tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66894120469624812052024-03-05T23:45:56.374-08:00only the dead see the end of waro lord, thou didst strike my heart with thy word and i loved thee.jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-41580702529158872392010-07-06T08:17:00.001-07:002010-07-06T08:18:34.808-07:00table of nations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8i7xA-ibohJJLkNFU1SB6BQSfNDgvcSmuJRWSZBzmANzB3U6z-0BjbPJV1s1nordUWuOKJlMe_Wp7fm3rhXVg_S6vCE4hNDx6qmbCIlVHl43P9H8Qyq5hhoVUcCZpGVjsg8T4Qw33XcF/s1600/map-01-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8i7xA-ibohJJLkNFU1SB6BQSfNDgvcSmuJRWSZBzmANzB3U6z-0BjbPJV1s1nordUWuOKJlMe_Wp7fm3rhXVg_S6vCE4hNDx6qmbCIlVHl43P9H8Qyq5hhoVUcCZpGVjsg8T4Qw33XcF/s400/map-01-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490812826128807666" /></a>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-35383652159240343392010-04-05T13:40:00.000-07:002010-04-05T13:42:03.371-07:00quote of the day<span><span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Charles Spurgeon:</span></span></span><br /><span><span><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span><span>When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but His love.</span></span><br /></span></span></blockquote></span></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-4929728812166788712010-04-04T09:53:00.000-07:002010-04-04T10:00:26.237-07:00"He's Alive"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I'm glad Aunt Patty spent $85 on her new Easter hat. I even like Mr Bob's new pastel blazer he got for $45. The little girls plastered in soft yellows and the little boys with bright plaid pants. It's tough to compete with Easter attire.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But I did.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzggq31SKz8xuAzRm-1bceG3-8XLeTKFnsDtcA_zMbcDfEpFVyYTCe_YBUvrDQPxTQK69FZSTfxTNXLM5PM9tqjKdAYSJTnrX-UX67HkeaKdLYSSP-HCqgUNVSU65uR2UV4AiWO2mzwb_k/s400/0404000802.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456327973835764162" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">[the inverted text reads "He's Alive"]</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There are louder and happier ways to say He has killed death and lives forever, but not many :)</span></span></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-42279223912728757962010-04-03T15:38:00.000-07:002010-04-03T15:40:03.012-07:00were you there when they rolled the stone away?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; "><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fmBqIlXUo2A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fmBqIlXUo2A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-30487178019391277972010-04-03T15:12:00.001-07:002010-04-03T15:16:42.000-07:00Saturday Before New Creation<span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On the day after Good Friday and before Resurrection Sunday, Scott Clark </span></span><a href="http://heidelblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/saturday-and-the-silence-of-the-lamb/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">writes</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">,</span></span></span></span><div><span><span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, God is, as it were, silent but he is not asleep. The tomb is ugly, but it is also </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sanctus</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Today is the in-between time. The first act is finished but the curtain, though torn, is not closed.</span></span></blockquote></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(64, 70, 75); line-height: 18px; font-family:Georgia, 'Trebuchet MS', serif;font-size:14px;"></span></div></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-39900331092694247922010-03-17T15:50:00.001-07:002010-03-17T15:51:10.874-07:00ready for spring break<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaGQnHThdiN4msX2tUzSXLV9ri6v01qPh33_7w51KAOJUgknqhAHr_Umo1xgBE9nyv_D8s-YjjQhrVdsfFHowNHd7qO26HN3sOCEdNp2I-fTm8grL3mLEcJ-_0Mfh2AR1jqNu3BXtiAq6/s1600-h/0317101710_0001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaGQnHThdiN4msX2tUzSXLV9ri6v01qPh33_7w51KAOJUgknqhAHr_Umo1xgBE9nyv_D8s-YjjQhrVdsfFHowNHd7qO26HN3sOCEdNp2I-fTm8grL3mLEcJ-_0Mfh2AR1jqNu3BXtiAq6/s400/0317101710_0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449739088255850754" /></a>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-18864531365946707182010-03-15T18:31:00.000-07:002010-03-15T18:32:40.008-07:002004 Sara, helping Anna for an art project.