November 6, 2009
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I must admit—all of my great John Stott quotes come from here. (via Berry)

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“ Of this we are clear: man’s salvation rests on the fact of the cross, and neither on the preacher’s interpretation of it, nor on the hearers’ understanding of it. Our desire is that men should believe that fact, not accept our explanations. ‘Christ died for our sins’ is enough without any further elucidation. Moreover, our appeal is never that men should accept a theory about the cross but that they should receive a Person who died for them. To this end we shall continue to preach Christ crucified, because what is folly to the intellectualist and a stumbling-block to the moralist, remains the wisdom and the power of God (1 Cor. 1:23-24).
John Stott, “Authentic Christianity”, InterVarsity Press
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November 5, 2009
A joint statement regarding "Deadly Viper"

If you’re not aware, some evangelicals released a book (and a pretty off-color promo video) using Asian cultures (and some misunderstandings thereof) to talk about a subject that didn’t have any direct relationship to any particular Asian culture. It was a pretty painful misappropriation and oversimplification of deep and rich cultures, and a lot of people were upset about it.

Professor Soong-Chan Rah (author of The Next Evangelicalism) has been posting regularly about his frustrations with the issue, and the situation has only degraded… until now. This link (via jopan) is to a conversation between the authors, Rah, and a few other leaders. That this conversation happened is beautiful; how it was handled is beautiful; and, I know I’m a dork, but seeing InterVarsity people so up in the mix makes me proud to be a part of a group so dedicated to reconciliation.

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November 4, 2009

John Piper - Why I abominate the prosperity gospel

I questioned whether abominate was really a verb, but it seems it is. This is a great and well-thought-out (and strongly Biblical) response against the prosperity gospel.

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What is "good hair," anyway?

Heard of Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair? This post is an even-handed, fuller discussion of the issues behind the American Black community’s struggle with eurocentric beauty standards and hair. A good read for anyone interested in learning the basics.

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November 1, 2009
Big Government in Black and White

An insight worth considering on the “we don’t want big government” issue. Any thoughts?

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October 29, 2009

An Open Letter to the Halloween Protest Organizer Yesterday.

From benandjacq’s post “An Open Letter to the Halloween Protest Organizer Yesterday”:

“But, to my knowledge, none of the 6-year-olds that are going to come to my house are going to head back home to sacrifice a kitten on their front lawn, or participate in a seance.”
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matthewb:

Slick single-serve site — with nice interface touches — for displaying a user’s platform, browser, screen and window size, Flash version, JavaScript/cookie status and more. Perfect for giving to clients while troubleshooting.

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October 28, 2009
exPhone — clever ways to responsibly reuse or recycle your old cell phone

(via minimalmac)

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October 24, 2009

Ghost Busters Multitrack (via Johannes)

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