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Friday June 20, 2008
Critiquing My Review
Someone has seen fit to post a seven-part video review of my review of The Shack. You can find it all on YouTube. (And, in case you're wondering, he mispronounces my name every time).
The Ramshackle Shack
And speaking of The Shack, Tom Neven has a good article about it over at Boundless. "Young's intentions are good. He wants to introduce readers to a loving God who was willing to sacrifice his own Son to save us from our sins. But all heresies begin with misconstruing the nature of God."
So Brave!
I'm not a regular reader of The Onion, but this story made me laugh.
A Chilling Precedent
Dr. Mohler writes about a chilling court case up here in Canada. "The ruling is so out of bounds that the news story sounds like a parody -- but it isn't. A Canadian judge ruled that a 12-year-old girl was 'excessively' punished when her father told her she could not go on a school camping trip because she had broken rules for use of the Internet."
Is "Stealing" WiFi Really Stealing?
There's a moral dilemma for the twenty-first century, and I think this guy has a couple of good answers.
Someone has seen fit to post a seven-part video review of my review of The Shack. You can find it all on YouTube. (And, in case you're wondering, he mispronounces my name every time).
The Ramshackle Shack
And speaking of The Shack, Tom Neven has a good article about it over at Boundless. "Young's intentions are good. He wants to introduce readers to a loving God who was willing to sacrifice his own Son to save us from our sins. But all heresies begin with misconstruing the nature of God."
So Brave!
I'm not a regular reader of The Onion, but this story made me laugh.
A Chilling Precedent
Dr. Mohler writes about a chilling court case up here in Canada. "The ruling is so out of bounds that the news story sounds like a parody -- but it isn't. A Canadian judge ruled that a 12-year-old girl was 'excessively' punished when her father told her she could not go on a school camping trip because she had broken rules for use of the Internet."
Is "Stealing" WiFi Really Stealing?
There's a moral dilemma for the twenty-first century, and I think this guy has a couple of good answers.
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Comments (12)
First, sorry about the dumb comment on yesterday's A La Carte about the pictures being from Iowa not Mississippi. The river not the state right? Doh. Should have been paying attention better. Again, sorry.
Second, at least the review of your review got your theological persuasion right: Reformed. Like being Reformed is bad or something. I mean, we're talking about God's nature not how the covenants relate or something.
Third, I don't read the Onion often either but you're right that was funny! The one that got me snickering all day was Cheney Tape May Contain Evidence of His Whereabouts. It was really well written too.
Finally, I don't think stealing wifi is stealing unless you have to hack to get it. Like crack a password or bypass a WEP key or something. I leave my wifi at home wide open. I'd only lock it down if someone started hogging my bandwidth.
Regarding the pronounciation of your name, I have often wondered if I, myself, fairly represent you to others when I tell them what a great blog you have. I pronounce your name as though it started with a "K" and rhymes with galleys. So, how do you say your name?
I tried listening to the critique of your review. What can I say, if I needed to get to sleep it would be very helpful. I found myself dozing off after the first minute of so as he established who he is. I thought it might get better in later sections, but it didn't. If he would be willing to put it in print, I would be willing to read it, although anyone who starts out trying to judge another person's motivations for doing a review seems to be starting at the wrong place.
Apparently the reviewer of your review of The Shack thinks you hide your theological leanings and that you should paste a boilerplate disclosure at the beginning of each review. So much for website technology; apparently we have to resort to print era practices. I found his attack on your motives (e.g., looking to earn what would be for most people a year's salary off of this one review) lacking Christian character. He betrays his own early qualifications and his disclaimers by his actions.
I rarely feel the need to argue on someone's behalf. I figure they can do that on their own if they are so inclined. I did, however, leave a comment (and subsequent replies) on his second video because I found his hypocrisy too glaring to overlook. And apparently I was feeling snarky this morning (my final reply to him makes that abundantly clear, if it makes it past approval). But I have a great distaste for intellectual (and moral) dishonesty.
Ok. So I was getting so frustrated by his misrepresentation of Reformed theology that I couldn't finish listening.
But I do have a question...How DO you prounounce your name?
I've always prounounced it "CHAL-leez" with an 'a' like apple.
Or maybe it's more like holy grail Challies..."CHAL-is".
Inquiring minds want to know. And by the way, I hope lots of people do buy your book.
Check Tim's About Me page for the proper pronunciation of his name.
Sweet! I was on the money!
you can't really watch the review because i get extremely annoyed how he pronounces your name.
and i am sorry your reform quotes are "extreme"
I'm listening through them now. In Part 3, he seems to desire a return to the early church regarding our worship practices and teachings.
Um... Weren't many of the epistles written to correct abuses of the grace given us? A man sleeps with his step mother. A church has a class system within the body. People are arguing over their places in the church based on their gifting. The list goes on and on.
This is not to say that these same things cannot be found in today's church. In fact, the very fact that there is nothing new under the sun works against his desire. But even of such problems were different today than they were in the early days of the church, you can hardly make a case that a return to such problems would be advantageous.
The only benefit enjoyed by the early church that we do not have today is the direct instruction of the apostles. And even then, God has provided us with a sufficient record of His will for His church.
But to provide a positive thing to say, let me remark that the background noise of cows mooing was quite humorous, and certainly not intended to produce an unfair tone toward our good friend Mr. Chawlies!
Looks like the guy has now deleted all the critical comments that were posted this morning.
Ooh, good catch, Tim. Yes he has. Maybe he realized he woke a sleeping giant. You don't mess with the Challies because he has sheer numbers on his side!
Someone more talented than myself needs to produce a critique of the critique of the critique.