How American’s Spend their Money
Check out this interesting graph I found over at nytimes.com
The Way Christians Used to Live
For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. For they neither inhabit cities of their own, nor employ a peculiar form of speech, nor lead a life which is marked out by any singularity. The course of conduct which they follow has not been [...]
The Battery Life of Christian Cultural Influence
It will not take you very long to find some Christian speaking, or writing about the waining of American Christian culture. In fact I bet it would be hard to find a Christian who has not personally thought about subject or has heard it from a friend or relative. The body is filled with “rumors [...]
Baptists Ban Acts 29
David Krueger recently posted about the Missouri Baptist Convention’s recent ban on any of their churches working with or cooperating with the Acts 29 Network.
Here is the statement made by the MBC:
Effective Jan 1, The Acts29 Network is an organization which the MBC Exec Bd. Staff will not be working with, supporting, or endorsing in [...]
One of the Funniest Simpsons in Long Time
I haven’t seen a Simpsons that made me laugh this much in a long time.
Pittsburgh Schools Grant Scholarship to Graduating Seniors
The Pittsburgh Public School District is developing a massive scholarship program for all their High School graduates. The plan would give each student $5,000 each year toward college, until 2010 when that sum could be raised to $10,000 a year if students passed the state graduation test.
The catch is that you have to be [...]
Couldn’t Resist
With Hollywood on strike, SNL is in reruns. Tonight they put on a show from last year, one that featured a cartoon called Christmas Time for the Jews, its pretty funny. I hope it doesnt offend anyone.
Christmas Time for the JewsUploaded by mg217
New Tattoo
A few days before my birthday I got my new tat.
Its only half done, and it hurt a lot. Its taken a while for it to heal so I’ve been holding off on putting any pictures up.
Here it is:
Its from Revelation Chapter 21, where God is finally reconciled to his people in the new Jerusalem.
God [...]
Nov. 15, 2007
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Stay on Target
My finals are finished, and I have just a bit of reading and a few pages to write.
So here is what I’m planning for the next week, or so, at thedesocios.com:
1. I recently heard a lecture by Darren Patrick about the History of the Emergent Church, and I’m hoping to write a response.
I’d especially like [...]