Just in time for Christmas (or soon after, in this case), major media outlets are releasing documentaries and cover stories about Christianity and its origins. What better time to discuss Christian beginnings than the birth of Jesus Christ, right?
This week’s Link of the Week is Dr. Albert Mohler’s review of the recent CNN documentary, After [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Link of the Week-Mohler on Early Christianity
Posted in Culture, Theology on December 27, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Amazing Grace Movie Trailer
Posted in Church History, Culture on December 22, 2006 | No Comments »
A new movie about the life of William Wilberforce, who believed that his Christian faith obligated him to work for the abolition of slavery in Britain.
Link of the Week-Edwards @ Yale
Posted in Church History on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
I have decided to begin a weekly post series. Each Wednesday I will post a Link of the Week, consisting of the most helpful, interesting, or simply funniest site I have come across the web in the previous 168 hours.
The Link of the Week is…..The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. I came across this [...]
The Next Step
Posted in Personal on December 19, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Against my overarching intent for this blog, I have decided to use this post as a life update. Perhaps this is a brief form of the classic Christmas letter for Janel & me. I promise that it will be brief.
I have now finished my fifth semester at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and have been wrestling [...]
Gay and Evangelical?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2006 | 3 Comments »
In this morning’s issue of The New York Times, Neela Banerjee reports a story which literally hits close to home when it tells the tale of a young evangelical man in Raleigh, NC. Peculiarly enough, this man is also openly gay. Her article in full can be read here.
The subject of the story, Justin [...]
Attention Nerds: My New Favorite Link
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2006 | No Comments »
While writing a paper today, I stumbled across a fantastic website for those who wish to imbibe on intellectual trivia. The name of the site is AskOxford.com, and it is operated by Oxford University Press. Essentially it is a search engine of classic Oxford University Press reference works, such as the Oxford Concise English Dictionary. [...]
Thoughts on "The Nativity Story"
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2006 | No Comments »
In today’s issue of The New York Times, A.O. Scott remarks:
It’s best to think of “The Nativity Story” as a Hollywood version of the kind of Christmas production some of the “Peanuts” kids put on in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is not meant as a criticism. Quite the contrary.
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a [...]
