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He Has Not Hidden His Face
Here’s a video of Ryan Ferguson reciting Psalm 22 (Ryan does dramatic recitations of a variety of Scripture passages).
House: The Movie
House is a new film based on a novel written by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. With The Passion of the Christ it has become just the second Christian film to receive an R rating. “Imprisoned with another troubled couple in a house of true horrors, they are forced to play a one-night game of life and death with a crazed murderer … and each other. When they come face-to-face with evil, they discover it is instantly recognizable.”
Stay-at-Home Dads
Mark Driscoll (along with his wife) takes on the subject of stay-at-home dads.
The Center of God’s Will
Ray Pritchard explains why you are not in the center of God’s will for your life.
What You’re Paying For
This article discusses what was added to the bailout bill when it went from 3 pages in its original form to 442 pages as signed into law. “The bill has become, in other words, something almost unrelated to the business of bailing out Wall Street. The Beltway term for this is a ‘Christmas tree bill,’ meaning everyone gets to hang their favorite spending projects on it—though by the time Congress gets it through, it more closely resembles a slop bucket.”
Why Woman Hate Sarah Palin
According to TIME’s Belinda Luscombe, the explanation is simple: women are spiteful, jealous and mean! “Women are weapons-grade haters. Hillary Clinton knows it. Palin knows it too. When women get their hate on, they don’t just dislike, or find disfavor with, or sort of not really appreciate. They loathe — deeply, richly, sustainingly.”
Demons: A Sonnet
An interesting sonnet from the archives of Matthias Media’s Briefing.
A Review of Religulous
Culture11 reviews this new movie. “Let’s face it: Bill Maher is smart. And funny. Problem is, he’s also crass, arrogant, smug, and, with some frequency, totally insufferable. The common name for someone like this is “jerk.” But unlike most jerks, that endless supply of lumbering brutes whose only goal in life is to goad others, you can’t quite dismiss Maher — because, well, he’s smart. And funny.”
Here’s a video of Ryan Ferguson reciting Psalm 22 (Ryan does dramatic recitations of a variety of Scripture passages).
House: The Movie
House is a new film based on a novel written by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. With The Passion of the Christ it has become just the second Christian film to receive an R rating. “Imprisoned with another troubled couple in a house of true horrors, they are forced to play a one-night game of life and death with a crazed murderer … and each other. When they come face-to-face with evil, they discover it is instantly recognizable.”
Stay-at-Home Dads
Mark Driscoll (along with his wife) takes on the subject of stay-at-home dads.
The Center of God’s Will
Ray Pritchard explains why you are not in the center of God’s will for your life.
What You’re Paying For
This article discusses what was added to the bailout bill when it went from 3 pages in its original form to 442 pages as signed into law. “The bill has become, in other words, something almost unrelated to the business of bailing out Wall Street. The Beltway term for this is a ‘Christmas tree bill,’ meaning everyone gets to hang their favorite spending projects on it—though by the time Congress gets it through, it more closely resembles a slop bucket.”
Why Woman Hate Sarah Palin
According to TIME’s Belinda Luscombe, the explanation is simple: women are spiteful, jealous and mean! “Women are weapons-grade haters. Hillary Clinton knows it. Palin knows it too. When women get their hate on, they don’t just dislike, or find disfavor with, or sort of not really appreciate. They loathe — deeply, richly, sustainingly.”
Demons: A Sonnet
An interesting sonnet from the archives of Matthias Media’s Briefing.
A Review of Religulous
Culture11 reviews this new movie. “Let’s face it: Bill Maher is smart. And funny. Problem is, he’s also crass, arrogant, smug, and, with some frequency, totally insufferable. The common name for someone like this is “jerk.” But unlike most jerks, that endless supply of lumbering brutes whose only goal in life is to goad others, you can’t quite dismiss Maher — because, well, he’s smart. And funny.”
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Comments (10)
Movie genre… Christian horror? Reminds of a music genre I listened to when I was 17 - Christian death metal. Does anyone smell an oxymoron in the room?
Here is another interesting TIME article about the prosperity gospel and the lending crisis.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847053,00.html?imw=Y&loomia_si=t0:a3:g4:r1:c0&xid=Loomia
Disagree with Driscoll. His wife makes a good point re: men not willing to provide for their families, but that’s not so relevant to the topic of stay at home dads. Usually that’s a joint decision, not something that flows out of an unwillingness on the part of the father. And Driscoll rightly laments the “peter pan” state of manhood today, but again, being a stay at home dad is usually not an indication of immaturity or a desire to stay in childhood forever.
I agree with JPH. Driscoll’s arguments outside of Scripture have some merit, but the specific Bible verses cited don’t support his case in my view. I can’t seem to comment on the Resurgence blog so I’ll do it here.
The relevance of the passages cited is questionable at best. 1 Tim 5:8 refers to widows who have no-one else to attend to their needs i.e. she will become destitute if a male relative does not provide for her. Narrowing that criterion to husband only (rather than a widow’s brother for instance) and then expanding the verse to include marriages only when the entire context would point to a specific group of widows only is a difficult to support stretch in my view.
