Last month, Albert Mohler wrote an article on the Yoga’s incompatibility with Christian faith. The Associated Press has a report on Mohler’s argument, and today Yahoo put the story on its front page. Mohler has posted a response to the AP article, and it is not short on irony: “The first lesson — count the cost when you talk about yoga. These people get bent out of shape fast.” Read the rest here.
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Verizon Gets iPhone
Well, here’s the news you’ve all been waiting for. Verizon will get an iPhone early next year. Here’s the story from The Wall Street Journal:
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Gay Student Suicide
Albert Mohler’s commentary on the gay Rutgers student who took his own life is worth your attention. In short, Christian churces have a special obligation to be a safe place for people like this student. Download here or listen below. [audio:http://albertmohler.com/media/audio/totl/Podcast/The_Briefing_October_1_2010.mp3]
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Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy
We all knew this was coming, but it’s still astonishing to witness. With RedBox and NetFlix, Blockbuster just isn’t the ubiquitous part of American life that it used to be. When is the last time you went into a Blockbuster? I can’t remember the last time I went into one. Read the LA Times report here.
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Beware of Twitter.com Virus
Twitter.com has been compromised by some sort of a malicious virus. My account was compromised this morning along with millions of other users. It’s not clear whether the virus takes over your computer or not. An AP story suggests that it might. For the time being, avoid Twitter.com like the plague. If you need to access your Twitter account, use third-party software to do so (like Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, etc.). Here are a couple early news stories reporting what’s going on: MSNBC.com and Associated Press. Spread the word. UPDATE: News reports are now saying that Twitter.com has been fixed. Here’s the article from PC World.
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Is Your Doctor a Believer?
Is your doctor a believer? If not, a new study suggests that the care he is giving you may be inferior to that of believing doctors. The study appears in the Journal of Medical Ethics, and in it Dr. Clive Seale surveys more than 3,700 British doctors, of whom 2,923 reported on how they took care of their last terminally ill patient. In short, “Doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to make decisions that could end the lives of their terminally ill patients, compared to doctors who are very religious” (AP report). Medical care is not value-neutral. That much is clear from this study. In fact,…
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Sun Chips Bag Louder than Subway
Have you had any Sun Chips lately? If so, you would remember the experience. Last Earth Day in an effort to “go green,” Sun Chips came out with a new compostable package. It is the loudest packaging that I have ever heard in my life. My wife and I were astonished at how noisy it was when we first had one some months ago. It’s so loud that you hardly want to touch the bag. It’s that annoying. Apparently, we weren’t the only ones annoyed. There’s now a Facebook page devoted to despising the Sun Chips bag. It’s titled “SORRY BUT I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THIS SUN CHIPS BAG,”…
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Oil Spill Update
“The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of harm… “It remains to be seen whether subtle, long-lasting environmental damage from the spill will be found, as has been the case after other large oil spills.” –Justin Gillis, “U.S. Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk,” New York Times (August 4, 2010)
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Reformation Conference
Southern Seminary is pleased to host the first North American conference for Refo500, a global project to direct attention toward 2017 and the quincentenary of the beginning of the Reformation. Featured speakers include Albert Mohler, Timothy George, Joel Beeke, Peter Lillback, Herman Selderhuis, David Hall, and many others. The conference will meet this September 27-28 on the campus of Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. Click here for more information and to register for the conference. “Refo500: Challenges and Opportunities between Now and 2017”
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Perfect Storm of Bureaucratic Gridlock
From the author of Forest Gump comes one of the saddest reports I’ve read about the oil spill yet. His description of the clean-up effort is particularly dispiriting. Winston Groom writes: “So far, the effort to contain the spill has been pathetic. Oil washes up, and after a while a truck arrives with a cleaning crew hired from distant states, who mop-up or shovel it into plastic bags that may or may not get picked up later. They then return to sit under a tent until the next call comes or, as has happened in a few cases, a sheriff arrives to arrest them on outstanding warrants. Meantime, fleets of…