South Koreans Find New Way to Evangelize

Christian activists in South Korea sent hundreds of thousands of
gospel tracts over North Korea's closed border in November using
helium-filled balloons. Equipped with a time-release mechanism, each
balloon carried 10,000 leaflets that tell the story of a 1907
Christian revival in Pyongyang, and compare Kim Jong-Il to
Nebuchadnezzar. The effort is part of a resurgence of balloon
launches, used for decades by political and religious groups to send
propaganda past the North's information blackout. Such launches
worsened relations between North and South in 2008. In response, North
Korea's government further restricted travel and communication between
the two countries.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/photo_balloons.html

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How to Read More

Advice from a bibliophile on how to read more in one's daily life.

http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/tip-1-capture-reading-time/

Girl Scout Cookie Time!

In the midst of New Year's resolutions and commitments to better health, Girl Scouts are selling their infernal cookies. Last night over a few episodes of The Shield, I ate an entire box of Caramel Delights (formerly Samoas). Kristie was attending Bible study during this time of gorging and gluttony.

And I thought Vic Mackey had temptations and trials.

Mars Hill and the New Calvinists

New York Times ran this piece on Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church in Seattle. It's a fair look at both him and the New Calvinists movement. (I think I just used "New York Times" and "fair" in the same sentence!).

I do not necessarily like Driscoll and his too-cool-for-school attitude, but I appreciate how his ministry shows that people will come when a church has solid, theological teaching. Someone should tell this to feel-good Joel Osteen.

One note of correction: John Calvin did not have heretics burned at the stake.

Read the article.

Anne Hathaway and Her "Courageous" Anti-Warren Stance

Anne Hathaway spoke out against Rick Warren's selection for Inauguration Day. Of course, she's not the first Hollywood Elite-type to connect Rick Warren prayers with the end of the democratic world. She is even going to wear a bracelet to protest! That's taking it to the streets, sister!

She, along with all the others who are "offended," overlook these three points:

1. It is Obama's choice for him to come. Warren did not muscle his way into the ceremony; Barack invited him. Hathaway is against his inclusion because her older brother is gay. If you think one way about homosexuality, then anyone who think another way must be banished from participation in government affairs. Is that how it goes?

2. Rick Warren did not single-handedly pass Proposition 8. Lots and lots of Californians voted to pass that measure banning same-sex marriages. California joined many other states with similar bans. Was Rick Warren to blame for ALL of the states banning same-sex marriage, or just California's ban?

3. Barack Obama himself is against same-sex marriage. As is Rick Warren. And Hillary Clinton. And John Kerry. And, evidently, most of America.

Anne, if you really want to make a statement, boycott the Inauguration ceremony. I don't know how you got an invite, but make a stand not with your bracelet, but with your absence. Show Barack that you refuse to support his decision that way. It's the president-elect that you should be mad at, not Rick Warren, the man who simply believes differently than you do. I doubt that you or your brother thought of that as a viable option, did you?

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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Reading Through the Bible in a Year

Here is a link to many plans to read through the Bible in a year. There are 10 under ESV Study Bible plans that are set up to email you the daily text.

http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/12/bible-reading-plans.html