The Wall Street Journal has a story on evangelicals and adoption that features Russell Moore. The article traces the growing emphasis on orphan care among evangelical Christians.
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Are you a 4th Man?
Professor Kevin Smith brought the thunder today in Southern Seminary’s chapel with a message from Ezekiel 37. He’s looking for some guys who want to be a “fourth man.” You’ll have to listen to the sermon to find out what a “fourth man” is, but you’ll want to be one after hearing this message. Professor Smith will learn you a thing or two about whether or not you’re really called. Don’t miss this one. Watch the video above, or download the audio here.
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New Book on SBC Missions
I was grateful to receive a copy of Dr. Bruce Carlton’s new book Strategy Coordinator: Changing the Course of Southern Baptist Missions (Regnum, 2010). Carlton is a missions professor at Boyce College, and in this book he takes a critical look a dominant paradigm within Southern Baptist missions. From the introduction: “The overall objective [of this book] is to seek to answer the primary research questions, ‘What is the extent of the impact and influence of the non-residential missionary/strategy coordinator paradigm on Southern Baptist missiology over the past twenty years?'” Readers interesting in specialized, missological scholarship will want to take a look at this work. Get it here.
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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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Pro-choice Irrationality
I recently had a conversation with a pro-choice activist outside Louisville’s abortion clinic that I shall not soon forget. As I wrote previously, a group of us from my church go every week to the abortion clinic to persuade those entering the abortion clinic to choose life and to consider visiting “A Woman’s Choice Resource Center”–a crisis pregnancy center located just across the street from the abortion clinic. The abortion clinic has acquired “escorts” that try to keep the women from listening to us and to ensure that the women enter the clinic.
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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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SCOTUS Impacts Louisville Schools
Today’s Washington Post has a story on the Supreme Court decision that has led to a busing mess in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The 2007 decision prohibited officials from considering race when assigning children to schools. In an effort to do an end-run around the Court’s decision, Louisville decided to promote diversity by considering socioeconomic factors rather than race. The result has been a complicated and sometimes irrational busing system.
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Voice of Rudolf Passes Away
Her name was Billie Mae Richards, and her 1964 performance as the voice of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer has been a Christmas tradition for millions for nearly 50 years. She died today at her home near Toronto, Canada. She was 88 years old. Read the report here. RIP.
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Jayber Crow’s Hermeneutical Insight
Sometimes pearls of hermeneutical wisdom can be found in unexpected places. I stumbled upon one the other night in Wendell Berry’s excellent novel Jayber Crow, and it has to do with the proper way to interpret stories. Jayber says it this way: “Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told.”
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How To Dress Like a Christian
Gregg Allison has some great advice on how Christians ought to dress. Here’s the outline: Clothing Matters Embrace Your Gender 5 Scriptural Principles For What You Wear