Monday November 23, 2009
The World's Children
This photoblog shows pictures of just a few of the world's impoverished children. "Twenty years after the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, multitudes of children across the globe are still suffering from poverty, abuse and disease."
Thanksgiving Giveaway
Monergism Books is sponsoring a Thanksgiving giveaway of some great resources. To enter the draw you need to fill out a short survey.
Commentary Giveaway
Speaking of giveaways, J.C. Ryle Quotes is giving away a set of Ryle's commentaries on the gospels. Entering is simple so check the link to give it a shot.
Children Who Front Dawkins' Campaign
"The two children chosen to front Richard Dawkins's latest assault on God could not look more free of the misery he associates with religious baggage. With the slogan 'Please don't label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself', the youngsters with broad grins seem to be the perfect advertisement for the new atheism being promoted by Professor Dawkins and the British Humanist Association. Except that they are about as far from atheism as it is possible to be. The Times can reveal that Charlotte, 8, and Ollie, 7, are from one of the country's most devout Christian families."
Useless Around the Home
According to this interesting article, "the trend of the female high achiever and the male slacker is a tall story that women tell each other to compensate for the fact that most career-orientated women feel an "overwhelming sense of guilt" over their role and less of a mother and a wife."
Amazon Black Friday Deals
Amazon is doing a Black Friday Week this week. They are going to have a lot of deals offered over the course of every day of the week. Click the link, bookmark it, and return a few times if you're interested in tracking down some deals.
Deal of the Day: Polk Soundbar
In terms of sheer dollars and cents, this is the best deal I've seen in Amazon's Gold Box ($500 less than yesterday's price). "Polk Audio SurroundBar 360-degree DVD Theater is a complete home entertainment system. It incorporates the enveloping sonic benefits of SurroundBar SDA technology and patented PowerPort bass venting technology with the convenience of a control console that is a DVD/CD player, amplifier, and an AM/FM radio." I spent some time with one of these things once and they are pretty amazing.
This photoblog shows pictures of just a few of the world's impoverished children. "Twenty years after the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, multitudes of children across the globe are still suffering from poverty, abuse and disease."
Thanksgiving Giveaway
Monergism Books is sponsoring a Thanksgiving giveaway of some great resources. To enter the draw you need to fill out a short survey.
Commentary Giveaway
Speaking of giveaways, J.C. Ryle Quotes is giving away a set of Ryle's commentaries on the gospels. Entering is simple so check the link to give it a shot.
Children Who Front Dawkins' Campaign
"The two children chosen to front Richard Dawkins's latest assault on God could not look more free of the misery he associates with religious baggage. With the slogan 'Please don't label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself', the youngsters with broad grins seem to be the perfect advertisement for the new atheism being promoted by Professor Dawkins and the British Humanist Association. Except that they are about as far from atheism as it is possible to be. The Times can reveal that Charlotte, 8, and Ollie, 7, are from one of the country's most devout Christian families."
Useless Around the Home
According to this interesting article, "the trend of the female high achiever and the male slacker is a tall story that women tell each other to compensate for the fact that most career-orientated women feel an "overwhelming sense of guilt" over their role and less of a mother and a wife."
Amazon Black Friday Deals
Amazon is doing a Black Friday Week this week. They are going to have a lot of deals offered over the course of every day of the week. Click the link, bookmark it, and return a few times if you're interested in tracking down some deals.
Deal of the Day: Polk Soundbar
In terms of sheer dollars and cents, this is the best deal I've seen in Amazon's Gold Box ($500 less than yesterday's price). "Polk Audio SurroundBar 360-degree DVD Theater is a complete home entertainment system. It incorporates the enveloping sonic benefits of SurroundBar SDA technology and patented PowerPort bass venting technology with the convenience of a control console that is a DVD/CD player, amplifier, and an AM/FM radio." I spent some time with one of these things once and they are pretty amazing.
Comments (4) »
1. Jake
November 23, 2009
10:12 AM
You mean the UN adopting a document hasn’t eradicated child poverty and suffering? I for one am shocked.
2. Stan McCullars
November 23, 2009
1:22 PM
Funny you should mention the Polk Audio SurroundBar 360. I saw that deal about an hour ago and ordered it. It is truly an amazing system!
3. Michael
November 23, 2009
1:44 PM
The deep discount on the sound bar is more likely a testament to how overpriced it is normally than it is to Polk or Amazon’s generosity. It will probably be a great replacement for a TV speaker at that price, but expecting it to reproduce the same sound as a true surround sound system is overly optimistic.
4. J.P.H.
November 24, 2009
10:00 AM
Jake: I don’t think anyone in the UN expected their adoption of that document to eradicate child poverty and suffering. You create a false dichotomy wherein either poverty and suffering are eradicated or the UN is foolish and unrealistic.
Kids in Dawkin’s campaign: IMO the dad enters dangerous territory when he says, “Obviously there is something in their faces which is different. So they judged that they were happy and free without knowing that they are Christians.”
This sets up a situation where “‘happy’ kids who aren’t Christians” or “Christian kids who, for whatever reason, aren’t especially ‘happy’” become counter-arguments against the gospel.
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