If you haven’t seen “The Dark Knight” you really should. Many are calling this film the “Citizen Kane” of comic book films. Man, there is so much there. Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker is mesmerizing. In the Christianity Today Review, Todd Hertz writes,
“Since seeing the movie, I’ve been asked if [...]
Archive for July, 2008
“The Dark Knight”
Posted in 1 on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Gospel Community
Posted in 1 on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we are approaching the Fall, I am reflecting a bit on what Grace Foothills will look like. What is God’s ideal for this church? What does Jesus desire for this rag-tag (of course, I am the biggest example of a ragamuffin) group of folks living in Polk County, NC to look like? These are [...]
Music Monday
Posted in 1 on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this band (Jump, Little Children) in Charlotte about 10 years ago with a high school kid in my youth group at the time. Just rediscovered them on Youtube.
Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert
Posted in 1 on July 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Before Carrell and Colbert really got famous, they worked together on a comedy show “The Dana Carvey Show”. Here is one of their sketches:
What Amy and Andy Sang…
Posted in 1 on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, my wife Amy and good friend and brother, Andy Mills led the worship at Grace Mills River. The sermon was from John 21, where Jesus restores Peter (Peter had denied knowing Christ 3 times). Andy and Amy closed the service with this song, “Jacob’s Ladder” by Bruce Springsteen. The song is about how [...]
The Bible’s Really Not About You…
Posted in 1 on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For many of us, the Bible can be awfully hard to read sometimes. We open it up and we don’t know what to read and when we do read it, it’s hard to know what we are reading. The Bible can look like a puzzle spread on the kitchen table and we’ve lost the puzzle [...]
Watching Theology
Posted in 1 on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I posted an article by Joe Thorn about watching movies redemptively (meaning that we see God and the gospel everywhere in His creation, we just have to look). If that interests you, you may want to put this in your Ipod. This is a podcast called “Watching Theology”. The podcast [...]
Art from “The Resurrected Life” Sermon
Posted in 1 on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I used two clips in yesterdays sermon to illustrate what it means to live the resurrected life that Jesus is promising us in John 21. The first is from “The Return of the King”.
THe second is from “Ice Age 2″.
New Books on the Night Stand…
Posted in 1 on July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are few books I am currently reading.
First, “Why We’re Not Emergent”
Second, “Surprised By Hope”
Watching Movies
Posted in 1 on July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is from Joe Thorn, a church planter outside Chicago, from his blog with Steve McKoy, subtext.
Too often many in the church use controversial films as a weapons in the culture war. Since I am a conscientious objector to the culture war, I don’t use pop-culture art as weapons, but opportunities to understand the [...]
America’s Next Top Pastor
Posted in 1 on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is pretty funny, America’s Next Top Pastor.
Switchfoot and Prince Caspian
Posted in 1 on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Amy, Luke and I saw Prince Caspian over the weekend. Really good. C.S. Lewis does such a good job in reminding us that we are not just created for this world, but we also await the New Heaven and New Earth in the final resurrection. The cool thing about the storyline of the Bible (Creation, [...]
A Quote From John Stott
Posted in 1 on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.”
John Stott
Whiter Than Snow
Posted in 1 on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just found and will probably read Paul Tripp’s new book, Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy. The book contains 52 meditations on Psalm 51.
The following is from the first meditation, and I found it especially helpful and convicting. Tripp is recounting the time a friend confronted him about some sin in his [...]
The Big 5 Books on Parenting and Marriage
Posted in 1 on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been following two posts on Steve Mckoy’s blog on the 5 best books on parenting and marriage. Check them out here (parenting) and here (marriage).
Tim Keller Reasons with America
Posted in 1 on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two Tim Keller resources for your enjoyment this July 4th weekend:
Tim Keller Reasons With America
and Tim Keller speaks at Berkley on The Reason for God book tour
Sacrosanct Podcast: Play and Mission
Posted in 1 on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend and brother, Tim Melton, has another episode of the Sacrosanct Podcast online. These guys play off of each other rather well. They talk about how we have compartmentalized the Christian walk into categories separating mission from play. Listen to it here.
