A La Carte (08/28)

  • Tim Challies
  • 08/28/06
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Monday August 28, 2006

Theology: Tom Ascol of the Founders organization is one of many bloggers to comment on the recent issue of Christianity Today which featured an article on Calvinism. I really ought to try to find a copy of that one…

Abortion: A woman in China has caused a ruckus by having her baby aborted at six months because of a cleft palate. It seems to me that a day is coming when only Christians will continue to give birth to “flawed” babies.

Emergent: Justin Taylor has a roundup of articles from the latest issue of the IX Marks newsletter which deals with the emerging church.

Weird: Mark has dug up information about a new cowboy church in North Carolina. “Instead of suits, ties and wing tipped shoes, they will be wearing blue jeans, big belt buckles and cowboy boots and instead of a fancy baptism pool, the Cowboy Church will baptize their converts in a horse trough!”

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a comment from Tim Schoap • 08/28 @ 7:48am
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Don’t know if this is the right place to request feedback or not, but I have become increasingly disturbed at the use of PowerPoint in sermons, especially in churches that hold to the centrality of the Gospel and the authority of the Word. It seems to me that all too often, PowerPoint becomes a replacement for Scripture - instead of having the people’s attention directed to the text, it is directed to the screen. Any thoughts?

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a comment from 4ever4given • 08/28 @ 9:31am
› visit my web site.

My pastor uses power point and we like it. I’m a visual-kinesthetic learner. I struggle with auditory learning. Which means I learn best by seeing it and writing it down. THat is why I take notes and am able to glean more from the sermon due to the visual “aide” of the power point.

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a comment from s. zeilenga • 08/28 @ 1:48pm
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Tim -

Yeah, you really should check out that CT article. My girlfriend somehow got a free subscription to it and that article jumped off the page at me this weekend. It was really good and had some great pictures of the TftG conference. Hope you find a chance to check it out and maybe comment on the article.

z.

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a comment from Glenn • 08/28 @ 11:59pm
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Cowboy Church might seem weird to a Canadian, but then a Canadian Church would probably seem weird to a cowboy. Either one can be a legitimate part of Christ’s body, though, and ought not be treated with disdain or scorn (as seems to be happening in some of the comments over there.)