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The Future of Evangelicalism - Patheos has invited a long list of people to submit an article about the future of evangelicalism. Some of them are really quite good. Be sure to check out the one by Justin Taylor, Collin Hansen and Kevin DeYoung.
A Shout Out to Moms - Jon Seger: “Any time someone asks me where my wife works or what she does, I usually preface my response with, ‘My wife’s got a much more difficult job than me. She stays at home to raise & care for our son.’ Here’s why.” He then links to an advice column which gives a shout out to moms.
The Ruling Class - Nancy Pearcey writes about the ruling class and how they hold on to power. “Because secularism gives no basis for objective morality, secularists dismiss moral objections as mere private feelings and preferences. Then they tell opponents they have no right to apply their private preferences in the public square — whether in politics or business or education or healthcare.”
ESV Study Bible on Logos - The ESV Study Bible is soon coming to Logos. You can preorder now and save yourself a few dollars.
Online Communion - An article in the Telegraph talks about a minister who is doing communion by Twitter. Here’s the big disconnect in my mind. If community is virtual, if we can still have “communion” via digital media, how is it that we still require physical bread and wine? If we’re experiencing virtual communion, shouldn’t we also be eating and drinking virtual bread and wine?
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Comments (6)
The communion by distance is very discouraging. So that’s what we’ve become? The most intimate act of community is reduced to 140 characters….unbelievableDavid…www.redletterbelievers.com
When we reduce the elements of communion to an online digital experience, we have more than lost the point, and it is no longer the blessing and means of grace it was intended to be but is lowered to being mere vice and gimmick. It is an example of what it means to make profane that which is holy.
The communion by distance is very discouraging. So that's what we've become? The most intimate act of community is reduced to 140 characters.
Of course if we can reduce sex to bits and bytes, why not communion?
1. Nearly every small group of any type that I have been a part of in the last 10 years has either disbanded or altered itself into something based online, where people don’t actually have to get together anymore. Community, Christian or otherwise, is in its death throes. We seem to have become people who merely tolerate others rather than enjoying them. We should therefore not be surprised at virtual communion.
2. I thought the Patheos article from Soong-Chan Rah about the death of white, suburban, Republican evangelicalism and the rise of evangelicalism within the immigrant and ethnic communities is informative. It may also explain #1, as immigrants and such still cherish face-to-face community.
The link you have for the ESV Study Bible for Logos is for the study notes *only*….you have to purchase the Bible separately.
You can also purchase The ESV Study Bible Notes (which also includes the ESV Bible translation) for use with PocketBible - and you only need to purchase the ESV Study Bible Notes and ESV Bible translation once in order to utilize it on Windows-based PCs, Windows Mobile-based devices, iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) and Palm OS devices.
PocketBible is currently the only Bible app for any platform (mobile or otherwise) that let’s you easily sync notes, highlights, and bookmarks between devices.
Laridian provides lot’s of different kinds of content (Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, etc.) and PocketBible has probably THE best and most powerful search capabilities. Also, all of your purchased content can be viewed and studied while being “offline”, unlike Logos’ software.