Tuesday quote(s)

When I struggle with a distracted and discontent mind and heart, I will try to remember these words from John Bunyan:

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a glass slipper on a gouty foot.

Wisdom for graduating students, courtesy of Stephen Colbert

I have two last pieces of advice. First, being pre-approved for a credit card does not mean you have to apply for it. And lastly, the best career advice I can give you is to get your own TV show. It pays well, the hours are good, and you are famous. And eventually some very nice people will give you a doctorate in fine arts for doing jack squat.

Monday quote

Snow skies have been hovering over Philadelphia. Inch after inch, foot after foot of the white stuff has been blanketing us. So in honor of one of our snowiest winters ever:

There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's. ~ Clyde Moore

Sunday Quote

This shall be a week of quotes. Why not share any of my own words?

“I quote because other people say things better than I do.” Mark Dever

And so to start you off, words from D.A. Carson:

"The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him."

HT to J. Leone for the Dever quote

Pro Choice Feminist on Upcoming Tebow Superbowl AD

"You know what we really need more of? Famous guys who aren't embarrassed to practice sexual restraint, and to say it out loud. If we had more of those, women might have fewer abortions."

"I'm pro-choice, and Tebow clearly is not. But based on what I've heard in the past week, I'll take his side against the group-think, elitism and condescension of the "National Organization of Fewer and Fewer Women All The Time."

"Apparently NOW feels this commercial is an inappropriate message for America to see for 30 seconds, but women in bikinis selling beer is the right one."

Full article by Sally Jenkins

C.U.I

You shouldn't drive under the influence. Neither should you climb under the influence.

Silly Squirrel

5 second rule?

HT: Meal Ticket

Discerning Advertising

"Any time you see sex added to a product that is not inherently sexual, you are being told by the company that makes the product that their product is not special or unique in any way."

- Mark Barnett of Ditchwalk

HT: Eric Barker


Aggressively sexual advertising is not new. You can't walk in a mall, turn on the TV, or flip through a magazine without being bombarded by inappropriate speech or images. Though saddening, it's not surprising. If an advertiser is not a Christian, I shouldn't expect to see wholesome messages come across in their media.

However, it has always struck me as incredibly uncreative and lazy to simply rely on the same-old sexual antics to sell your product. What does that really say about your product or your opinion of the intelligence level of your targeted audience?

Consider this

Christmas has passed and within a few days, the new year will begin. Perhaps this would be a good time to reflect on 2009 and ask yourself some questions.

What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?

What's the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?

These were provided by Donald Whitney and he has several others that are good fodder for meditation and conversation. I would suggest thinking with pen in hand.

HT: Justin Taylor

On the 1st day of Christmas Break

Our lunch conversation included a spirited discussion on the handsomeness of George Clooney, with my mom insisting her father was much better looking when he was a young man.

Immanuel

God with us. But why did Jesus come?

"It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."


1 Timothy 1:15-17

Merry Christmas Friends