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Finding Time for God
True Woman blog addresses the always-difficult issue of finding time for God as a busy mom. "Let me give you a little peek into my life. I have eight children and two in heaven I never got to meet. My kids are currently 32, 30, 27, 23, 21, 18, 15 and 13. I also take care of my mom who has Alzheimers and have four grandchildren age 2 and under! Although I'm not exactly in your shoes right at this moment, I do know what it feels like and I so understand what 'tired' means."
Facebook's Server Farm
This article describes the incredible amount of infrastructure Facebook requires to serve there 300,000,000 user accounts.
A Pomo Apology Slip
Just like the title says, a postmodern apology slip.
Benny Hinn: Charlatan or Man of God?
FoxNews asks the question. I think we all know the answer.
Send a Gift, Get a Gift
Ligonier is offering a pretty good deal. If you order somebody a gift subscription of Tabletalk Magazine, Ligonier will send you a free gift of a book of your choice.
True Woman blog addresses the always-difficult issue of finding time for God as a busy mom. "Let me give you a little peek into my life. I have eight children and two in heaven I never got to meet. My kids are currently 32, 30, 27, 23, 21, 18, 15 and 13. I also take care of my mom who has Alzheimers and have four grandchildren age 2 and under! Although I'm not exactly in your shoes right at this moment, I do know what it feels like and I so understand what 'tired' means."
Facebook's Server Farm
This article describes the incredible amount of infrastructure Facebook requires to serve there 300,000,000 user accounts.
A Pomo Apology Slip
Just like the title says, a postmodern apology slip.
Benny Hinn: Charlatan or Man of God?
FoxNews asks the question. I think we all know the answer.
Send a Gift, Get a Gift
Ligonier is offering a pretty good deal. If you order somebody a gift subscription of Tabletalk Magazine, Ligonier will send you a free gift of a book of your choice.
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Comments (7)
From the Hinn article:
"Lofty theologians may scoff..."
Could a sentance even be more prejudicial, loaded, or derogatory? I'm sure if we wrote that 'Weepy women may wail..." or "Arrogant Latinos may pontificate..." it would never make it past the editorial board.
But, if you are a christian who actually takes their faith seriously enough to be read and informed about that faith, you're a 'Lofty theologian' - casting briquebats from some sort of self-exalting tower of loftiness. And you're not expressing concern, you're scoffing. You remember scoffing - it's what 99% of the world does when they see this buffoonery masquerading as Christianity that Hinn and his ilk peddle.
So the article is sort of a 'twofer.' A mud-sling at those who are abusing the faith of people to line their own pockets - and then a second imprecation against those who are concerned enough to be expressing alarm at the very stuff the rest of the article decries.
But Christians en masse are the hypocrits. Go figure....
"FoxNews asks the question. I think we all know the answer."
but that's the problem, isn't it? "we" don't all know. THOUSANDS of ignorant Christians don't KNOW and think Benny is just swell!
Did anyone else see the humour in having a link to an article about Benny Hinn followed by "Send a Gift, Get a Gift"?
Re: Benny Hinn - "I think we all know the answer"? That strikes me as a little bit smug and presumptuous, especially considering the proper answer is "false dichotomy." It seems pretty clear that Hinn is sincere, since he's only one of two that have cooperated with the Finance Committee's requests. Charlatans don't usually cooperate with that sort of thing. But he's also clearly not the best example of what you should look for in a "Man of God," so there must be some other category to put on him besides the two that we're given.
I agree with Kyle. I, for one, don't "know the answer." On one hand, he's said some things that I absolutely disagree with, and he should be more transparent with his ministry's finances. At the same time, I want to be really careful not to blanket him with an "anathema." I've actually attended one of his meetings, and the man spent the first hour talking about - money? healing? success? No - he spent the first hour expounding 1 Cor. 5:21, proclaiming that God had made Christ to be our sin, so that we might become His righteousness. He preached the gospel. Yes, after that, there was a good bit of time devoted to healing (not that I find that a bad thing), as well as speaking on some political and cultural issues. But my point is, I've personally heard the man clearly proclaim the gospel of forgiveness of sins and imputation of righteousness through faith in Christ. That gives me serious pause to label him a "charlatan."
It's possible to be wrong without being heretical. It's possible to be less-than-transparent (unfortunately) without being a charlatan.
Hey Tim,where did that apology form come from? Did you do that? Just curious..
matthew
Not sure I get the postmodern apology slip...sounds like something that could come straight out of Bill Gothard's Basic Seminar Textbook, but post-modern?