Another Wednesday rolls around… where did you go this week online?
- Ruth Tucker at Christianity Today marks the passing of Moishe Rosen, the sometimes controversial founder of Jews for Jesus, as does an article in the New York Times.
- Readers of The Internet Monk blog can catch a free download of the first chapter of the late Michael Spencer’s book, Mere Churchianity.
- A candid Leadership Magazine interview with Francis Chan — is he ever not candid? — about how things work at Cornerstone Church.
- While I usually laugh at the blog, Stuff Fundies Like, here’s a piece that makes a very, very solid point about Outcome Based Justification. If just one person clicks on this…
- Yikes! A 13-year-old student in New York State can’t wear a rosary to school because of a statute prohibiting “gang related dress.” Who ya gonna call? Jay Sekulow. But wait a minute, could the school board be justified? The police think so.
- Blogger Jeff Leake has reason to be proud of his talented 16-year old son, Josh Leake who has released a new album. Right now they’re selling actual CDs, but they might want to also consider downloads. Check out his MySpace page.
- Trevin Wax thinks that, “Traditional evangelistic strategies are not necessarily deficient in what they say, but in what they assume.” Read more at Kingdom People.
- I know a number of bloggers have already mentioned this, but if you’re a parent, you need to watch this Vimeo clip from Randy Alcorn about Pornography from 12 days ago, and also this more recent one — despite the audio problems — from 7 days ago for parents who have daughters.
- What is God’s relationship to time. Not an easy question. Start your thinking process at this article at Prodigal Magazine.
- Unequally yoked? Russell D. Moore got a letter in April about a conservative, dispensational Calvinist marrying a tongues-speaking Pentecostal. Two weeks later, he’s still getting mail.
- Blog discovery of the week (but it’s been around since 2007) — E-Royal by Royal Farris. Lots of good video embeds recently. Which is where I first saw…
- “The Gospel According To Krispy Kreme” a ten-minute YouTube video of Louie Giglio from 2009.
- Whatever happened to scripture memory. Here’s a top ten list of some Bible passages everyone should know by heart.
- It would be great if God spoke to us by sending little written notes to us throughout the day. That’s the theme of this 2-minute free sermon video download at Floodgate Productions.
- Currently reading: I actually don’t limit my reading to Christian books; I’m currently enjoying The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee. (Love that middle initial!) The book is a fascinating history of Chinese food. I discovered Jennifer at TED Talks.
- Currently fundraising: Chris, our oldest is going to be working in the kitchen at a Christian camp for ten weeks this summer. Based on a 48-hour (i.e. six day) week, they’re giving him $3.00 per hour; he has to come up with sponsors for the rest. Contact us if you want to help.
Currently listening to: A Ton of Worship. A collection of church worship from the UK, but check out the stats: 5-CDs. 20 songs per CD. That’s 100 songs for only $12.99 US/$15.99 CDN. Also a kids version for $9.99 US/$12.99 CDN. From Kingsway Music.- Message to certain bloggers: Your Twitter updates are really slowing down your page loads. Is it worth it?
- Question to video uploaders: Why Vimeo and not YouTube? I have a fairly high speed connection, but the Vimeo server — especially when embedded in blogs — doesn’t even come close to the speed of the YouTube servers.
- Our cartoon panel this week is from Calvinist Cartoons by Eddie Eddings (c/o John Scaddington).
Thinking Out Loud 