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The Gospel-Centered Marriage
I’d like to commend to you Paul’s sermon from this past Sunday. As my buddy Julian said, “If you are married, ever intend on being married, want to know more about gospel-centred marriage, or know someone who is married, I cannot recommend enough that you listen to this sermon on gospel-centred marriage. You will be convicted and your soul will be blessed and encouraged as you think about how Christ’s glory displayed in the gospel is the reason and power for marriage.”
Sabbaths and Sundays
Bill Mounce offers another good column, this one looking at the Greek words in Acts 20:7. I especially appreciated his third and fourth points of application.
The Pond
It’s a tad over-the-top, but I enjoyed this little video called “The Pond.”
Football Games Have 11 Minutes of Action
“Football fans everywhere are preparing to settle in for the NFL’s biggest and most electric weekend of the season—a four-game playoff marathon that will swallow up at least 12 hours of broadcast time over two days. But here’s something even dedicated students of the game may not fully appreciate: There’s very little actual football in a football game.” (OK, so I’m posting this a few days after the big weekend, but the point still stands).
I’d like to commend to you Paul’s sermon from this past Sunday. As my buddy Julian said, “If you are married, ever intend on being married, want to know more about gospel-centred marriage, or know someone who is married, I cannot recommend enough that you listen to this sermon on gospel-centred marriage. You will be convicted and your soul will be blessed and encouraged as you think about how Christ’s glory displayed in the gospel is the reason and power for marriage.”
Sabbaths and Sundays
Bill Mounce offers another good column, this one looking at the Greek words in Acts 20:7. I especially appreciated his third and fourth points of application.
The Pond
It’s a tad over-the-top, but I enjoyed this little video called “The Pond.”
Football Games Have 11 Minutes of Action
“Football fans everywhere are preparing to settle in for the NFL’s biggest and most electric weekend of the season—a four-game playoff marathon that will swallow up at least 12 hours of broadcast time over two days. But here’s something even dedicated students of the game may not fully appreciate: There’s very little actual football in a football game.” (OK, so I’m posting this a few days after the big weekend, but the point still stands).
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Thank you for the Gospel-Centered Marriage link. It’s my main theme for this year, so this is excellent timing. I loved the started point in Ephesians 5.
-Marshall Jones Jr.
In defense of intently watching football, I made this comment over on Kevin DeYoung’s blog yesterday, and wanted to share it here:
Let’s see then, a 6 hour chess match probably only has about 10 minutes of ‘action’ too, right? But watching a chess match can be fun if you really know how to play, and try to slip into the shoes of one or both players. Football is a lot like that, but a gazillion times better, that’s why it’s fun to watch — if you know the game.
There is so much more to football than 5 seconds bursts with the ball is “in play”. Football is a the king of spectator sports because there is a great pacing that mixes a nice combination of watching and thinking for the spectator who knows and loves the game. There is a perfect amount of time in between snaps to think about down and distance, game situation, watch a replay, and listen (hopefully) to some thoughtful and humorous analysis. When one is in the crowd, it’s even better because you can see the whole field, along with personnel substitutions (know the players and keep those roster cards handy), etc. In between snaps there is a ton of cat and mouse between defense and offense; deception and intrigue; setting up the opponent for taking a shot later in the game… and then, the ball is snapped and it’s an explosion of action; man on man battles of strength and execution and athletic skill with such potential on every play for something big and game changing to happen.
Basketball, soccer, hockey, etc. all are a completely different type of experience.
Live or on TV, American football is the king of spectator sports by far, IMHO. If you want to read a book between plays, then you’re really missing out. BTW: I do like DVRing and fast forwarding through the inane commercials.
I recommend watching rugby instead of American football as it has loads more action.
It’s worse than Detroit!