December 2009
14 posts
“To speak of truth without a willingness to suffer for the truth is backhandedly...”
– Orthodoxy, Oden, p. 50
“Those who prefer clean hands to a servant heart tend to hold aloof from the...”
– Orthodoxy, Oden, p. 47
Our first dance…
New (old) music installment. This time, the artist...
I listen to a lot of music. Diversity, I believe,...
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aaronrgillespie:
Wendys or chick fil a
Are you kidding? This isn’t event a contest. CFA, all the way.
New (old) music that deserve(s)(d) recognition.
“Those who willingly enslave themselves to passing idolatries should not be...”
– Oden, “Rebirth…”, p. 11
“The gains of modern life have been accompanied by the loss of wonder.”
– Thomas C. Oden, “The Rebirth of Orthodoxy,” p. 2
“If we think of God’s grace as a technicality, a theological precept, we...”
– Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller, p. 184
Uganda
*Note: This essay originally appeared in “tweet” form on my twitter account.*
Read the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill for yourself here: http://bit.ly/4PvYkV. While a contentious issue, the most disturbing part is the Salem-like witch hunt the bill promotes. Maximum 3 year penalty for failure of “the community to report suspected cases of homosexuality.” Once again, no...
Not Starbucks Starbucks →
As this blog has become somewhat of a haven for my thoughts and dealings with the postmodern movement (whatever that means ;) ) and my feeble but growing understanding of it, I present to you tangible postmodernism in the link. Behold, the paradox of a multi-national, billion dollar company and its pursuit of “Brand Avoidance.”
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I’m semi addicted to this song. I love the...
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Searching for God knows what...
I’m reading such a good book right now by Portland based author Donald Miller, the title of which you can see above. Page after page is chock full of stuff I’d like to comment on or share. Within the coming days I’m planning on sharing some more. In the chapter 10 (The Gospel of Jesus), he theorizes on the “incomplete” nature of Bible pamphlets or tracts, which generally present the entire message...