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What I Read Online – 09/09/2011 (a.m.)

09 Sep
    • Focus on Academics
    • Work on Discovering Your Calling or Developing Career Skills
    • Mind Your Finances
    • Get Social
    • Make the Most of This Unique Time
    • Evil? Since the 2009 publication of God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens has spent a great deal of energy trying to persuade all of us that the idea of God is a false and pernicious one. But now he ups and calls these bad guys . . . evil. Given the premises, what might the definition of that be? Who determines what is evil and why? By what standard? But there may be a wiggle-room word in there.
    • If there is no God, then Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have no God. But if they have no God, then it follows that Hitchens is not their god either. And if Hitchens is not their god, why should they care what he calls them? There is no god, and Hitchens is not his prophet.
    • Evil? Unless such men are treated as evil men, there is no justice
    • Youth Leadership Conference is an inspiring and challenging week of bible teaching that aims to equip leaders with skills to lead Bible-based groups
    • A few weeks ago I came across a fascinating app called The Book of Revelation App, a graphic novel adaptation of Revelation. I have been enjoying the app and recently got in touch with Chris Koelle, the artist, to ask him about the project.
    • Growing up under countless hours of preaching, often during any given sermon I’ve had the convicting realization that the preacher’s “sermon illustration” felt more interesting, more captivating than the infinitely more worthy Reality behind the illustration. It is a sad (and potentially disastrous) thing to be more interested in a shadow than the true Substance, and that signifies a lack of knowledge of God and misplaced worship. I’d hope that this illustrated adaptation causes some people to be more deeply affected by what the text is actually saying-about God, about Jesus, about people, about sin, about the world itself-resulting in more spiritual and more truth-based worship of God as He has revealed Himself through Jesus and the Word.

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