In his one-minute review over at the Rabbit Room, Father Thomas McKenzie gives two reasons why you may not like the new Muppet movie: 1. You are an adult with no previous contact with the Muppets. 2. You are a soul-less automaton.
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A Secular Writer Puzzles over Tebow
I thought this piece from Chuck Klosterman was really fascinating. He is puzzling over how to understand Tebow, his faith, and how it appears that God is rewarding Tebow with unlikely victories. Here’s his conclusion:
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Junia Is a Woman, and I Am a Complementarian
Scot McKnight is one of my favorite egalitarians. We are quite different in our theological perspectives, but he is an all around engaging personality. He is a fantastic New Testament scholar and a prolific writer. His interests are wide-ranging, and he is gifted both at producing serious scholarship and at reaching more popular audiences with his work. In my view, he’s a triple threat: serious scholar, popular blogger, and charismatic speaker. He has a gift for communicating serious ideas to wide audiences. His new little e-book Junia Is Not Alone (Patheos Press, 2011) is no exception. In this little pamphlet, McKnight argues at the popular level in favor of an…
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Correcting MSNBC about SBC Name Change
I just saw a report on MSNBC.com about the Southern Baptist Convention’s internal deliberations about a possible name-change. The reporter suggests several negative associations in connection with the SBC. The last example that he cites is an egregious error on his part and needs to be corrected immediately. He writes: “Just this month, a Southern Baptist church in Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples, a controversial decision the pastor later overturned.” Here’s the correction. It was not an SBC church that banned interracial marriage; it was a Free Will Baptist Church. Not only is this story incorrect, but the story that it links to does not corroborate his claim. In…
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A Christmas Song for the Ages
As a Christian, I am astonished that the world still sings our songs—especially ones like the Hallelujah chorus. The song proclaims the kingdom of Christ and the absolute sovereignty of God over all creation. Yet every year the world sings this song at Christmas time, and wherever it is played people stand to their feet in reverence. Can you believe that? There are few songs that lift my heart up to heaven like the Hallelujah chorus. I can hardly make it through to the end without weeping. Of all the pieces of human culture that I hope to make it through the fires of God’s judgment to the new heavens…
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Text of Tom Schreiner’s ETS Address
Last week I posted the audio of Tom Schreiner’s devotional at the B&H breakfast at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. I am happy to see that The Gospel Coalition now has the text of the address posted on their website. You can read it here. I will link the audio again below. Dr. Thomas Schreiner – Living Like Jesus is the Only Way – ETS 2011 [audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/28607162-bhpublishinggroup-dr-tom-schriner-ets2011.mp3]
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Get your game-face on!
The SEC championship is tonight, and it is time to get your game-face on! These hype videos make me wanna put on pads and a helmet and pulverize someone. Does anybody else feel that way after watching one of these? By the way, I love that this one features Reid’s goal line interception against Alabama, the crying Alabama fan, and Saban losing it on the sideline—three of my favorite highlights from the season. Classic! (HT: Steve Hayes, a.k.a. Cajun Roast Beef)
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The best laid plans of mice and men…
This is laugh-out-loud hilarious. Tim Challies linked this video in his “A La Carte” column today, and it is definitely one I’ll be including in my annual “Top Ten YouTubes” list later this month. Classic!
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Bob Costas Hammers Endzone Celebrations
This post is dedicated to my dad—who taught me long before Bob Costas—that “hot doggin” in the endzone is tasteless and wrong. (HT: Chris Cowan)
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Rick Reilly against the LSU-Bama Rematch
Mea culpa. I confess that I’ve gone a little overboard with the sports blogging lately. The excess induced one of my fellow elders to entreat me to go back to writing about theology. After that reproof, I took the first of twelve steps, and I admitted to myself that I had a problem. I committed to reign it in and save all my sports-pontification for one post on Saturdays. Well, my restraint was good while it lasted because I’m reneging right now with this post. It’s not every year that one’s team is on the verge of playing in the national championship. So if you all would bear with me…
