tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post112300416912273016..comments2023-05-27T03:17:19.681-07:00Comments on PyroManiac: I know. I know. But this was just too disturbing to let it pass without commentPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123364005780439152005-08-06T14:33:00.000-07:002005-08-06T14:33:00.000-07:00So so sad! And then we wonder why America's youth ...So so sad! And then we wonder why America's youth are without direction. How can they know when even the "Bible" says this stuff? <BR/><BR/>I think of the verse in Matthew."Whososever shall offend one of these little ones it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he was drowned in the depths of the sea."<BR/><BR/>That may have been slighly paraphrased by me since I quoted it off the top of my head. BTW, I too a KJV only, and proud of it!Mrs. Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911621891840832728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123213104713011112005-08-04T20:38:00.000-07:002005-08-04T20:38:00.000-07:00Hey Phil,Just to echo something someone else alrea...Hey Phil,<BR/><BR/>Just to echo something someone else already said: Not all 'Christian Rap' is bad. A great example is Shai Linne and Timothy Brindle from Lampmode records. Shai and Tim are both reformed - Shai's album title "The Solus Christus Project" and Tim's "The Great Awakening" were a clue :) That, and the fact that they're selling <A HREF="http://lampmode.com" REL="nofollow">Soli Deo Gloria</A> t-shirts :)<BR/><BR/>Here's an example for you (and everyone else) of good theology: Check out Shai's song <A HREF="http://www.theologicallycorrect.com/realaudio/11%20Justified.mp3" REL="nofollow">Justified</A> (which is a verse by verse exposition of Romans 3:12-24).<BR/><BR/>You can check out their work and pick up their albums at <A HREF="http://lampmode.com" REL="nofollow">Lampmode.com</A>. <BR/><BR/>Shai also works part-time for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. <BR/><BR/>I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention CHRISTcentric. All three members are reformed (one goes to my church). Their two projects - "The Mind of Christ" and "Reformation" are filled with tight beats (good music), tight lyrics (well-written lyrical content) and it's all theologically solid. You can listen to their stuff online here: <BR/><A HREF="http://christcentric.net/" REL="nofollow">http://christcentric.net/</A>.<BR/><BR/>Be sure to check out their track "Sufficiency of Scripture".<BR/><BR/>There's also a Live365 station that plays all three groups in regular rotation - be edified and have your head bobbin' - <A HREF="http://live365.com/stations/charis316" REL="nofollow">http://live365.com/stations/charis316</A>. The owner of the station (Pastor Lance Lewis) is a PCA Pastor in Philly.BlackCalvinist aka G.R.A.C.E. Preechahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932595078017549317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123103296487030492005-08-03T14:08:00.000-07:002005-08-03T14:08:00.000-07:00In answer to my brother Jeremy's question. Yes, F...In answer to my brother Jeremy's question. Yes, Finney had met Nettleton. Iain Murray documents their relationship in <I>Revival and Revivalism</I>. A must read book if you want to understand the roots of modern day evangelical pragmatism.Steve Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884897417905023138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123093532543864332005-08-03T11:25:00.000-07:002005-08-03T11:25:00.000-07:00lol, Cindy's comment made me laugh (although I'm n...lol, Cindy's comment made me laugh (although I'm not so sure it was meant to be haha). I sort of thought the same, when I started reading the comments - people do have a tendency to go to the extreme in their reaction (case in point, the 'emerging church').<BR/><BR/>Re: these ludicrous "Bibles"... the one common theme they all seem to have (aside from being overpriced and terribly heretical) is the HUGE appeal to the flesh.<BR/><BR/>Rather than draw young people in with the truth of Scripture (how did kids in prior generations ever come to a saving knowledge of Christ without alternative worship bands and slick magazine covers?), kids are hooked in by this worldly appeal.<BR/><BR/>To me, it's a huge compromise - and people are falling for it, left, right and center.<BR/><BR/>How hard is it to just get your Bible (a real one), find a quiet place to read, and then pray? It all seems so simple, and yet so much of that simplicity is overlooked.<BR/><BR/>Just a few rambling thoughts from a KJV-preferedy (somehow that doesn't sound as scary as a kjv-only, eh?)<BR/><BR/>SDG - CarlaCarla Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395062089776262435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123085739459601162005-08-03T09:15:00.000-07:002005-08-03T09:15:00.000-07:00Hey, Phil:Don't forget about the sister Biblezine,...Hey, Phil:<BR/><BR/>Don't forget about the sister Biblezine, Revolve:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0718003586<BR/>/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5134742-3652069#reader-link<BR/><BR/>Sadly enough, Wordlnetdaily advertised these for a long time.