Archive for October, 2006
My Media Diet
Books
Just finished A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe. I’d never read anything by Wolfe until this. What a terrific book! My travel companion in Siberia this summer was reading it and he recommended it. Sort of a modern Charles Dickens. Many richly drawn characters whose story lines overlap and [...]
"Open Seaon on Beauty" by FMG
I always enjoy reading Frederica Mathewes-Green. Her movie reviews, in particular, are always engaging. Read here to see what she thought of Open Season.
It touches upon the question of the coarsening of American culture. In my view, Americans are increasingly base and trashy. Pop culture is largely to blame. But [...]
Shameless Self-Promotion
I posted the text for the chapel homily I preached on Monday. I may as well give you the link at the seminary website where you can listen to it. Go here and click on Monday. It’ll probably only be there for the rest of this week.
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Oh So Serious…
Last Friday night, there was a family fest here at the seminary. Beer and brats and apple pie. The guy in the background is holding a scoop and standing in front of a bucket of ice cream. We showed Lion, Witch and Wardrobe.
The strapping young lad you see here is my [...]
Seminary Chapel Homily
Seminary Chapel HomilyOctober 9, 2006Text: Hebrews 11:8-16
There is a scene in The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, part of The Chronicles of Narnia, where three of the characters face a dilemma. They’d been given a set of commands to follow from Aslan the Lion, Lewis’s Christ-figure. But there is one moment when [...]
Potpourri
Some pretty interesting information about the Australian Lutheran Church’s recent debate over women’s ordination. See here.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary discusses Holy Trinity and gender roles. Here.
A nice memorial for Professor Kurt Marquart. Here.
On a personal note, yesterday CTS had Lutherfest. I think there were 300-400 guests who enjoyed good brats and [...]
Strange Work of God
In Lutheran theology, we speak of God’s strange work (or alien work) and his proper work. His strange work refers to God’s work of wrath and condemnation. His proper work – or that which most clearly reveals His character – is when He creates and pardons.
This manner of speaking can be seen in [...]
Here’s a Thought
Thesis: A man who is uncertain of his identity will focus on his image.
Discuss.
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