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6A-V1H4cMVzvefTOrNOn-6az_3GKfL2wtYtllIYRUes5oT0kGUaggz2zadrhplBAWwqTiuS52b-crH76h8wJLWqjtsZMlJkR2eSadzvq82W1NqxGMTOLA1KBzceN_jKfCYdfNJ4rBYkh/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6A-V1H4cMVzvefTOrNOn-6az_3GKfL2wtYtllIYRUes5oT0kGUaggz2zadrhplBAWwqTiuS52b-crH76h8wJLWqjtsZMlJkR2eSadzvq82W1NqxGMTOLA1KBzceN_jKfCYdfNJ4rBYkh/s400/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449038522514099426" /></a>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-63031248130697059882010-03-10T17:17:00.000-08:002010-03-10T17:20:01.107-08:00ready for spring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-xc_YIkxQm66lxQWtmq3GpqGtwupuNGk195Tc5dG8xXTR6EP1QVfYVx_WM6JoPMQXXoW44D_ghmkajztqGau60CbPni9YKaxzHN7nTZecU3EegvoM58G-wI23yoB2FsNZuwKrDGohZLu/s1600-h/0308001714.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-xc_YIkxQm66lxQWtmq3GpqGtwupuNGk195Tc5dG8xXTR6EP1QVfYVx_WM6JoPMQXXoW44D_ghmkajztqGau60CbPni9YKaxzHN7nTZecU3EegvoM58G-wI23yoB2FsNZuwKrDGohZLu/s400/0308001714.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447179843822319538" /></a>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-83350575831473632422010-03-10T11:21:00.000-08:002010-03-10T11:32:16.349-08:00Resurrection<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">John Updike:<br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Make no mistake: if he rose at all it was as His body; if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fail. Let us not mock God with metaphor, analogy, sidestepping transcendence; making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the faded credulity of earlier ages; let us walk through the door.</span></blockquote>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-81768358417487230032010-03-10T11:02:00.000-08:002010-03-10T11:20:51.773-08:00DEAR EPHESUS, WALK iN HiM<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Every time I give myself to the book of Ephesians, I'm always floored. Whether it's how bold and blatant grace is in chs 1-2 or how imperative and precise godly living is in chs 4-6, I'm consistently awed by everything in Ephesians. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">One of Paul's main themes is that the Ephesian Christians must <strong>walk</strong>. This is is the word Paul uses to talk about what their lives should look like [2.1, 2.10, 4.1, 4.17, 5.8, and 5.15]. Most of these exhortations to <strong>walk </strong>come in the second half of Ephesians. One of the predominant ideas in the first part of Ephesians is that we are "in Christ" [esp see 1.3-14]. I sense that these two themes are meant to be understood in relationship to each other. Meaning, all of Paul's "in Him" language sets up the <strong>walking</strong> he encourages them to later. The "in Him" is the relational sphere in which the <strong>walking</strong> must take place.</span></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-16640250377441674422010-03-05T15:35:00.000-08:002010-03-05T15:37:30.906-08:00The Bible is Rated "R"<a href="http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-bible-rated-r#more-5733"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-17834211772309065932010-03-04T15:29:00.000-08:002010-03-05T03:14:33.565-08:00if you don't enjoy this, we probably can't be friendsOr <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&feature=player_embedded">here</a>.<div><br /><div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></span></div></div></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-84526022472797516422010-03-03T17:54:00.000-08:002010-03-03T17:57:18.642-08:00HUMiLiTY<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; color:#41464b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/003-preaching-as-though-we-had-enemies--9"></a></span></span></p><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></span><span><span><a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/003-preaching-as-though-we-had-enemies--9">From</a> Stanley Hauerwas:</span></span><div><span><span><blockquote>Humility derives not from the presumption that no one knows the truth, but rather is a virtue dependent on our confidence that God’s word is truthful and good.