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"I was recently asked by a non-Christian friend if I thought he was going to hell. I said, “I..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:48 -0500

“I was recently asked by a non-Christian friend if I thought he was going to hell. I said, “I hope not. It will be hard to enjoy heaven without you.””

- Shane Claiborne - Letter to Non-Believers by Shane Claibourne - Esquire

Shane Claiborne writes a beautiful note to non-believers, sort-of-believers, and used-to-believers… in Esquire Magazine.

Cookie Monster teaches how to Om Nom Nom. AHH! (via Johannes)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:22:29 -0500

Cookie Monster teaches how to Om Nom Nom. AHH! (via Johannes)

"Without Christ, where would I be? LORD knows. I might be dissin’ him in my songs then..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:30:39 -0500

“Without Christ, where would I be?
LORD knows.
I might be dissin’ him in my songs
then fakin’ him at award shows.
I might think it was my duty to spit flows at fella’s dissin’
on BET - Booties Exposed Television.
Industry Rule Number Four Thousand Eighty One
is the Gospel industry is just as shady, son”

- I can’t say that I’m up in Gospel music enough to call out the entire industry like they are, but I know enough about some of it to know there’s more than just a grain of truth in the last line. As for the rest of this particular rhyme… on point.

From Lamp Mode Recording’s free EP Grass Roots (via Berry)

Free Audiobook: Desiring God by John Piper

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:40:51 -0500

Free Audiobook: Desiring God by John Piper:

(via Bible Geek Gone Wild)

It Made My Day - Little Moments of WIN

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:55 -0500

It Made My Day - Little Moments of WIN:

Tired of FML? Need a little encouragement? This site is awesome.

(via jopan)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:44:39 -0500

(via jopan)

"[L]ong-range, elaborately structed schemes for social service inevitably become inflexible, devoting..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:56:06 -0500

“[L]ong-range, elaborately structed schemes for social service inevitably become inflexible, devoting more energy, finally, to the perpetuation of their own programs and prerogatives than to the needs of those they were created to serve.”

- Lawrence in All the Way to Heaven (via the other Lawrence)

"The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:21:33 -0500

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The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous…

The great obstacle [to planet-saving] may be not greed but the modern hankering after glamour. A lot of our smartest, most concerned people want to come up with a big solution to a big problem. I don’t think that planet-saving, if we take it seriously, can furnish employment to many such people…

”

- Wendell Berry via What We Need Is Here

Subscribe to John Stott Daily Thought

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

Subscribe to John Stott Daily Thought:

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