Archive for the 'Practical' Category
- What Position Should We Take?
Church history demonstrates that one of the constant struggles of Christianity, both individually and corporately, is with culture. Where should we stand? Inside the culture? Outside? Ignore it? Isolate ourselves from it? Should we try to transform it?
The theologian Richard Niebuhr provided a classic study concerning these questions in his book Christ and Culture. Even [...]
- Hard To Shop For
Some men are hard to shop for. Not me! Get me a good book and I’m happy. However, get me a bad book and there had better be a gift receipt included.
To facilitate your Christmas shopping, below is a smattering of some of the excellent books suggested by C.J. Mahaney on the GirlTalk Blog [...]
- The Effects of Pornography
I grew up in church, a fundamentalist church nonetheless. And I attended my youth group faithfully, and every February, around Valentine’s Day, our church would participate in “True Love Waits,” an abstinence before marriage campaign. But it couldn’t just stop with a simple urge towards chastity, these talks had to run the gamut; sex, abstinence, [...]
- The Lost Virtue of Cooperation
It doesn’t take much searching on the internet to find out what many Baptists believe is going to be the next big battle. Many speak in apocalyptic terms about this “evil” and fear that if something isn’t done soon, our convention is going to fall apart. In their opinion, this Trojan Horse is the dreadful [...]
- 150 Things
I’m sure this will raise all sorts of questions and concerns, and if you prod hard enough I just might tell stories.
Legend:
Bold Black = Done it!
Green = Haven’t but want to
Red = Haven’t and don’t want to
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (albeit a small [...]
- Tips Speak Louder Than Tracts
Daniel Holland of Relevant Magazine and Greg Koukl of Stand To Reason have both recently posted on this topic, but I thought I could add to the discussion.
I have never been a waiter, nor do I ever want to be. It’s not that I don’t like to serve people, it’s for this very reason. If [...]
- Should Dressing for Church be About Fashion or Family
Mark Driscoll, one of my favorite people to quote, posts his reflections on a recent question posed in a Dear Abby column. This question touches deep to the heart of what it means to be intentionally relational with non-Christians. How are we supposed to reach them if all we ever do is alienate and confuse [...]
- What is Art?
This is a harder question to answer than it may seem. That is because advancements in technology have presented us with various new mediums, so that the definition of art has expanded to include digital photography, graphic or web design, and especially video and film. When you add all the traditional notions of art (painting, [...]
- Preach the Word
I read an excellent post by Dan J. Phillips from TeamPyro on preaching the word. Read the whole post here.
And so it is the preacher’s burden to open up the Word — not as if opening a museum, but a picnic basket. My goal isn’t for my hearers to stand at a distance and [...]
- On Being Scared
As Halloween draws closer and colorful superheroes line the aisles of stores with ghouls and goblins, and trailers for horror movies light up our television screens with eerie and gruesome images, the question comes to my mind: Why do people, as a whole, like being scared?
Now, I grant you, not everybody likes to be scared. [...]
- The Gospel According to Wal-Mart
Teresa and I were strolling through Wal-Mart today, and as we were heading towards the front of the store to wait in line with the 400 other customers at the registers, something caught my eye. It was in the book and magazine aisle. A large banner hung over these books and read “Inspirational,” but what [...]
My Movie Reviews
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2008-10-24 15:24
With DeNiro and Pacino I expected much better. But it was dry and predictable the whole way through. Better than 88 minutes, but not by a lot.
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2008-10-24 14:09
I hate horror movies, but this one surprised all of the critics and did great at the box office, so I had to see it. And despite the lame acting and predictable plot, it was creepy! I had to watch another movie after it to get to bed.
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2008-10-24 14:06
Acting was superb. Expect posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger. Great action and twists. Can't wait for Christopher Nolan's next.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of...
2008-10-20 20:00
The movie was okay. But Indiana Jones and aliens (sorry, interdimensional beings) just don't mix. They should have left well enough alone. Most of the movie was goofy and campy, especially the monkeys and groundhogs.
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2008-10-20 12:00
I had high expectations of this move going in, and it lived up to them. The acting was fabulous, especially by the supporting roles, Martin Landau, Tim Robbins, and Bill Murray. Read my full review here.
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