“If Obama gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican. Dang. Lord have mercy, I wish that man were a conservative. Because there's no doubt in my mind about what he can accomplish for liberalism if he's elected. You've heard of Reagan Democrats? Barack Obama is the Democrats' Reagan.” (Rod Dreher)
Thabiti Anyabwile was interviewed on the Albert Mohler program last Monday in celebration of MLK Day. Thabiti now pastors my former church, the First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman. They discussed his newest book, The Decline of African American Theology. Here's the link to mp3 download of the interview.
Here’s the story on the Texas Rangers’ new centerfielder, Joshua Holt Hamilton, returning to the majors after turning over to Christ a 4-year battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
“Gentle Jesus, meek and mild?” Jesus talked tough at times.
I’m a GTD fan (though far from a disciple), so it was interesting to read how Austinites are using GTD to streamline and simplify their lives (Statesman story).
The Ultimate Student Resource List: some good stuff here, for non-students as well as college students.
“[In public radio] Episcopalians and Unitarians and other tame Christians whose creed is the Washington Post Style section ring no alarm bells. If your religion strikes an NPR reporter as a harmless idiosyncratic hobby along the lines of doing macrame or collecting tin-can labels, you’re safe. It’s the serious Christians who make their hackles rise.” (An anonymous public radio employee quoted by Terry Mattingly.)
“I'm a big fan of hell. It was better than a good idea; it's a glorious one, the only right choice for eternity. Any eternity without hell would be less of an eternity. If I, personally, could change eternity, and had the choice to do away with hell, I wouldn't; not for a second. Why am I a big fan of hell? Because I'm a big fan of a supremely wise Being who I believe actually knows what He's doing. Further, I am convinced that He is able to see things I can't, that He brought an understanding to His creative process that I lack. Since God designed an eternity with hell in it, there can be no better eternity. To say that I'd do without hell is to suggest that I could do a better job fashioning an eternity than God can.” (Gary Thomas, from his latest Boundless article)
“Mainstream reporters have been asking the Republicans all kinds of God-language questions, while the Democrats have been using just as much, if not more, faith language and no one is asking picky questions about it. And, to make matters worse, the pollsters are not exploring the impact of religion on the voting patterns on that side of the aisle. So we know all about Mike Huckabee’s evangelical army, but nothing about how pew factors are affecting the Obama-Clinton showdown.” (Terry Mattingly at GetReligion)
“And the Award Goes . . . to Arty Nihilism.” In National Review, Thomas Hibbs, a Baylor University distinguished professor, reviews the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. And the films they missed.
“When you mix religion and politics, you usually just end up with politics.” A good line from one pastor quoted in a report from NOW, a PBS program that recently featured the changing role of faith in politics. Watch the program here.
Have you read the previous posts since last Tuesday? They include the “Song of the Week“ (this week, my sons Michael and Stephen are featured in a little instrumental jam session), a senior adult choir sings Coldplay’s “Fix You,” how to handle criticism as a leader, a quick take on Chuck Colson’s new book, and why believers evangelize.
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