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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:50 -0500

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

"Of this we are clear: man’s salvation rests on the fact of the cross, and neither on the..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:17 -0500

“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

A joint statement regarding "Deadly Viper"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:03 -0500

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.

John Piper - Why I abominate the prosperity gospel I questioned...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:27:20 -0500

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.

What is "good hair," anyway?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:02:05 -0500

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.

Big Government in Black and White

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:16:31 -0500

Big Government in Black and White:

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

An Open Letter to the Halloween Protest Organizer Yesterday.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:39 -0400

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.”

Support Details

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:16:59 -0400

Support Details:

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.

exPhone — clever ways to responsibly reuse or recycle your old cell phone

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:16:02 -0400

exPhone — clever ways to responsibly reuse or recycle your old cell phone:

(via minimalmac)

Ghost Busters Multitrack (via Johannes)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:57 -0400

Ghost Busters Multitrack (via Johannes)

"The greatest single reason for the church’s evangelistic disobedience centres in the..."

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:59:05 -0400

“The greatest single reason for the church’s evangelistic
disobedience centres in the church’s doubts. We are not
sure if our own sins are forgiven. We are not sure if the
gospel is true. And so, because we doubt, we are dumb. We
need to hear again Christ’s word of peace, and see again
his hands and his side. Once we are glad that we have seen
the Lord, and once we have clearly recognized him as our
crucified and risen Saviour, then nothing and no-one will
be able to silence us.”

- John Stott, from ‘The Great Commission’, in “One Race, One Gospel,
One Task”, ed. C. F. Henry and W. S. Mooneyham
(Minneapolis: World Wide Publications, 1967), p. 39.

blog: why I am on staff, pt. 1

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:06:04 -0400

blog: why I am on staff, pt. 1:

jopan:

excerpt from an article I wrote in 2008 for my home church

"All the roads of Asia converged on Ephesus, and all the inhabitants of Asia visited Ephesus from..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:13:00 -0400

“

All the roads of Asia converged on Ephesus, and all the
inhabitants of Asia visited Ephesus from time to time, to
buy or sell, visit a relative, frequent the baths, attend
the games in the stadium, watch a drama in the theatre, or
worship the goddess. And while they were in Ephesus, they
heard of this Christian lecturer named Paul, who was both
speaking and answering questions for five hours in the
middle of every day. Evidently many dropped in, listened
and were converted. They then returned to their towns and
villages as born-again believers. Thus the gospel must
have spread to the Lycus valley and to its chief towns
Colosse, Laodicea and Hierapolis, which Epaphras had
visited but Paul had not, and perhaps to the remaining five
of the seven churches of Revelation 2 and 3, namely Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis and Philadelphia. This is a
fine strategy for the great university and capital cities
of the world. If the gospel is reasonably, systematically
and thoroughly unfolded in the city centre, visitors will
hear it, embrace it and take it back with them to their
homes.

When we contrast much contemporary evangelism with
Paul’s, its shallowness is immediately shown up. Our
evangelism tends to be too ecclesiastical (inviting people
to church), whereas Paul also took the gospel out into the
secular world; too emotional (appeals for decision without
an adequate basis of understanding), whereas Paul taught,
reasoned and tried to persuade; and too superficial (making
brief encounters and expecting quick results), whereas Paul
stayed in Corinth and Ephesus for five years, faithfully
sowing gospel seed and in due time reaping a harvest.

”

- John Stott, from “The Message of Acts” (The Bible Speaks Today
series: Leicester: IVP, 1990), p. 314.

Kid Shreds on Accordion (via johannes)

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:46:17 -0400

Kid Shreds on Accordion (via johannes)

Alachua County Drivers tested on passing school busses next week

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:57:33 -0400

Alachua County Drivers tested on passing school busses next week:

Be careful!

Louisiana justice under fire for refusing interracial marriage

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:57:34 -0400

Louisiana justice under fire for refusing interracial marriage:

… [shocked face] (via Karima)

A Day at the Office: What Macbooks were truly made for (via...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:32:26 -0400

A Day at the Office: What Macbooks were truly made for (via veronica squires)

AT&T TOMS Shoes Commercial Parody

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:11:28 -0400

AT&T TOMS Shoes Commercial Parody

Urbana 09 to Highlight Pressing Missions Issues

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:08 -0400

Urbana 09 to Highlight Pressing Missions Issues:

Urbana just released the schedule for the main sessions. I am so ridiculously pumped.

Offroad Ranger-Urban Edition (Sho Baraka): Sho Baraka recently...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:24:24 -0400

Offroad Ranger-Urban Edition (Sho Baraka):

Sho Baraka recently announced his partnership with Tonka.

I have the inside connections and wanted to share this promotional image with you.

(This is a parody. Tonka does not support this. Neither does Sho Baraka. All aspects of the design, save the “graffiti” font, were intentionally not chosen to reflect stereotypes of urban culture. This means that, despite evidences to the contrary, I don’t think authentic dirtiness, potholes and playgrounds, blue shocks, or mp3 players define urban culture.)