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Steven Curtis Chapman’s New Album
It seemed appropriate to post a link to this review since I am listening to the album at this very moment. Scott Anderson has written up a review of Steven Curtis Chapman’s Beauty Will Rise. “Simply put, this album is a musical masterpiece. It contains 12 beautifully-written, mostly acoustic songs with understated accompaniment that accents the intimate, personal nature of the lyrics. This album is primed to actively minister to all who listen to its melodies.”
Facebook Users
What would you do with an extra three days per year? Stop visiting Facebook and you can find out. The average Facebook user now spends the equivalent of three days a year on the site.
A Christmas Carol
CT has a good review of Disney’s new A Christmas Carol. “Wait. Terror? Darkness? Isn’t this a Disney film, starring a mugging Jim Carrey and directed by the guy behind the bright and fanciful The Polar Express? Yes, but families should know this is a far cry from The Muppet Christmas Carol. It will scare the stockings off of little kids.”
Q&A With Karen Armstrong
The National Post does an interview with Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God. What a load of nonsense. “Look at Christianity—it’s a perfectly good religion. But the way many people understand it today, doctrine is absolutely essential. So we talk about religious people as believers, as though accepting propositions of a creed were the main thing. Our word for belief has changed its meaning. It used to mean to love, to commit yourself, to involve yourself. It only started to mean a set of doctrines in the late 17th century. Even then it was used in a philosophical and a scientific context, but not in a religious context.”
Gospel Man
Audio for the Gospel Man conferences is now freely available. There are messages there from some great speakers.
It seemed appropriate to post a link to this review since I am listening to the album at this very moment. Scott Anderson has written up a review of Steven Curtis Chapman’s Beauty Will Rise. “Simply put, this album is a musical masterpiece. It contains 12 beautifully-written, mostly acoustic songs with understated accompaniment that accents the intimate, personal nature of the lyrics. This album is primed to actively minister to all who listen to its melodies.”
Facebook Users
What would you do with an extra three days per year? Stop visiting Facebook and you can find out. The average Facebook user now spends the equivalent of three days a year on the site.
A Christmas Carol
CT has a good review of Disney’s new A Christmas Carol. “Wait. Terror? Darkness? Isn’t this a Disney film, starring a mugging Jim Carrey and directed by the guy behind the bright and fanciful The Polar Express? Yes, but families should know this is a far cry from The Muppet Christmas Carol. It will scare the stockings off of little kids.”
Q&A With Karen Armstrong
The National Post does an interview with Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God. What a load of nonsense. “Look at Christianity—it’s a perfectly good religion. But the way many people understand it today, doctrine is absolutely essential. So we talk about religious people as believers, as though accepting propositions of a creed were the main thing. Our word for belief has changed its meaning. It used to mean to love, to commit yourself, to involve yourself. It only started to mean a set of doctrines in the late 17th century. Even then it was used in a philosophical and a scientific context, but not in a religious context.”
Gospel Man
Audio for the Gospel Man conferences is now freely available. There are messages there from some great speakers.
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Comments (8)
The average facebook user spends three days… And how many days a year does the average World of Warcraft user spend playing?
Thought no.1- The new Steven Curtis Chapman album is my opinion the album of the year . I have been a long time fan and was truly moved to learn of his daughters death and tragic circumstances surrounding it . So when this Cd was announced I was very eager to listen. The review you linked to nails it . Having gone through much in the last 2 years with my wife’s cancer , this CD has ministered to my soul like no other . Chapman’s honesty is so refreshing in a clappy , happy world of Christianity.
Thought No.2- The Christmas Carol is a dark tail . I love the book and it is a dark journey . Go see it for yourself , trust me you will like the journey.
Karen Armstrong has it all backwards when she rejects reason and gives preeminence to emotion.
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord” - Isaiah 1:18”When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” - 1 Cor. 11:13”…but test everything; hold fast what is good.” - 1 Thess. 5:21
For a rational, reasoned defense of Christian doctrines, I’ve been picking through “Reason for the Hope Within,” and it’s pretty good. It’s on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802844375/
Uh, that 2nd reference should be 1 Cor 13:11
The facebook one is so true! I recently realized that Facebook was taking far too much of my time, attention and energy, so I decided to go on a week long “Facebook Fast”. Wow. In that time I have gone on 2 bike rides, read three books of the Bible, had probably around 4 hours of “quiet time”, written a poem, gotten a TON more sleep, washed all of my blankets and other miscellaneous items, read through a whole book and half of another book. And I still have another whole day without facebook. Get rid of it and enjoy your life :)
I wonder how much of that Facebook time is spent at work. You could argue its still “wasted time”, but it’s not time you could use to do “other things”.
Also, I wonder how much of it comes in small chunks. Three days a year is approximately 12 minutes a day. That doesn’t seem so extreme.
Great post!
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I love Chapman’s music!www.redletterbelievers.com