A resource that shows the persecution of the Church through the eyes of the Apostle John is the one man video of St. John in Exile portrayed by Dean Jones.
St. John in Exile (1988)
Directed by Dan Curtis
Starring Dean Jones
Historical Change & Comparisons With The Present
March 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
Here is another passage from the book from which I read on Friday; The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
“The notion of historical change compels and vexes me. I am not so much interested in this war or that treaty or invention, although obviously these are critical factors. What I brood about has more to do with the phenomenology of everyday life. How is it that the world greets the senses differently–is experienced differently–form epoch to epoch. We know about certain ways in which the world has changed since, say, 1890, but do we know how the feeling of life has changed? We can isolate the more objective sorts of phenomena, cite improvements in transportation, industrial innovations, and so on, but we have no reliable access to the subjective realm. When older people sigh and say that “life was different back then,” we may instinctively agree, but how can we grasp exactly what that difference means? . . . . I am not in search of private sensation, but of a kind of understanding. I want to know what life may have been like during a certain epoch, what daily living may have felt like, so that I can make a comparison with the present. Why? I suppose because I believe that there is a secret to be found, a clue that will help me to solve the mystery of the present.”
God is Imaginary?
March 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In the past few weeks I have been captivated by this website:
http://www.godisimaginary.com/
In what I can’t say is the most rational or reasonable attempt to “disprove” God’s existence, this website includes an off sprint Atheist of Sam Harris making, what he feels, are authentic positions to show how imaginary God is. At first I took the stance that the website was nothing more than an attention hungry Atheist struggling with a personal question of God’s existence. After extensive study of the author and the website, it can clearly be seen that this young Atheist is not only troubled, but confused by the hundreds of thousands that flock and gather at what is organized religion. There doesn’t seem to be a desire to understand God, merely crush Him.
The reality that “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27) is obviously something that has not been experienced or seen by this Atheist. Seeing an individual willing to devote their life to the cause of “disproving” God is a challenge to not only defend the faith and hope we have, but to realize the lack of love and consistency Christians have toward the unbeliever. The entire website has a blatant disregard for hermeneutics and rationality for that matter, but if Christians took the amount of time and dedication to the cause of expanding the Kingdom that this Atheist has to trying to “disprove” it, the possibilities for salvation could be endless.
These thoughts aren’t reinventing the wheel by any means. This website has captivated my heart and mind though, challenging me to share the lve of Christ in all aspects.. by word, moreso by deed.
Natural Resources
March 26, 2008 By 1 Comment
http://www.medievalplus.com/art-history/
Here is a cool website that deals mainly with the cultural aspect of the Middle Ages.
Here is a website for laughs.
useful website for church and empires
February 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Although it is provided by UMW (United Methodist Women), it was useful for me to get to know about church and empires. I was able to find enough information for the class, so I would like to share.
http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/BIBLE/celinks.stm
(If there’s any difference between such information provided by the Methodist and the Baptist,) since I am learning at the Baptist seminary, I hope to be able to distinguish soon. Let me know.
"Gnosticism" Resource
February 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Here is a really great video clip that describes the current & past view of Gnosticism, of which much of our past church history encoutered during their minsitry after the death of Christ.
Josh Mensinger
Hey, Check it out
February 12, 2008 By 2 Comments
in accordance with the “Resource Recommendation,” I am recommending to you a book that I’ve read many times for many different reasons and I believe you should too. The book is “Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die, or(the eschatology of bluegrass)” This book is 1/3 history of the “Soul,” 1/3 history of bluegrass music, and 1/3 a glimpse into the authors life as a human being. The author(s) being two men, David Crowder and Mike Hogan. I dare you to read it and not enjoy it.
Politics and Christianity
January 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I recently interviewed Phillip Johnson on the intersection of Politics and Christianity. You can read the interview by CLICKING HERE.