There’s election and there’s election.
Hill and Walton in their A Survey of the Old Testament describe God’s election of Israel as making “the Israelites the people of God only in a revelatory way.” They further clarify by saying, “By this we mean that God chose them as his instrument of revelation.”
The difference between this use [...]
A family friend was asking my mom what her about-to-graduate-from-high-school boyfriend should study in college to prepare for seminary. Through a series of text messages, this is the advice I had my mom relay to the couple:
We need Christians/seminarians/ministers/pastors/missionaries of all backgrounds. If you’re interested in chemistry, by all means go hard after it. If [...]
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Big props to the Manchester United boys for pulling off a win over Chelsea today in the Champions League Final which ended in a brutal, rainy shootout. After following all 100+ minutes on the BBC’s World Service channel on XM, the difference between professional European soccer and professional American football emerged.
During the [...]
Franz Schubert
Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr!
Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist nur Er!
Er, der nie begonnen,
Er, der immer war;
Ewig ist und waltet, sein wird immer dar
Allmacht, Wunder, Liebe, Alles rings umher!
Heilig, Heilig, Heilig ist der Herr.
Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord!
Holy, holy, holy, holy is He alone!
He, who had no beginning,
He, who always [...]
Thanks to the folks over at the Hydrogenaudio forums for pointing to a version of CUE Player compatible with Winamp 5.5xx.
Download CUE Player 0.57c
Links of interest:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=256908
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=58101&view=findpost&p=523983
Installation: unzip and put in Winamp’s plugin folder under Program Files (C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins). Restart Winamp.
Use: Open a .cue file with Winamp (right-click and “Open with”).
Disclaimer: I think it just randomly [...]
I’m convinced that one day, whether on heaven or on earth, we’ll find out that something we once thought outlandish is actually true. And if you think this statement is outlandish, reconsider. It just might turn out to be true.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality (1 Thess. 4:3)
Notice how tightly the will of God and your sanctification are tied. God’s will is that we be transformed into the image of his Son. His eschatological promise is that we will we transformed finally into his image [...]
Think of this more as a reflection and a recommendation than a review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly the film because as far as cinematics go I’m not one to critique unless a film is blatantly and laughably awful like In the Name of the King).
So, how did I hear about this movie. [...]
This is going to be one of those entries where I wish I knew more about what I wanted to talk about than I actually do. So, don’t let me give you the impression by posting this that I know more about classical music or Mendelssohn or Elijah. But this I kataphorically do know: praise [...]
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