Visit New St Andrews—Virtually
Nice Color Contrast
And more open road photos here.
A Song I Really Like for Some Reason
And Here Is An Interview on Textual Issues
Jokes I Like to Tell
Once there was a man who was an ardent advocate of what has come to be called the “health and wealth” gospel. He knew that all he had to do was “name it and claim it,” or, as put more bluntly by some, “blab it and grab it.”
He was all in. He had read all the books on the subject, he had gone to all the conferences, and he had had words of knowledge spoken to him over the television set.
But one day, right near his house, after days of torrential rain, the levee broke. And when that levee broke, his entire neighborhood was flooded. Not only was it flooded, but the water continued to rise. It was a serious problem. The governor called out the National Guard, and they were fully occupied in evacuating everyone.
By this point, this fellow was up on the roof of his house, just praying like crazy. As he was praying, one boat with some Guardsmen came by and told him to hop in. He shook his head, and waved them off. “I’m trusting the Lord,” he said.
And then another boat came by, and the same thing happened. He was still trusting the Lord. A third boat came and offered to help, and he rejected their help as well. “I’m trusting the Lord,” he said.
Finally, as the water was lapping around his feet, up near the chimney where he now was, a helicopter hovered overhead, and tried to drop him a rope. “No, no, no,” the man said, shaking his head, refusing to cooperate.
As it happened, the water eventually rose to the point where he was swept away and drowned.
Naturally, this man came stomping up to the Pearly Gates, soaking wet and hopping mad. St. Peter was standing there, of course, and the man started yelling at him. “I was trusting the Lord,” he shouted. “Why didn’t you do something?”
St. Peter shrugged his shoulders. “What did you want? We sent three boats and a helicopter.”
I Mean, More Than Awkward
Must Have Been a Monday
A Logical Question
When the Man . . .
Oh, That Kind of Saurus
The Book You Didn’t Know You Needed
N.T. Wright Rides a Pale Horse
Over the years, N.T. Wright, a prolific Bible scholar, has made a number of pronouncements about economic matters in the developing world. And also over the years, I have found myself interacting with his views on these economic topics. While appreciating many of his insights on exegetical matters (not all, but many), I have generally found that his economic views are not only not in accord wit…
I read NT Wright’s “What Saint Paul Really Said”. I found it nearly unreadable. Arrogance was dripping from nearly every page. The thrust of the book basically goes along the lines of, “here is what the reformed have taught about what Paul says about justification but really, in light of all this historical context and jewish thought at the time, this is really what Paul meant.” He doesn’t spend much time in the actual text of scripture. He selectively highlights the texts and historical details he needs to support his hypothesis. He ignores the texts and historical details that would… Read more »
Doug has interacted with Wright on Paul, which you can probably find via searching the blog, but Pale Horse interacts more with Surprised by Hope.
Always liked that joke.
Love the song #whenthemancomesaround
Great joke with solid theology, right?
Interesting and moving song, Pastor Wilson.
Who/what is that in the big painting on the wall behind you? … would you consider showing a closeup of it? thx.
That’s a Johnny Cash song Doug is covering, one of Cash’s last recorded songs.
That video about textual issues was great an informative, but someone needs to tell Mr. Green that that thing with panning in and out on faces does not make it better.