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A La Carte (10/20)
- 10/20/09
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Just by way of FYI, I noticed today as I opened up my blogging software that this is my 1000th A La Carte entry. It is a feature I began rather on a whim, but I guess it has had legs. I always get cranky emails when I skip a day or two, and I take that as quite a good sign.
A.J. Hamilton Testimony
"Pastor Bubba Jennings interviews Pastor AJ Hamilton at the Ballard campus on Oct. 4th, 2009. Pastor AJ shares his testimony and gives a strong encouragement for women considering abortion that God can redeem any situation."
Finance Committee Bill
The Finance Committee bill has been filed. Maybe it would be fun to see who can come up with the best one-sentence summary of the 1502 pages of the bill.
The Pursuit of Holiness
Barry shares an illustration Jerry Bridges uses in his classic book The Pursuit of Holiness. "As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are also growing in the practice of holiness it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness..."
Do We Worship a Bully?
Pulpit Magazine answers Richard Dawkins who says, "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
A.J. Hamilton Testimony
"Pastor Bubba Jennings interviews Pastor AJ Hamilton at the Ballard campus on Oct. 4th, 2009. Pastor AJ shares his testimony and gives a strong encouragement for women considering abortion that God can redeem any situation."
Finance Committee Bill
The Finance Committee bill has been filed. Maybe it would be fun to see who can come up with the best one-sentence summary of the 1502 pages of the bill.
The Pursuit of Holiness
Barry shares an illustration Jerry Bridges uses in his classic book The Pursuit of Holiness. "As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are also growing in the practice of holiness it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness..."
Do We Worship a Bully?
Pulpit Magazine answers Richard Dawkins who says, "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
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Comments (17)
About AJ's testimony - what a work of God... worth the listen, folks. About worshiping a bully - I suppose if you removed the reality of the implications of sin and had no concept of the glory that is due God and why, then it would seem that way.
Happy 1000th! Thanks for all your hard work and thoughtful posts.
Congratulations on your 1000th post.
Congratulations Tim on your 1000th post ! 'A La Carte' is a great feature and one many of us look forward to each day.
And congratulations also to Mr. Dawkins for showing us he can use a thesaurus.
Good grief.
@Dawkins: oh, I know. Who does He think He is — God??
Congrats on the 1000th A La Carte post. I love them very much, although I don't believe that I have ever sent you a cranky email on days when there are none....I just get cranky. Thanks for gathering them up each day.
Wow, 1000 a la cartes! Pretty good for something begun on a whim! :) Congratulations, Tim.
I always felt that bully thing with mother nature.
@Finance committee bill: "It's not broken, but let's fix it anyway."
@Finance Committee Bill: "It ain't broke, but let's 'fix' it anyway"
@Tim: I love a la Carte!
I have always enjoyed your a la carte posts. Keep em coming!
Congrats Tim! I read them every day!
I'll do better than one sentence. How about one word?
"Flush!"
Dr. Dawkins really has a hate on for the God he doesn't believe in.
A La Carte is like candy at the doctor's office. It makes a kid quite willing to keep coming back so that when he gets there some real good can be done.
I've recommended challies.com to numerous people because of the links and I know that the content articles will help to feed them quite well.
Thanks, Tim.
Thanks for pointing me at The Pursuit of Holiness! It looks like a fantastic read. Congrats at the 1000th post!
Thanks again for the mention, Tim. I'm thankful for your presence as a sound, solid, biblical voice in the sometimes crazy world of blogging.