Monthly Archives: November 2006

Bible Babel

November 30th, 2006

Growing up in the American Lutheran Church, you had one version of the Bible: the Revised Standard Version (RSV). When our pastor read from the pulpit, the RSV sang to me. Later, kids in the ALC got exposed to The Good News Version (AKA Today's English Version—TEV). But that came after my confirmation, so for [...]

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Tagged Babel, Bible, Bible Translations, ESV, GNB, ICV, KJV, NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, Phillips, RSV, TEV, The Message

How to Think Like a Follower of Christ

November 28th, 2006

In the last week, controversy flared around the recent prank pulled by a Minneapolis/St. Paul radio station. Michael Spencer, the iMonk, alerted me to this, and other blogs have pounced on the story. In short, the radio station offered a Playstation 3 to parents who would drop off their baby at the station for the [...]

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Posted in Benevolence • Best of Cerulean Sanctum • Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Discernment • Dying to Self • Evangelism • Faith • Godly Character • Hospitality • Humility • In the News • Judgmentalism • Love • Maturity • Relevance • Simplicity

Tagged Benevolence, Boldness, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Counterculture, Discernment, Dying to Self, Evangelism, Faith, Godly Character, Hospitality, Humility, iMonk, In the News, Judgmentalism, KDWB, Lost, Love, Maturity, Moralism, Playstation 3, Poor, Prank, PS3, Relevance, Simplicity

“Are We Really Being Used to Change People?”

November 27th, 2006

Are we really being used to change people? —Billy Graham (Christianity Today Online, "A Greater Vision," 10/24/06) Billy Graham, modern Evangelicalism's elder statesman, poses a legitimate question. Since that article debuted a month ago, the question's tugged at my heart. We talk about the Kingdom of God a lot in Evangelical circles, but sometimes I [...]

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Posted in Benevolence • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Dying to Self • Evangelism • Godly Character • Hospitality • Love • Relevance

Tagged Benevolence, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Counterculture, Dying to Self, Evangelism, Godly Character, Hospitality, Love, Relevance