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- 05/05/11
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The Slippery Story - It’s been very interesting to see how the story of Bin Laden’s death has changed over the past few days. The Atlantic tries to make some sense of it. I wonder how much of the changes are based on misinformation that came through today’s way-too-fast news cycle.
Victory Over or Struggling With? - That’s an important distinction. “In Evangelical circles, in pastoral care, and in the biblical counseling world, it seems to me that we spend much more time preaching, teaching, and counseling about ‘victory over,’ and much less time journeying with and pondering ‘struggling with,’ ‘fighting with,’ or even ‘victory in.’ Do we perhaps sometimes mistakenly convey the impression that applying biblical principles eliminates the battle, the struggle?”
You Might Be An Idolator If… - Here’s a short list from Stephen Altrogge’s new book.
The Kids With George W. Bush - Denny Burk: “TIME magazine has a fascinating story on the children who were with President Bush on 9-11 when he received the news that America was under attack. They are all very appreciative of his calm response and that he didn't immediately storm out of the room.”
E-Readers Fail at Education - I’m not too surprised that e-readers aren’t make big inroads into the classroom. It’s the reasons that I find interesting (and understandable).
Ten Years of Innovation - Here’s a good reminder of how much the way we communicate has changed in the just the past 10 years. “As I woke this morning I was struck by that fact. In less than 10 years the world and the technology we use to experience it has changed so completely. On September 11, 2001 there was no iPhone, there was no Twitter, there was no YouTube. But there was a basic human desire to connect, to share experiences and to have our experiences shared and understood by others.”
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Comments (6)
You might be an idolator if…these types of ‘sin lists’ are unhelpful, I think. At best they might urge us to reflect on our motivations: that could be beneficial for some people, but at worst (and maybe at ‘middle’) they shift the focus from the forgiveness and new life we have in Christ (and therefore from Christ) to a medieval sin list that keeps our heart mind and sould in the old life.
@watcher, do we not have multiple “sin lists” in Scripture? Paul taught most clearly of our forgiveness in Christ and he, on multiple occasions, lists sins that must be avoided.
Interesting Atlantic article on the farce that has become the bin Laden kill. As the writer draws out, there are striking parallels between this account and the fake Jessica Lynch story. This is just Hollywood, tailored to a US audience who needs to feel better about itself, at a politically expedient time.
Whether he was killed or not is one thing. You can bet the truth will never get out. Can’t wait until the movie arrives!
Victory Over or Struggling With?: In Jerry Bridges’ bookThe Pursuit of Holiness, he suggests that we, in evangelicalism, quit using words such as victory and failure and begin using the words obedient and disobedient. I agree with him.
“I wonder how much of the changes are based on misinformation that came through today’s way-too-fast news cycle.”
Please remember that journalists often repeat what they hear from the Pent. Press Dept. So have you considered that the changing story may be due to Pent. DISinformation instead of journalists’ MISinformation?
The digital text also disrupted a technique called cognitive mapping, in which readers used physical cues such as the location on the page and the position in the book to go back and find a section of text or even to help retain and recall the information they had read.
Another reason the use a paper Bible in the church service.