</blockquote></span></span></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-55276981061749406412010-03-03T17:36:00.000-08:002010-03-03T17:38:18.468-08:00JESUS iS iNEXHAUSTiBLE<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; color: #333233"></p><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Charles Haddon Spurgeon:</span></span></span></span><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span></span></span></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Brethren, there is an abiding fullness of truth in Christ. After you have heard it for fifty years, you see more of its fullness than you did at first. Other truths weary the ear. I will defy any man to hold together a large congregation, year after year, with any other subject but Christ Jesus. He might do it for a time; he might charm the ear with the discoveries of science, or with the beauties of poetry, and his oratory might be of so high an order that he might attract the multitudes who have itching ears, but they would in time turn away and say, “This is no longer to be endured. We know it all.”</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All music becomes wearisome but that of heaven; but oh! if the minstrel doth but strike this celestial harp, though he keepeth his fingers always among its golden strings, and be but poor and unskilled upon an instrument so divine, yet the melody of Jesus’ name, and the sweet harmony of all his acts and attributes, will hold his listeners by the ears and thrill their hearts as nought beside can do. The theme of Jesus’ love is inexhaustible, though preachers may have dwelt upon it century after century, a freshness and fullness still remain.</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span><span></span></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; color: #333233"></p></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-65508638897269131112010-03-03T17:12:00.000-08:002010-03-03T17:13:19.846-08:00Tom Wright to the next generation of ministers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lluSgq8sK3E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lluSgq8sK3E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-86774799024070346602010-03-03T16:48:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:58:12.717-08:00crawling and caffeinated<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDenKTayK5GJLO_X2ImMCzNsUfB6ED5xCUbA3PAbfczM6LIzfnn5etnp323G1ydvLqjMVyeza-Nmvx-KwD41aqiFAnY2hvC9cgTVBhhkYMtrnquc0_r3KwYar3mH0_GUNDsCx6qTQPPnTS/s1600-h/IMG_2946.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDenKTayK5GJLO_X2ImMCzNsUfB6ED5xCUbA3PAbfczM6LIzfnn5etnp323G1ydvLqjMVyeza-Nmvx-KwD41aqiFAnY2hvC9cgTVBhhkYMtrnquc0_r3KwYar3mH0_GUNDsCx6qTQPPnTS/s400/IMG_2946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444574999422224306" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDenKTayK5GJLO_X2ImMCzNsUfB6ED5xCUbA3PAbfczM6LIzfnn5etnp323G1ydvLqjMVyeza-Nmvx-KwD41aqiFAnY2hvC9cgTVBhhkYMtrnquc0_r3KwYar3mH0_GUNDsCx6qTQPPnTS/s1600-h/IMG_2946.JPG"></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2S-bjT7cX5lSTi2wxYhjpB_vQy3s91ujAiSGHdt9l3uCNCMUjESs9ObHNOj72SWp9YG-6Nnr76RwxKVNTPyKBgXd0uzLQguhV8E7UTdf7pDmqhpIr-MuRtpVAyxVJ3zoKISxC3ApFrKh/s400/0213001556.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444575735763009890" /></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-8910241000377863092010-03-03T16:15:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:22:54.206-08:00Tom Wright on the use of the Bible in the Church<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.facingthechallenge.org/audio/biblefresh_durham_ntw.mp3">Here</a></span></span>.jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-82890688437390046462010-03-03T16:04:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:08:39.005-08:002 Cor 13.11<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Brothers,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Rejoice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Be made complete.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Be comforted.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Be like-minded.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Live at peace.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The God of love and peace will be with you.