I ran across this old garage yesterday and stopped to shoot a few pics. I almost always go black and white, but for Steve I am including a color shot as well. Click on a pic for better quality.
You can check out all my pics at Flickr. Be sure to look for Steve’s Phriday Photo [...]
Mark Dever gives a succinct answer to the commonly asked question, “Why are you a Southern Baptist?” Check it out at the Together for the Gospel Blog.
And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there, then you shall turn it into money and bind up [...]
I took the fam’ to a local forest preserve today for a picnic. We ate, the kids ran around and played, and then we followed a hiking trail. Afterwards we hit Trader Joe’s to stock up on dark chocolate covered espresso beans, raisins and almonds.
The dog is our newest addition. “Manu” (German nickname for Manuel) [...]
In case I don’t blog any more this weekend, here’s a thousand words. Just some stuff at my desk.
You can see all my pics at Flickr, or just my best stuff at photochronica.com.
Superman Returns will be released June 28th. So far at Rotten Tomatoes it has a 91% fresh rating (that’s very good). Though I am more drawn to the Batman story, I am optimistic about what Bryan Singer has done. We’ll see.
Besides, how can you not get excited about a Christ figure like Superman? To see [...]
One of the things I appreciated about the Pastors’ Conference at the SBC this year was the emphasis, at least on the second day, on preaching the Gospel in the language of those to whom we have been sent. Yep, contextualization and cultural relevance was said to be a virtue, and I agree.
I know what [...]
St. Anne’s Pub has put put another great audio journal this quarter, Controversy. Guess what, schism isn’t just a Baptist phenomenon. Our Presbyterian brothers know it all too well. This journal is typical SAP stuff: Interesting and insightful commentary, great interviews, excellent music and some very good questions to ponder. I appreciate that St. Anne’s [...]
Be sure to check out Steve McCoy’s response to all the teetotalling chatter: Biblical Liberty and Terrified Baptists.
Of course there is one, clear biblical warrant for this kind of thinking: the Pharisees. Yes, those “strong conservatives” knew how to take seriously all the “contextual and principle considerations” behind their extra-biblical rules. I’m sure their intentions [...]
This is a self-portrait I took during the “shoosh… shoosh… shoosh” sermon at the SBC. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please forgive the reference. You can check out the pics I took at the Convention (not very many) and all my stuff at my Flickr Stream. Be sure to check out Steve [...]