We’ve seen Rachel Held Evans’ A Year of Biblical Womanhood and Ed Dobson’s The Year of Living Like Jesus, and now there a new “year of…” hitting the shelves. For one year, Timothy Kurek decided to live as a gay person. Kurek comes from an evangelical background, but he turned his life upside down in order to produce his new book The Cross in the Closet. He did everything that a person would need to do in order to make himself appear to be gay. He had to “come out of the closet” to his family and friends. Which means that he lied to them for a year. He took…
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A Cherry on Top of a Bad Football Season
The Dallas Cowboys are in the doldrums. LSU failed to avenge their loss to Alabama in last year’s championship game. My least favorite team in college football is going to win another BCS championship. And now this. My alma mater Louisiana Tech had the best season in the history of the school’s football program. They finished the season with the nation’s number one offense. They went 9-3 and spent several weeks in the BCS rankings. They beat two teams from automatic qualifying BCS conferences and came within a whisker of beating Texas A&M (final score 59-57). It was the absolute best season Tech has ever had. And yet they are…
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When It Costs To Be Complementarian
World magazine has a report about Daniel Harman, the leader of the University of Louisville chapter of Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade). The long and short of it is this. Cru recently relieved Daniel of his duties because of his complementarian approach to campus ministry. He has been with Cru for 11 years, 8 of which were on the mission field in Eastern Europe. Since 2009, he’s been directing the ministry on UofL’s campus. His complementarian views were no problem overseas, but they became more of an issue since he returned to America. It all came to a head recently when the leadership of Cru learned that he was…
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My Gay Roommate
Eric Teetsel is the executive director of the Manhattan Declaration, and today he offers some poignant reflections about his friend and former roommate Tim. This portion in particular struck me:
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Tom Schreiner to offer course on Luke at TGC 2013
As far as New Testament scholars go, Tom Schreiner is the best of the best in my view. Those of you who are attending The Gospel Coalition conference this Spring will have the opportunity to study with Schreiner in a special course offered in conjunction with the meeting. You can earn six hours of transferable course credit through Southern Seminary [view syllabus]. Students will attend exclusive lectures, panel discussions, and events featuring renowned professors and pastors throughout the conference. For more about this opportunity and an interview with Schreiner about the course read here.
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Rick Warren Talks about Gay Marriage with Piers Morgan
Everyone knows at this point that if you are a Christian and you’re on Piers Morgan’s show, he going to ask you about homosexuality (remember Kirk Cameron?). That was certainly the case with Rick Warren’s appearance on the program earlier this week (see below). In this encounter, Morgan asks Warren if he believes gay people are born gay. Warren says that the verdict is still out on that question. Warren also argues that our moral assessment of homosexuality is not altered even if they are born that way. In other words, it’s a moot point in terms of determining the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality.
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A Social Network Christmas
The guys at Igniter Media produced this year before last, and I still like it.
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Trailer for “Honor Flight”
From honorflightthemovie.com:
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Why John McCain Is Wrong about Abortion
John McCain appeared on Fox News on Sunday and offered his advice on how the GOP can recover from the defeat they suffered earlier this month (see below). In short, he says that the party needs to leave the abortion issue alone. He’s says that it’s fine to state your convictions on the matter, but don’t take any action to restrict the legality or accessibility of abortion. As far as I can tell, his position is indistinguishable from that of Mario Cuomo. You can be personally opposed, but you shouldn’t do anything that would undermine a woman’s so-called right to choose.
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7,000 Men Singing Praises around a Piano
The worship sessions from the 2010 and 2012 Together for the Gospel conferences have just been released on an album. Bob Kauflin is the worship leader, and this recording really fantastic. There are sixteen songs in all for only $8.99. To get a feel for what 7,000 men singing around a piano sound like, watch the video below. Download the album here.