</span></span></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-46150991404944140012010-03-03T16:01:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:03:01.679-08:00the reason i love my wife<a href="http://sarajoanna.blogspot.com/2010/03/forgotten-god.html">Here</a>.jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-4469300056849613932010-02-23T13:58:00.000-08:002010-02-23T14:01:39.206-08:00Brian "Head" Welch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My class enjoyed this today. It also provoked some interesting and good discussion.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kf5WYigZHME&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kf5WYigZHME&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></span></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-36704736824765235432010-02-18T08:36:00.000-08:002010-02-18T19:50:45.790-08:00classic Brian McLarenBrian McLaren has a new book, "A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith." Out of these 10 issues, there are 5 or 6 that must be discussed with biblical sensitivity and freshness. However, it doesn't appear as though he accomplishes that.<br /><br /><a href="http://seguewm.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/new-kind-of-christianity.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://seguewm.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/new-kind-of-christianity.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />His 10 questions are:<br /><div><ol><li><strong>The narrative question: What is the overarching story line of the Bible?</strong> For McLaren, the familiar story line of creation, fall, redemption, consummation (with heaven and hell as a result) is a grotesque Greco-Roman distortion of the biblical narrative. God the creator, liberator, reconciler is the real story line.</li><br /><li><strong>The authority question: How should the Bible be understood?</strong> Not as a constitution, argues McLaren, with laws and rules and arguments about who’s right and wrong. Rather, we go to the Bible as a community library, where internal consistency is not presumed and we learn by conversation.</li><br /><li><strong>The God question: Is God violent?</strong> Believers used to think so, but we ought to grow in maturity from fearing a violent tribal God to partnering with a Christlike God.</li><br /><li><strong>The Jesus question: Who is Jesus and why is he important?</strong> Jesus is never violent and does not condemn. He did not come to save people from hell. Jesus, says McLaren, is peace-loving and identifies with the weak and oppressed.</li><br /><li><strong>The gospel question: What is the gospel?</strong> It is not a message about how to get saved. The gospel is the announcement of a “new kingdom, a new way of life, and a new way of peace that carried good news to all people of every religion” (139).</li><br /><li><strong>The church question: What do we do about the church?</strong> Churches—in whatever form and whatever we call them—exist to form people of Christlike love. This is the church’s primary calling, to form people who live in the way of love, the way of peacemaking.</li><br /><li><strong>The sex question: Can we find a way to address human sexuality without fighting about it?</strong> We need to stop hating gay people and welcome them fully into the life of the church. The “sexually other” may be defective in traditional religion, but they are loved and included in a new kind of Christianity.</li><br /><li><strong>The future question: Can we find a better way of viewing the future? </strong>No more “soul-sort” universe where our team goes to heaven and the bad guys go to hell. The future is open, inviting our participation. In the end, God’s mercy will triumph and all shall be well.</li><br /><li><strong>The pluralism question: How should followers of Jesus relate to people of other religions?</strong> “Christianity has a nauseating, infuriating, depressing record when it comes to encountering people of other religions” (208). There is not us/them, insider/outsider. Jesus accepted everyone and so should we.</li><br /><li><strong>The what-do-we-do-now question: How can we translate our quest into action? </strong>The human quest for God has known many stages. Those in the more mature stages of the quest should gently invite others to grow into fuller maturity, but without being divisive. </li></ol><p>Kevin DeYoung has an excellent, healthy, and clear response. <a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/files/2010/02/Christianity-and-McLarenism.pdf">Here</a>.