From the post:
“My invitation to you, my brothers and sisters who would one day beat your swords into ploughshares (but not just yet) is simply this: at least be more welcoming to peaceful peasants such as I am, who have welcomed God’s kingdom into our lives by laying down our sword and shield (perhaps preemptively) by the riverside to study war no more. We are doing no harm to you. Further, I would challenge you to consider what it is worth making your ploughshares into swords and your gardening tools into spears over.”
For the Love of $
Loving $
“Money is evil”
“Money is the root of all evil”
“The Love of Money is the root of all evil”
“The Love of Money is the root of all sorts of evil”
You’ve heard several versions of this phrase before. Yet only one of them is technically a correct wording of the warning given in the Bible. The difference may seem trivial, and indeed it is trivial compared to the understanding of the warning, but the subtleties do make a difference.
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Why I Did A Competitive Amateur Musical for 4 Years—”It’s Makin’ Music Time”
In Henderson, TN there exists a private Christian college called Freed-Hardeman that once a year engages in an extravagantly amateur school-pride-boosting “performance art” tradition called “Makin’ Music“. If that rings a bell for you, keep reading. If it does not, you probably won’t get the rest of this.
In this competitive musical extravaganza, 4-7 social clubs (the sober, co-ed alternative to frats and sororities) design a 7-minute musical number suited for small children, the elderly, tools, people with a permanently sunny disposition, and alumni who forget that they graduated to start a career and a family twelve years ago.
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Makin Music Idolatry: “It’s Not About Golden Calves Any More”
So You’re Going to Win Makin’ Music?—Condescending Wonka Memes
Oh, you’re going to win Makin’ Music this year? Condescending Wonka shares his thoughts:
Lighting Chinese Floating Lanterns: The Importance of Following Directions
I feel it is time to bring your attention to the importance of following directions when releasing a Chinese floating lantern. I also want to stress the importance of the directions being properly translated into English in the first place.
My wife and I bought a Chinese floating lantern from an undisclosed website. The English translation for the product is “Light of Wishing”
Jeremy Marshall Articulately responds to “What Would You Do if an Intruder Threatened Your Family?”
Jeremy Marshall Articulately responds to “What Would You Do if an Intruder Threatened Your Family?”
From the post:
“So you pacifist types, what will you do if some armed intruder breaks into your home to murder/rape/rob/cannibalize you and your family?” What this really is, is a leading question. They expect that you will say, “Just let them eat my babies, I guess,” and then they can chide you for being an irresponsible, unloving, yellow-bellied terrible excuse for a spouse/parent/guardian. But if they can get you to say, “I would use violence to defend my family,” then they can back you into the corner of saying, “Well, how is going to war any different when you go to war to defend others?” Of course there are two obvious counters: a) no recent wars have actually been premised upon such lofty ideals (no matter what the leaders of our Empire tell you) and b) the immediate threat of a specific armed intruder is a much simpler moral dilemma to parse out than the often dubious claims upon which actual wars are based.
“Let me Axe You About Using ‘Axe'”
“I’m sorry. Did you mean to say you ‘asked‘ me a question? Because ‘axe‘ is something you chop wood with.”
Ever hear that one? There is a reason I ‘axe‘ this question of you.
We commonly hear that saying “axe” when you mean “ask” is bad grammar, is a sign of ignorance. Is this true? And what does the use of “axe” say about a person?
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Did Jesus Really Raise from the Dead?
N.T. Wright no the ancient historicity of the resurrection.
Is peace utopianism? War certainly is
CALEB COY 