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402339077241730622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123077708668360432005-08-03T07:01:00.000-07:002005-08-03T07:01:00.000-07:00Jonathan,Thanks for the Finney quotes...you are hi...Jonathan,<BR/>Thanks for the Finney quotes...<BR/><BR/>you are hitting the nail on the head.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098978736719699724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123077268008945702005-08-03T06:54:00.000-07:002005-08-03T06:54:00.000-07:00More Finney: "The object of our measures is to gai...More Finney: "The object of our measures is to gain attention and you <EM>must</EM> have something newJonathan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687367307942260277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123076246806743182005-08-03T06:37:00.000-07:002005-08-03T06:37:00.000-07:00When I was a teenager (I am 44), I has a paraphras...When I was a teenager (I am 44), I has a paraphrase bible that tried to be culturally relevant. I found the attempt lame and eventually ditched the paraphrase for a real bible (a Thompson Chain Reference, which I thought was cool). Even if publishers are better at cultural relevance, it is not neccessary. The bible transcends culture, right? Of course, if one publishes a "culturally relevant" bible or NT, one must constantly update it to keep up with the times. I wonder if that translates into more sales? Hmmmm.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836588462264521560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123076044147445562005-08-03T06:34:00.000-07:002005-08-03T06:34:00.000-07:00And there you have it...an arsenal-full of ammo fo...And there you have it...an arsenal-full of ammo for the King James onlies.Cindy Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090693362997103412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123071231106396092005-08-03T05:13:00.000-07:002005-08-03T05:13:00.000-07:00Seems to me there should be a difference between "...Seems to me there should be a difference between "coming down to their level" and "digging a hole underneath them."Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123070230009028262005-08-03T04:57:00.000-07:002005-08-03T04:57:00.000-07:00Well, all I can say is "Ew."I feel pretty much the...Well, all I can say is "Ew."<BR/><BR/>I feel pretty much the same about this one (which I saw up close and personal at a book store last week) as I did about the one directed to girls.<BR/><BR/>I thought it was also pretty over priced considering it is indeed bound like a magazine.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288648996304246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123060406714524262005-08-03T02:13:00.000-07:002005-08-03T02:13:00.000-07:00Hi PhilI was rummaging through the roofspace yeste...Hi Phil<BR/>I was rummaging through the roofspace yesterday when I found a copy of Tyndale's NT. These modern magazine editions give me nausea, not least when I think of the godly path blazed by men like Wycliffe and Tyndale - men who truly believed in the Bible for the people.<BR/><BR/>As I follow your comments on the state of the contemporary church, I just can't help wondering what heritage or history will be left behind for generations to come. Will the twentieth and twenty-first century be viewed in church history as the period when truth was traded for triviality, grandeur of true Christian thought for the gutter of contemporary consumerism. It gives me the chills. Then again, the truth is that history will probably be written in classic Orwellian doublethink, so that all of these things seem like positives rather than negatives.<BR/><BR/>I'm really enjoying your blog entries, and as we say in Northern Ireland - 'Keep her lit'!Family Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139302128402850028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123033403026723372005-08-02T18:43:00.000-07:002005-08-02T18:43:00.000-07:00Wonder if Finney had ever met Asahael Nettleton?Wonder if Finney had ever met Asahael Nettleton?Jeremy Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552780649310262425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123028855033894542005-08-02T17:27:00.000-07:002005-08-02T17:27:00.000-07:00"The results justify my methods. Show me the fruit..."The results justify my methods. Show me the fruits of your ministry, and if they so far exceed mine as to give me evidence that you have found a more excellent way, I will adopt your view" (Charles Finney).Jonathan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687367307942260277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123024589757757852005-08-02T16:16:00.000-07:002005-08-02T16:16:00.000-07:00Sorry, probably should have done the above as a li...Sorry, probably should have done the above as a link - <A HREF="http://www.huntington.org/LibraryDiv/Bibleshow/bibleshow.htm" REL="nofollow">here it is.