</p></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-52957770352190256082010-02-18T04:12:00.001-08:002010-02-18T04:28:31.989-08:00you can't not post pictures of the only SC snow all year<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Getting ready.<br /><br /></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdfXUowZgQai5yYngdqYipDOq2nU4lYJELLSPCyjyRiX98q1nRwJ_IBQA1-0D_Gzt4K2VX6tcpZcubZaODk5RUiYu2cysPAFx8pZx9fQkO92DjeCoRF5Zx09FmTx_ox9ypXUBW81NH7Z8/s1600-h/IMG_2870.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdfXUowZgQai5yYngdqYipDOq2nU4lYJELLSPCyjyRiX98q1nRwJ_IBQA1-0D_Gzt4K2VX6tcpZcubZaODk5RUiYu2cysPAFx8pZx9fQkO92DjeCoRF5Zx09FmTx_ox9ypXUBW81NH7Z8/s400/IMG_2870.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439557809148593586" /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My pretty lady.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdfXUowZgQai5yYngdqYipDOq2nU4lYJELLSPCyjyRiX98q1nRwJ_IBQA1-0D_Gzt4K2VX6tcpZcubZaODk5RUiYu2cysPAFx8pZx9fQkO92DjeCoRF5Zx09FmTx_ox9ypXUBW81NH7Z8/s1600-h/IMG_2870.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFVbfjMsYU1aIFFqPK4vws8nGplHdrlIwo0FM_-O_9Qx_pXK_6zw7Mcgl5QemJx626_1pqi-BB_6LsJs1H0243skJEEh58X_e9u04JKnJV_2p_1wIMii6ktc1Lc8Iia6GqPFjIzHOdq7R/s400/IMG_2881.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439558273628339266" /><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvvPiMU-3rANheCHRyOINMG4mgt1BTPx5USFytxyC5OW9Oet4v1YLumbA9RMrsMrnLcNuG2gcoFW_8Fusd-KeEyq8Q0cyHAyQgtsznWudOYwdNXuwNEE6MlcZdJz_RFfVMpaXGVmuXPd8/s1600-h/IMG_2879.JPG"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The mighty James, braving the cold.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvvPiMU-3rANheCHRyOINMG4mgt1BTPx5USFytxyC5OW9Oet4v1YLumbA9RMrsMrnLcNuG2gcoFW_8Fusd-KeEyq8Q0cyHAyQgtsznWudOYwdNXuwNEE6MlcZdJz_RFfVMpaXGVmuXPd8/s1600-h/IMG_2879.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvvPiMU-3rANheCHRyOINMG4mgt1BTPx5USFytxyC5OW9Oet4v1YLumbA9RMrsMrnLcNuG2gcoFW_8Fusd-KeEyq8Q0cyHAyQgtsznWudOYwdNXuwNEE6MlcZdJz_RFfVMpaXGVmuXPd8/s400/IMG_2879.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439557444360593938" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNJn5emOMAT28ZkbnZxa3GgyNemxgdrCDb8HcC_KgpD6ooYMuGt2O45bhchJrYi3drqywMLUN2e5lyUSzBv2JY-3MDaiG-vYhvAmKpIty904a6Y8SJocVIYD55Mr3mjIWXrObMy8AUoG_/s1600-h/IMG_2902.JPG"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The youngest family in Dalewood.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNJn5emOMAT28ZkbnZxa3GgyNemxgdrCDb8HcC_KgpD6ooYMuGt2O45bhchJrYi3drqywMLUN2e5lyUSzBv2JY-3MDaiG-vYhvAmKpIty904a6Y8SJocVIYD55Mr3mjIWXrObMy8AUoG_/s1600-h/IMG_2902.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNJn5emOMAT28ZkbnZxa3GgyNemxgdrCDb8HcC_KgpD6ooYMuGt2O45bhchJrYi3drqywMLUN2e5lyUSzBv2JY-3MDaiG-vYhvAmKpIty904a6Y8SJocVIYD55Mr3mjIWXrObMy8AUoG_/s400/IMG_2902.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439557146684825490" /></span></span></a><br /></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-47140733111068523932010-02-18T04:04:00.001-08:002010-02-18T04:10:05.478-08:00the day i felt like the coolest teacher in the world<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Sara and I were making the journey to Columbia on Tuesday about lunch. Mr James was sleeping soundly in the back. My phone buzzes and the text was from one of my Honors Systematic Theology students who was making a college visit. It said,</span></span><div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I'm at CIU and just sat in a Romans class. The prof was trying to explain Greek stuff and I already knew all of it, even the vocab!</span></span></blockquote></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Call it nerdy. Call it prideful. I call it pure delight in my soul :)</span></span></div>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-20112689407101560282010-02-16T16:29:00.000-08:002010-02-16T16:30:51.805-08:00Longing for His appearing. And singing about it.<a href="http://www.worshipmatters.com/2010/01/21/longing-for-his-appearing-and-singing-about-it/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689412046962481205.post-62951023562359903922010-02-16T15:32:00.001-08:002010-02-16T15:33:43.434-08:00Gory Romance<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Valentine's Day 2010 with my lovely Sara. Her </span></span><a href="http://sarajoanna.blogspot.com/2010/02/gory-romance.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">report</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> :)</span></span>jim thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.com1