No, this is not a T-Mobile commercial. A couple of weeks ago I picked out a CD from my collection that I have not listened to in quite a while. Inevitably, I started thinking about all of the music I own and which albums I enjoy the most. But why confine this exercise to myself and my [...]
Archive > November 2007
Wedgie-Proof Underwear
Come on…this is just too good to pass up. I have to give props to Denny Burk for making this wonderful invention known to me. The interview is as priceless as the underwear. They even give a demonstration. Classic. The inventers are 8-year-old twin boys Jared and Justin Serovich. All I have to say is [...]
Hello Hoosiers!
College basketball is in full swing and that means one thing for this guy: Indiana Hoosier basketball. Oh yes, my blood runs red and white for my beloved IU. Indiana folks may not know exactly what a hoosier is but one thing they do know is basketball. If you have never seen the movie Hoosiers, [...]
Relevance vs. Distinctiveness: What’s the Real Problem?
Continuing our dialogue on engaging the culture, Baptist Press recently discussed the issue of relevance with Mark Dever. Dever shared several concerns regarding an overemphasis on relevancy in ministry and the church. As he says, “I would like to suggest that the most fundamental problem in the church is not that we are not relevant enough in relation [...]
Immersed and Distinct
How do we engage the culture while remaining salty in a world that needs seasoning? How do we weave our lives into the world we know and yet remain distinct from it? These are the types of questions that are being asked today within the church as a whole. It seems that much of the emergent [...]
Cueball and the Trendy Pastor
Carl Trueman has written a humorous and insightful article addressing the trend of “extended adolescence of the Western male.” He takes issue particularly with the emergence of the “Rev. Dave Trendy.”
“This brings me to my serious point: what is it with ministers and Christian leaders who seem to feel a compulsive need to talk about youth [...]