</A>Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324732962138305429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123024517315662882005-08-02T16:15:00.000-07:002005-08-02T16:15:00.000-07:00Huntington Library has an exhibit called "The Bibl...Huntington Library has an exhibit called "The Bible and the People," though the website describing it could be called The Rise and Decline of Bible publication:<BR/><BR/>http://www.huntington.org/LibraryDiv/Bibleshow/bibleshow.htmRusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324732962138305429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123020722684972382005-08-02T15:12:00.000-07:002005-08-02T15:12:00.000-07:00As a Christian who happens to be Black, this all j...As a Christian who happens to be Black, this all just falls in to the same divisiveness (and racism as Phil mentions) that our society pushes in the cloak of "multi-cultaralism" and diversity (but I won't go there today :-) ). <BR/><BR/>As Efrayim said, we are to come out of the world. I heard an interview on a radio broadcast where they were talking about this with younger Christians. One, Black man, stated it best, "I had all that in the world, the clothes, the girls, the talk and I saw someone who had something I wanted, that was not of this world, that was different from what I had, he had Jesus, he had the Holy Spirit."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I just showed it to my mother and she said "Not even in the natural does that make sense" :-)<BR/><BR/>And there you have it.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098978736719699724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123019776932124322005-08-02T14:56:00.000-07:002005-08-02T14:56:00.000-07:00Efrayim,We agree! Very perceptive on your part.Efrayim,<BR/>We agree! Very perceptive on your part.Jeremy Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552780649310262425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123018988433021092005-08-02T14:43:00.001-07:002005-08-02T14:43:00.001-07:00Is this the equivalent of bible "ebonics"?Is this the equivalent of bible "ebonics"?Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098978736719699724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123018714771934962005-08-02T14:38:00.000-07:002005-08-02T14:38:00.000-07:00I quote from the Urban Dictionary:1. gang banginto...I quote from <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/" REL="nofollow">the Urban Dictionary</A>:<BR/><BR/>1. <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gang+bangin" REL="nofollow">gang bangin</A><BR/><BR/>to roll with a crew or gang; if you are a gang banger you most likely slang dope and are involved in gang wars<BR/><BR/>1. <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gang+banger" REL="nofollow">gang banger</A><BR/>some one who bangs(kills) gangster's<BR/><I>That fool over there killed someone from the crips, he's a gangbanger</I><BR/><BR/>2. <A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gang+banger" REL="nofollow">gang banger</A><BR/><BR/>a hoodlum, who gang bangs [i.e., who perpetrates violence against other hoodlums] and who is in a gang and has shot more than 1 gang banger<BR/><BR/>_______________________<BR/><BR/>In answer to the question that was raised: Yes, the term is used all the time in America to describe gang members. It has no necessary connotation about sex crimes.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to delete the vulgar definition that was posted. I appreciate the concern about propriety, thoughPhil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123014728838409702005-08-02T13:32:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:32:00.000-07:00That almost makes me appreciate Gail Riplinger.That almost makes me appreciate Gail Riplinger.Matthew Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826142025854336984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123013658987892222005-08-02T13:14:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:14:00.000-07:00Yikes, this makes my stomach groan, too...Yikes, this makes my stomach groan, too...Patrick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095377877712197984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123013303828505082005-08-02T13:08:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:08:00.000-07:00You are justifiably torqued.God, have mercy.You are justifiably torqued.<BR/><BR/>God, have mercy.Ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368375260534328251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123007378527151642005-08-02T11:29:00.000-07:002005-08-02T11:29:00.000-07:00seriously. That is amazingly sad. I'm getting a co...seriously. That is amazingly sad. I'm getting a copy. Just so I can have an example of what not to buy.Tony Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871222581476203122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723103.post-1123006363224495812005-08-02T11:12:00.000-07:002005-08-02T11:12:00.000-07:00No, no, Phil, you's da shizzle BAM bizzle!By the w...No, no, Phil, you's da shizzle BAM bizzle!<BR/><BR/>By the wizzle, if you want you can get rid of the pizzle "Next Blog" bizzle at the top of your page, fo' shizzle.<BR/><BR/>I have instrizzles posted at:<BR/>http://na-dache.blogspot.com/2005/08/up-all-night-hacking.htmlMatthew Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030076368305696495noreply@blogger.com