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2011-05-06T06:00:09-04:00

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This is the church, where is the steeple?

Last updated on: May 6, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Steeples and bell towers have gone out of fashion for church buildings, reports USA Today. What hurts is the reason: Nationwide, church steeples are taking a beating and the bell tolls for bell towers, too, as these landmarks of faith on the landscape are hard hit by economic, social and religious change. . . . Architects and church planners see today’s new congregations meet in retooled sports arenas or shopping malls or modern buildings designed to appeal to contemporary believers... Read more

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2011-05-06T05:33:48-04:00

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Analyzing the Situation Room photo

Last updated on: May 6, 2011 at 5:33 am By Gene Veith

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We don’t get to see a photograph of Osama bin Laden’s body, but we did get to see a photograph of the President and his team watching the mission go down. It’s quite dramatic to see the expressions on everyone’s faces during this intense moment–the President’s intense stare, the Secretary of State’s hand covering her face (apparently in emotion, though she says now she might have just been coughing due to her allergies). The Washington Post features various experts commenting... Read more

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2011-05-06T05:00:08-04:00

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Tweaks to the blog

Last updated on: May 6, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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In the midst of your fulsome praise of this blog and its design–in response to some silly words from Redeemed Rambling–you DID include a few suggestions. Thanks to Stewart Lundy of Bulldog Media (click the dog in the sidebar for all of your website needs), we have fulfilled your dreams. There is now a “Preview” feature for the comments. The black borders have been lightened to a dark grey, which also seems to make the white appear lest stark, being... Read more

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2011-05-06T04:31:04-04:00

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Versions of Cranach’s Seal

Last updated on: May 6, 2011 at 4:31 am By Gene Veith

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As an update to the post on tweaks to this blog, let me show you some different versions of Cranach’s Seal, as we try to interpret what it means. (I thought it is an image of redemption; Tom Hering suggested it was alchemical symbolism, so I’ve asked Dr. Montgomery; it could also be some kind of conventional heraldry symbolism–someone who knows something about heraldry, please chime in.) Special thanks to Abby for alerting me to the final version here, which is the... Read more

2011-05-05T06:15:46-04:00

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Happy National Day of Reason!

Last updated on: May 5, 2011 at 6:15 am By Gene Veith

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In their attempt to become, in effect, a socially-acceptable religion–getting military chaplains, vaunting how moral they are, and evangelizing the unenlightened–atheists are trying to start a holiday. May 5 is the National Day of Reason! I love holidays and I love reason, so I am willing to celebrate. . .uh, what is it we are celebrating? I will try to set aside time to think. But don’t we need something more to inspire our observance, to give it some meaning? ... Read more

National Day of Reason

2011-05-05T05:48:58-04:00

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The Museum of Broken Relationships

Last updated on: May 5, 2011 at 5:48 am By Gene Veith

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Art of our times, from the University of Houston: For two weeks this May, Blaffer Art Museum presents an exhibition from the permanent collection of the Museum of Broken Relationships. In collaboration with the American Association of Museum’s 2011 Annual Meeting, which is being held in Houston May 22 – 25, 2011, the exhibition will feature detritus from failed relationships – be it a wedding dress, an “I Love You” teddy bear, or a set of fluffy handcuffs – donated... Read more

2011-05-05T05:00:31-04:00

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The vocation of the warrior

Last updated on: May 5, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Paul McCain quotes Martin Luther’s treatise Can Soldiers Too Be Saved?: …In the same way, when I think of a soldier fulfilling his office by punishing the wicked, killing the wicked, and creating so much misery, it seems an un-Christian work completely contrary to Christian love. But when I think of how it protects the good and keeps and preserves wife and child, house and farm, property, and honor and peace, then I see how precious and godly this work... Read more

2011-05-04T06:00:36-04:00

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Urban Legends pastors tell

Last updated on: May 4, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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As I’ve often complained, a major way that urban legends get spread around is as sermon illustrations. Some of these are more in the related genre of scholarly legends. But thanks to Trevin Wax for catching these: 1. The “eye of the needle” refers to a gate outside Jerusalem. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God,” says Jesus in Mark 10:25. Maybe... Read more

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2011-05-04T05:30:21-04:00

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“Screwtape Letters”: The Movie

Last updated on: May 4, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Yet another seemingly unlikely book by C. S. Lewis is getting made into a movie: Ralph Winter, producer of the X-Men films and a self-professed Christian, is set to produce the film version of The Screwtape Letters in a partnership with Fox and Walden Media, the studio that produced the Narnia films, as well as Bridge to Terabithia and Charlotte’s Web. Fox has owned the film rights to The Screwtape Letters since the 1950s, and adapting Lewis’ 1942 satirical novel... Read more

2011-05-04T05:00:22-04:00

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How should Christians react to bin Laden’s death?

Last updated on: May 4, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Rev. Jacob Ehrhard offers nine points for reflection on how Christians should react to the killing of Osama bin Laden: 1. The prophet Ezekiel writes, “Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” (Eze 33:11) A Christian does not find delight... Read more

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