A La Carte (5/10)

Facebook’s Gone Rogue - This is a good article outlining some growing concerns with Facebook. “Facebook has gone rogue, drunk on founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams of world domination. It’s time the rest of the web ecosystem recognizes this and works to replace it with something open and distributed.”

Contemporvant - A satirical video that’s worth watching.

Letting Go and Giving Up - Greg Lucas has another great post about dealing with disability. I know I link every post he writes; I’ll stop linking them all when he stops writing such good stuff!

Flooding in Tennessee - Boston.com gathered some of the most interesting photos from Nashville and elsewhere in Tennessee.

The 64-Gigabyte Shape of the Future - Michael Gerson on the iPad: “Those of us nostalgic for the book-based culture also will be nostalgic for ink on our fingers, the crinkle of thin pages, paperboys and papergirls and stopping the presses. But there really is no competition. Tablet computing makes a user feel like a maestro or a magician, summoning worlds with a touch. Prospero throws his books into the sea to abandon magic. A million people have done the same to embrace a new kind of magic.”

Who Will Be Tested Next? - Al Mohler on Franklin Graham: “The recent controversy about Franklin Graham is a sign of things to come. The prominent evangelist, son of Billy Graham, is known for his plain-spoken Christian testimony. He is also an internationally known figure as founder and head of Samaritan’s Purse, a highly respected Christian relief agency. He had been scheduled to speak at the Pentagon today for an official National Day of Prayer event. But, just two weeks ago, he was disinvited by Pentagon officials after complaints were made about his statements concerning Islam.”

Comments (7)

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Anonymous's picture

That Contemporvant video is great!! I’m still laughing!

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Anonymous's picture

Facebook’s new direction is frustrating. It is not viable for me to get out of there because it is so central to how social life is organized amoungst my college friends. It gets used for a lot of event invites and most of the photosharing by our group. My friends prefer facebook messages to email. Since it isn’t practical to leave, I’m doing my best to be careful about how i use it and to keep the privacy settings as tight as it will let me.

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Anonymous's picture

I think we insult Christians worldwide who actually suffer for their faith when we whine about Franklin Graham being denied the leading of a prayer at the Pentagon. This event does not rise to the level of persecution.

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Anonymous's picture

I only partially agree with BV but persecution comes in various forms and aside from that I don’t think seeing the signs of the time should be equated to “whining”. Things are changing quickly and we need to use what time we have to stregthen each other for whatever persecution comes our way

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Anonymous's picture

Glad you posted the “Contemporvent” video from North Point Community Church!!! (I believe it was used in last week’s Drive Conference.)

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Anonymous's picture

The irony of the Contemporvant video could not have been more apparent to those who have been to North Point Community Church and/or participated in its Community Group studies.

Andy Stanley gulps from the chalice of relevancy and seeker-sensitivity at the great expense of the Gospel. Their services are like rock concerts with some feel-good self-help messages mixed in. There is a terrible lack of understanding of the one true Gospel within their flock and they have the audacity to make fun of others? Wow, just wow.

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Anonymous's picture

Joanna,If you would give up your idol of being cool with your college friends, Facebook’s business practices would not be an issue for you. You have substituted pragmatism for truth, like most post-modern Christians today.

Put your faith ahead of your social life and suddenly your dependence on social media will dissipate. If you cannot phone people directly or meet in person, maybe they aren’t really your friends. Have you ever considered that?

Stop being a pawn in Satan’s game and start building real relationships based on Christ’s love.