Miscellany

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."

~ Anne Bradstreet

It's Friday, and the end of a long week due to illness, but I am looking forward to better days ahead! I have been storing up interesting items to post, so here are several found during my sick time...

• As a follow-up to my Marxist Moment post, I offer this articulate, brief analysis of the whole Jeremiah Wright debacle from a decidedly Biblical perspective. He says,

We should be outraged by the clips of the Wright sermons. But we should be outraged first as Christians, not first as Americans. The most egregious aspect of the Wright sermons is not what he is saying about America, but what he is not saying about the Gospel.

I say "amen and amen" to Mr. Moore.

• Pastor Paul Martin offers this brief but excellent thought about the freedom found in self-restraint.
  

• I enjoyed watching Tim Keller's talk at Google here. I pray he will continue to use his platform as a NYTimes bestselling author to promote the cause of the Gospel.

• NPR has a fascinating little piece about the lack of temperature rise in the oceans. They dub it a "mystery". Could the real mystery be how so many have come to jump on the global warming bandwagon?

• The Altrogge's post a very funny clip from a sermon about our contemporary culture's lack of commitment to churches by Josh Harris.
  

• And lastly, from the same blog (The Blazing Center) don't miss their free downloads of songs for use in Scripture memory. Just load them on your mp3 player and go...