Titus 2 would find some support for a Biblical role in the home for the woman but to say it is for the woman only is again reading more into the text than is actually there. The characteristics cited do not only have application in the home for both men and women in that passage.
Palin Hating-Time Magazine: That is the very same issue that blamed God and his followers for the subprime mess. Well, prosperity adherents that is. And they tend to be from Christian circles traditionally. This smacks of a subversive political move by a liberal media in bed with one candidate. If they can get it into the collective consciousness that it is the fault of those Christians (and maybe even specifically that HUGE group that likes the success topics from Joel), then maybe that group will feel some shame and remorse and to assuage their ‘guilt’ for the downfall of the world’s economy will then vote for Time’s man. Gee, I wonder who that could be…. Or they simply want to alienate this group associated with church and Christianity from the rest of Americans. You know, it is just ridiculous that Time gets to decide who is at fault. If this were a ninja borrower then they would feel badly about trashing the oppressed and downtrodden. But they feel zero shame in pointing their imperious finger at Christians. Their theory is baseless anyway. They just pick an easy target and run a strawman story just to stir some pot. Oh wait, maybe they had a solid reliable source-like from Fannie and Freddie applications. Yeah, that makes it believable.
Palin -Time Magazine: That is the very same issue that blamed God and his followers for the subprime mess. Well, prosperity adherents that is. And they tend to be from Christian circles traditionally. This smacks of a subversive political move by a liberal media in bed with one candidate. If they can get it into the collective consciousness that it is the fault of those Christians (and maybe even specifically that HUGE voting group that likes the success topics from Joel), then maybe that group will feel some shame and remorse and to assuage their ‘guilt’ for the downfall of the world’s economy will then vote for Time’s man. Gee, I wonder who that could be…. Or they simply want to alienate this group associated with church and Christianity from the rest of Americans. To what end? To hate God? Why? Why is God the bad guy in all this? Wow, Time has really shown us that there is just no one who they won’t try to dethrone. Those guys are really on a mission. What bravado and hubris really.You know, it is just ridiculous that Time gets to decide who is at fault. If this were a ninja borrower then they would feel badly about trashing the oppressed and downtrodden. But they feel zero shame in pointing their imperious finger at Christians. Their theory is baseless anyway. They just pick an easy target and run a straw man story just to stir some pot. Oh wait, maybe they had a solid reliable source-like from Fannie and Freddie. Yeah, that makes it believable.
For all you reformed, complementarian stay-at-home dads out there, do not be discouraged. Driscoll and his wife are wrong on this issue. Red Wine Gums (above) is correct with his interpretation of both passages. It is sad that Driscoll and his wife agree that if he was home more with his kids they (the kids) would be worse off for it! This is NOT a church discipline issue, and my soul aches for those disciplined there for something completely unbiblical. The charge is to make sure the family is provided for, specifically the elderly. If the husband and wife (under the husband’s leadership) agree that monetary provision is best supplied by the wife, the husband still has assured provision. Likewise, if the husband and wife (under the husband’s leadership) decide that the feeding, cooking, clothing, and general caring provision is best supplied by the husband, the husband has provided. The implication made by those against is the husband is lazy, which is usually not the case, just ask the stay at home moms, are they lazy?This is only a discipline issue if the husband refuses to work, at home or away.
I’ll agree with you fellas that 1 Tim 5:8 is not the best choice on supporting the “husband-provider/wife-care giver” position, it is a valid and biblical position (dealt with over at my blog) and a man staying at home being “Mr. Mom” is loaded with problems for him and his wife, their emotions, roles, identity and possibly even their marriage.
I have listened to the Driscolls’ response about 3 times and this is what I picked up from it.
1. Church discipline should be involved if the husband refuses to work and provide for the family.2. You guys think your family might need two incomes. Please take careful consideration in doing so. Make sure that you are really bringing in significant more income especially after factoring in daycare and taxes.3. Carefully evaluate your need for more income. Is it because you need to keep up a level of living or keeping up appearances or could you just quite possibly live a simpler lifestyle.4. Do you think the husband will make a better mom than wife?
I didn’t take the Driscolls’ response as this lockdown generalization end all to be all. It is a case-by-case basis for sure.
What needs to be made sure and what Mark Driscoll is calling out is that men are stepping up to be real men and not trying to skate through life doing the bare minimum. Men are here to work and accomplish like God laid out in Genesis 2 and further expounded on when he cursed women and men in Genesis 3.
Well, there are people saying that it’s an oxymoron to combine Christianity with horror but a fan like me is still very much excited about the House showing on November 7. I’ve read a lot of reviews too about the book and the film and most are positive with regards to the story and other vital factors of a movie. I haven’t read the book though, I’m just keeping abreast with the comments and reviews..
I’m happy that I’m near one of those theaters where the House will be shown. If you want to know about the complete list of the cities, check out their official website at http://housethemovie.net .