I have written a lot of football blogs this week and probably shouldn’t indulge in another one. But I can hardly let the Cowboys’ last game of the season go by without some comment. The Cowboys loss tonight was as ignominious as Boise State’s triumph earlier this week was glorious. The Cowboys had many opportunities to win this playoff game, but they did not take advantage of them. But the one blown opportunity that everyone will remember is Tony Romo’s bobbled snap on a game-winning field goal attempt with one minute left to play. The Associated Press summed things up like this: “The Pro Bowl quarterback who saved their season…
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Israel Plans Nuclear Attack against Iran
The Times of London reports that, Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-bustersâ€, according to several Israeli military sources. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Israeli weapons would each have a force equivalent to one-fifteenth of the Hiroshima bomb. . .
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Update on Dr. Mohler
Dr. Russell Moore gives a good report on Dr. Mohler’s prognosis:
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Pray for Dr. Mohler
Dr. Albert Mohler is in urgent need of prayer. While recovering from his recent surgery, today he took a decided turn for the worse. Here is the call for prayer issued on his website:
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Richard Hays’ Ambiguity on Abortion
In the most recent issue of Touchstone magazine, W. Ross Blackburn takes on Richard Hays’ ambiguous stance on abortion. (Blackburn’s article is not available online, and that is why you must get a subscription to Touchstone magazine as soon as humanly possible!) Richard Hays’ The Moral Vision of the New Testament is widely regarded as the most influential book on New Testament ethics today. It has been proclaimed by Christianity Today as one of the most enduring books of the twentieth century, an eminent work of “evangelical scholarship.” Yet many evangelicals might be surprised to learn that Richard Hays’ position on abortion is somewhat left of the evangelical mainstream.
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Perfect Palindrome: 41-14
The perfect palindrome is not “Madam, I’m Adam” or “Poor Dan is in a droop.” It’s “41-14.” Why 41-14? Because that is the final score of LSU’s shellacking of Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Sweet!
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Arminian Minstrels
Justin Taylor and I have been swapping videos lately, but I have to say that I think he’s found the whopper of the week. This song you are about to hear is sung by the “Joy Quartet” at Pensacola Christian College. Listen carefully to the words. You are not going to believe this.
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Pat Robertson and the Gift of Prophecy
Pastor John Piper tells the story of a woman who “prophesied” over him after a church service one day: “Once a woman prophesied over me that my pregnant wife would give me a daughter not a fourth son, and that my wife would die in childbirth. That was not a helpful prophecy. It was pointless. And, as you know, it proved false. Love did not govern the use of that gift. That is not the way saving faith uses gifts” (source).
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Review of Jim Hamilton’s God’s Indwelling Presence
James M. Hamilton. God’s Indwelling Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Old & New Testaments. NAC Studies in Bible & Theology. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2006. 233pp. $19.99. The Gospel according to John has the reputation of being the “spiritual gospel†within the fourfold gospel tradition. Its distinct characteristics have caused it to be one of the most beloved books in the Christian canon. Indeed, one recent commentator has said that John’s Gospel “penetrates more deeply into the mystery of God’s revelation in his Son than the other canonical Gospels and perhaps more deeply than any other biblical book†(Köstenberger, John, 1).
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See the ending of . . .
“… one of the most significant moments in the history of college football†– Stewart Mandel (Sports Illustrated) “… a game unlike any college football has ever witnessed†– Pat Forde (ESPN) “… one of best games in college football history†– Arash Markazi (Sports Illustrated)