Flotsam and jetsam (11/9)
gotta love Arrested Development
Good Reads
- Gospel Centrality: A Warning and Recommendation: “Evangelicals are deeply essentialist. For a variety of historically conditioned reasons, we like to boil things down to their road-ready minimum and get on with life. As I’ve often heard it said, we tend to have two speeds, essential and unimportant.”
- Getting Inerrancy Wrong: “Sadly, though, it is becoming increasingly clear (again) that even some of those who believe in the inerrancy of Scripture have different interpretations of what inerrancy means.”
- Is There Hierarchy in the Trinity? Roger Olson weighs in on a contemporary debate. (Also check out part 2 of the series.)
- The Pen Is Mightier than the Phone: A Case for Writing Things Out: “Writing things down, with your actual hands, is just plain better at getting you to remember and execute good ideas. Here’s why.”
Other Info
- Deal of the Day: Aaron Armstrong is giving away a plethora of books. Seriously, go check it out. He’s got a great package of books to give away to three different winners.
- All of Church History in 5 Hours: Michael Patton has posted the mp3 files, handouts, and power points for a 5-hour overview of church history. Somebody check this out and let us know how they are.
- America’s View of Southern Baptists Studied: “The majority of Americans have a favorable impression of Southern Baptists, according to a recent LifeWay Research study. However, 40 percent of respondents have an unfavorable view of the denomination; more than a third strongly assume an SBC church is not for them; and the negativity is higher among the unchurched.”
Just for Fun
- Loved this “diary” from a day in the life of a cat and a dog. From the cat: “I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now.”
Posted on December 9, 2011, in Flotsam and jetsam. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
scientia et sapientia 
I love that you pawn the responsibility of checking Patton’s church history materials off on someone else! Is it typical of theologians to have others look into these things and give them the Cliff Notes version? 😉
Of course. You don’t think we do all that work ourselves!