Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. The search for the historical Adam
2. CT’s editorial on Adam, Eve, and the Gospel
3. A response to CT’s article and editorial on Adam and Eve
4. The Bible and Evolution
5. A critique of gender language in the NIV
6. A defense of baptism
7. The trouble with litmus tests
8. Surprised by addiction
9. Positioning your church
10. Implementing change in a small church
11. Responses to spiritual confusion
12. Praying for silliness
13. What to do while you’re waiting
14. On ranking charities by administrative expense
15. Pilgrim’s Progress for children
16. A review of “The Tree of Life”
17. A review of “Go the F*** to Sleep”
18. Is adoption a trend or trendy?
19. Are kids normal or inferior goods?
20. Life habits to improve your writing
21. The “Blue Like Jazz” teaser trailer
22. How to open a door for a woman

"It's a God Fit" by David Hayward

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. Does your church prioritize the individual or the organization
2. Guarding your marriage, or dissing women?
3. A video  interview with Rachel Held Evans regarding her womanhood project
4. Gracenomics small group material (WARNING: autoplay video on page)
5. Ethical lessons from the Challenger explosion
6. A review of “Story, Signs, and Sacred Rhythms: A Narrative Approach to Youth Ministry”
7. Arguments against reading scripture in context
8. The eloquence of the King James Version
9. The value of obsolescence
10. How to ditch your cell phone
11. The problem with positional leadership
12. Ways leaders can build trust
13. Reasons to commit your goals to writing
14. Don’t believe your momentum
15. Do for one what you wish you could do for all

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. In search of a better conversation about womanhood: part 1 and part 2
2. Thoughts on the role of mothers
3. John Piper’s thoughts on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment
4. John Piper interviews Rick Warren
5. Is Mark Driscoll a fundamentalist?
6. Did you learn everything you know about other religions from Christians?
7. On forgiving your enemies
8. Faith, doubt, and the introverted church
9. Embrace your crazy
10. Did Peter and Paul read each other’s letters?
11. The shallow small group Bible study
12. A review of “Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia”
13. Current reading suggestions
14. How to self-publish
15. Skirting and washing a fleece
16. Building a rabbit hutch
17. The “Empathy Gap” and torture policy
18. Does regulation contribute to economic stagnation?
19. Why the newest GDP data is worse than it looks
20. Google’s new correlation tool

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*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. Praying for Osama bin Laden
2. “welcoming to Christocentrics/others?”
3. A report on the Coptic Christians of Egypt
4. No matter what you do, it matters
5. Differences in the brains of men and women and conservatives and liberals
6. Did Jesus really call his disciples “children”?
7. Why Christians need contracts
8. Bad church hires
9. Are churches passive-aggressive?
10. A review of “The Unlikely Disciple”
11. On sexual fidelity and brand loyalty
12. The neuroscience behind sexual desire
13. Why is sex so important to you?
14. Do musicians have better brains?
15. Are we becoming a country without libraries?
16. Arguments against home-ownership
17. How to pick between two paths
18. Does this spring mark the end of a baseball era?

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. Do liberal theologians feel more at home with God?
2. Are you infested with questions?
3. You did not form your theology in isolation
4. What “Love Wins” tells us about Christians
5. What incentive does a media mogul have to promote the end of the world?
6. Is the Old Testament God a moral monster?
7. Calvinism and women in ministry
8. A Mother’s Day post-mortem by Church Marketing Sucks
9. How to date your children
10. Dispensing second chances
11. A review of “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure”
12. Why the crackdown on internet poker is a mistake
13. The price of gas is near its historical average
14. Vader says: “Obi-Wan Kenobi is dead” (WARNING: this is satire)

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. For those grieving on Monther’s Day
2. The President’s mother
3. Confessions of a breadwinner wife
4. Fifteen reasons to tell your child, “I love you”
5. Why pray?
6. The Body of Christ
7. On being inclusive and excluded
8. When people destroy young pastors
9. A Christian guide to not being a jerk on the internet
10. When religions get along
11. Paul on universalism
12. NT Wright and Rowan Williams criticize the killing of Osama bin Laden
13. John Hagee’s son rejoices at Osama bin Laden’s death
14. The bare life of Osama bin Laden
15. What our enemy brought out in us
16. How should I react to the death of Osama bin Laden
17. A review of “Waiting for Superman”
18. A review of “Keep Your Greek”
19. A review of “The Wilder Life”
20. Find your passion in three steps
21. Seventeen reasons to ignore everybody and follow your dreams

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

It was great taking a break from the blogosphere during Lent; but, I sure am glad to be back. I missed staying informed. Anyway…

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

1. Did Jesus “descend into hell”?
2. “Rules of Engagement” for discussing the Bible
3. Bible Gateway now has a free Greek text (SBL) online
4. Were the Israelites actually in Egypt?
5. A Czech film in defense of substitutionary atonement
6. Rob Bell on resurrection
7. A review of “Love Wins”
8. A criticism of “evangelical universalism”
9. Rowan Williams responds to a six year olds’ letter
10. What if Starbucks marketed like the church
11. Does more contraception result in more unplanned pregnancies?
12. The Three-Way Marriage: a manifesto for Christian lovers
13. What to say to a friend having an affair
14. A review of (and some musings on) “The Book of Mormon”
15. Steps to spark creativity
16. The relationship between intuition, contemplation, and imagination
17. A team takes talent, ethic, and hunger
18. A cupboardless kitchen

A fascinating pseudo-documentary on faith healing

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of, or agreement with, the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

For Lent I gave up blogs and Facebook; I am spending the free time focusing on prayer, Bible, study and family. The regular weekly meanderings will return after Easter. In the meantime, here’s something I came across this week…

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Last weekend a blog post by Justin Taylor, and tweet by John Piper, began a long discussion about Rob Bell’s upcoming book “Love Wins” (scheduled for release on March 15). Below is a compilation of the various threads of the discussion that have occurred over the last week.

The original article by Justin Taylor

CNN’s coverage of Justin Taylor’s article

An overview and initial thoughts by Jason Boyett

Initial thoughts by Rachel Held Evans

Kevin DeYoung’s reasoning as to why Matthew 18 does not apply to Rob Bell

Matthew Paul Turner – “How to survive Rob Bell’s new book release?”

An argument that love does indeed win

Al Mohler on Rob Bell and the assumed content of his book

Jim Hamilton asserts hell glorifies God and Bell is trying to rob God of glory

Scot McKnight writes that the book should actually be read before it is reviewed

Ben Witherington promotes waiting for Bell’s book, and condemns Piper’s condemnation

Mark Galli (Christianity Today) reviews Christian views on heaven and hell

Orthodoxy vs. Heresy: a power game

Stephen Lamb writes about what Rob Bell has said and written in the past

The New York Times sums it all up

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

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*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of or agreement with the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

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*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of or agreement with the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of or agreement with the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

Here’s some stuff I came across this week*…

Have a great weekend!

*inclusion of items on this list does not necessarily suggest my approval of or agreement with the linked material. I just think they add to the conversation.

I am going to take this opportunity to give my quarterly reminder that I do not necessarily approve of or agree with anything I post in the meandering. these are just things I think add to the conversation. That said, here’s some stuff I came across this week…

This is how you distract a free-throw shooter:

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Jake Shimabukuro plays “Bohemian Rhapsody” on ukulele:

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