Gospel Musical Channel: Uplifting Entertainment
Have you seen the Gospel Musical Channel yet? No! Well, go check out the promotional video! The Gospel Music Channel’s Mission is to inspire, uplift and entertain through music. The vision is to be the most popular and valued gospel music television brand across America and around the world. The Channel wants to make a positive impact on our world by spreading the positive message of Christian music and extending help to those in need. The site blurb itself says this: Introducing Gospel Music Channel – the first 24-hour, all music entertainment network devoted to the uplifting, inspiring and diverse music that is Gospel. From the soulful sounds of artists like CeCe Winans, to the country gospel roots of Johnny Cash and Randy Travis, to the contemporary Christian music stylings of Kirk Franklin and Jars of Clay – Gospel Music Channel celebrates music that has a deep, spiritual place in people’s lives. It embraces an audience that crosses cultures and captures generations delivering a fan base so large and passionate it deserves its own network.
Barsoum: The Great Pyramids and Concrete
Michel W. Barsoum, a professor of materials engineering at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, is advancing the idea that the Great Pyramids of Giza are made out of more than just cut natural limestone (which mystified us all as to how exactly they hoisted cut limestone way up there high on the pyramid structure). How did those ancients do it? Barsoum thinks they used concrete to make concrete blocks. “They used concrete blocks,” he said, according to the NY TIMES, “on the outer and inner casings and probably on the upper levels, where it would have been difficult to hoist carved stone.”
Series: The Five Propositions of Religious Liberalism
The following statements are quick but very accurate summarizations of five basic theological propositions of religious and/or Christian liberalism (The topic was discussed in a seminary class re: Christianity in America. The points are taken from a class hand-out on the subject). I will be dedicating the next few major posts to each of these five points, individually and chronologically. I will be doing so in a dedicated attempt to not only illustrate the sufficiency of Biblical Christianity, Orthodox/Classical Christian Doctrine, and, of course, Jesus Christ (in contrast to the utter insufficiency of Liberal and/or Christian Liberalism), but also to really flush out the seriously weak presuppositions, assumptions and biases inherent to each point. Read More »
A Biblical Guideline for Ministerial Aspirants
1 Timothy 3:4-5 is a very important piece of New Testament confirmation re: ministerial preparedness that is often overlooked today. 1 Timothy says, re: aspirants to the ministry: He must manage (proistamenon) his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way; for if a man does not know how to manage (prostenai) his own household, how can he care for God’s church?
Social Truth: Christian Coalition President Resigns
My first editorial has been published over at Social Truth Dot Com. This week’s topic is: Christian Coalition President Resigns. My Think Piece is titled: The Christian Coalition: Not My Son’s Evangelicalism. Swing by and give the other editorials a read and leave your thoughts too!
New Line Cinema’s The Nativity Story
New Line Cinema’s The Nativity Story hits theaters this Friday, December 1st. The film looks absolutely incredible, if the promotional clips are any indication. Here is all the recommendation that I need: “… The Nativity Story is biblically accurate, historically authentic, and visually stunning. Written with heart … it’s destined to become a beloved Christmas classic,” said Anne Graham Lotz, founder of AnGeL Ministries and daughter of evangelist Billy Graham. A movie about Christ at Christmas! Oh the scandal! I wonder if ‘they’ will picket and protest it as too Christian? God, I hope not.
Contributing Editorials at Social Truth Dot Com
I do consider it a deep joy and great honor to join Matt, Zach and Andy as a contributing writer over at the freshly formatted Social Truth Dot Com. I was pleased and seriously humbled by Matt Kitchen’s invitation to join the group as a “Think Piece” Editorialist. “Think Pieces” is a fantastic idea with loads and loads of edifying potential. I am very, very excited to get started on my first offering (it should be published by Friday, December 1st). I also look forward to reading Matt, Zach and Andy’s editorials too! The whole Social Truth program sounds great fellows! Good work! I do look forward to getting to know each of you better as we team up and tackle some of the most pressing social issues of our day. Read More »
Why Are The ‘Enlightened’ So Conspicuously Up In Arms?
Richard A. Shweder: Atheists Agonistes: “A deeper and far more unsettling answer, however, is that the popularity of the current counterattack on religion cloaks a renewed and intense anxiety within secular society that it is not the story of religion but rather the story of the Enlightenment that may be more illusory than real … Science has not replaced religion; group loyalties have intensified, not eroded. The collapse of the cold war’s balance of power has not resulted in the end of collective faiths or a rush to democracy and individualism. In Iraq, the ‘West is best’ default (and its discourse about universal human rights) has provided a foundation for chaos … Even some children within the enclave are retreating from the Enlightenment in their quest for a spiritual revival; one discovers perfectly rational and devout Jews or Hindus in one’s own family, or living down the block. If religion is a delusion, it is a delusion with a future, which it may be hazardous for us to deny. A shared conception of the soul, the sacred and transcendental values may be a prerequisite for any viable society.” (Source: NYTIMES)
PETA Mistakenly Targets Alaska Church
