Archive for April, 2007
Jesus’ Tomb People Backtrack
I am continually dumbfounded by how gullible people are when it comes to anti-Christian hype. Anyone who bothered to do five minutes of research could have debunked that ridiculous “Jesus’ Tomb” business from James Cameron recently. But we don’t want the facts to interfere with our Christian-bashing.
Not surprisingly, now many of the [...]
Favorite Dystopia
I’m curious. What is your favorite dystopic vision of the future in books, television or film? Why? Here are some that come to mind.
Brave New WorldEscape from New YorkBuck RogersTerminator1984Children of MenMinority ReportSoylent Green
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"For the Joy Set Before Him…"
We never stop looking at the cross, but sometime you have to look beyond the cross to see the empty tomb. A couple of years ago, I took a little survey after church one Sunday asking my congregation’s opinions about the movie about the Passion of the Christ. And one person wrote this comment: [...]
Holy Saturday
Perhaps my favorite service of the liturgical year is the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. It is a powerful bridge from the grief of Good Friday to the joy of Easter. The service begins in darkness and gradually transforms into the brilliant light of the resurrection. There are so many things going [...]
Tre Ore
Our church, together with a couple of neighboring Lutheran congregations, held a Tre Ore (“three hour”) service today.
Why a church service three hours long? It is a custom to wait with Jesus from noon til three on Good Friday because it was during those hours that darkness covered the earth while Jesus hung [...]
Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross?
If you went outside and conducted a poll asking the man on the street this question: “Why did Jesus die on the cross,” what kinds of responses do you think you’d receive?
I think some people would say He died on the cross because one of His followers betrayed Him and the Jews and Romans conspired [...]
Well Calibrated Ignorance in UK School
This is almost so outrageous, I’m tempted to think it’s a jest. It seems that some British schools are starting to drop certain topics from their history curriculum for fear of offending the Muslim children. Which topics, you ask? Namely the Holocaust and the Crusades.
The reason, according to the Daily Mail, is [...]
