Thursday Link List

Thursday List Lynx

Because it’s more interesting than the story about trying to replace a headlight on our car.

• Vitamin Zach had this really unique music video on his blog yesterday with the group Kings Kaleidoscope using a tune you might recognize. Check out All Glory Be To Christ. Refreshing!
• I have some friends who were talking about the whole idea of rethinking the annual choir cantata at their church, when suddenly I came upon this story, Killing the Christmas Pageant.
• In 1854, a young Charles Spurgeon preached his Christmas Eve sermon on Isaiah 7:14-15; the wonder of the ages, God with us — a 4-minute video somewhat reminiscent of “That’s My King.”
• C. Michael Patton offers his fellow Calvinists some advice on how not to respond to tragic events, including trying to overly theologize (it’s a word now) the moment.
• Having done new year trend predictions myself, I’m always interested when someone suggests what 2013 will look like in The Church.
• Did a Christian radio host predict his own death? Frank Pastore succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
• “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.” If that lyric fragment matches up to a tune in your brain, you’ll want to know that singer Frankie Valens is now a church pastor.
• You can’t have prayer in school, but you can have yoga. As parents protest, what is at stake is the definition of religion.
• For the kid who has everything, Eric Metaxas now has a website selling his Uncle Mugsy series. Yes, Uncle Mugsy, a confirmed bachelor — bachelor bulldog that is.
• Who’s up and coming? Brad Lomenick’s Young Influencers list for December is now online.
• It’s not new, but I’ll leave you with a modern worship song that was running through my mind all day yesterday: Great Are You by Downhere.