Archive for May, 2006

It’s Deuteronomolicious!

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

This is totally insider, private joke stuff. Will only work if you’ve had the WTS OTHT2 course (or its equivalent elsewhere). Just a little Last Days Madness (aka finals season) humor for those WTS students struggling to get it all over.
While supposedly studying together for our Old Testament History & Theology II (aka “Tremper Longman’s [...]

The Gospel Is at (the) Stake!

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

For some time now I’ve had a blog post brewing in my head about how we run the risk of becoming the boy who cried wolf when we pull the “The Gospel Is at Stake!” alarm cord too often.
I may not have to write it now, because the Boneman has nailed it in this post.

Miller on Bush: We Like Him Because We Created Him

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Over on my buddy Bryan’s donmillerfans.net, pomo poster boy Don Miller has written a provocative post outlining his take on Double-yuh. He asks why evangelicals stick with this guy, now at his lowest approval rating ever. Don first ticks off the obvious reasons, the ways in which Bush is like his fellow evangelicals. By contrast, [...]

Announcing Presbyterians & Presbyterians Together

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

I am extrememly pleased to bring you news tonight that I have been bursting at the seams to share for nearly two weeks now.
This evening the Presbyterians & Presbyterians Together website is live. The opening of the website is the public unveiling of what I feel to be the most important document I have affixed [...]

I’m Married to the Westminster Poster Girl!

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

My dear, sweet, Long Suffering Wife Karyn is the student of the month on Westminster Theological Seminary’s web site!
Read her student profile here.
Me? I’m holding out to be a Baskin Robbin’s Flavor of the Month. Or to have Andre Seau, manager of the Westminster Cafe, name a sandwich after me.

Study Motivator

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

For all you WTS students cramming away for exam season:
Our friend and classmate Denise received this incredibly creative (and DEElicious) study motivator from a WTS alum (click to see full-size; it’s as much fun as the LOST hatch door map!):

From Denises’s Basilea Blog

If You’ve Ever Church Searched…

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

…this might feel all too familiar.

Da Vinci Code Sequel Announced!

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Thanks to Purgatorio for breaking the news about Dan Brown’s sequel to his blockbuster novel:

According to Purgatorio, in this startling new tale, Harvard professor of Religious Symbology, Robert Langdon, discovers hidden clues in the idyllic, bucolic paintings of Thomas Kinkade and uncovers an ancient conspiracy intent on littering Christian homes around the globe with mediocre [...]

Too Narrow a Gospel?

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Joel Hunter of the Boar’s Head Tavern gang skewers the mushiness of disects the declaration from the Together for the Gospel conference, pointing out that apparently being “for” the Gospel actually means listing everything you are not for in defense of a True Gospel that has so many different “essential centers” it must be orbiting [...]

A Timely Prayer

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

First, hear my confession. I broke my week-old vow to stop reading the Reformation21 blog this weekend, and paid an awful price for it in terms of increased adjida. Two posts, one impugning dark motives onto a cause I dearly believe in and another insulting the intelligence of some of my fellow students nearly sent [...]