence, again in class tonight.
“The very fact that we breathe is a supernatural act.”
– Joel Lawrence, in class tonight
“The best a pastor can accomplish by condemning sin is neurotic feelings of...”
– David G. Benner “Strategic Pastoral Counseling”
“Genuine conviction is always the inner accomplishment of God’s Spirit.”
– David G. Benner “Strategic Pastoral Counseling”
“Speak little; listen much; think far more of understanding heats and of adapting...”
– Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model, 2nd ed., by David G. Benner, Baker Academic 2003. Quoting 17th Century French theologian Fénelon.
Start Something From Nothing →
Google Blog: Play Videos in Google Docs →
Yet another reason to like Google Docs.
Vimeo Video School →
I’m not a filmmaker, a videographer, or even a rank amateur. I’m just a dude w/ a handheld digital video cam. I’d still like to make my videos nice. I hope this helps.
Getting Ubuntu on a Google Cr-48 →
“The more clearly we learn to recognize that the ground and strength and promise...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together, p. 30