Monthly Archive for July, 2007

Snowmass 2007

M2 in AspenThe Nelson’s have been in Snowmass this week for vacation. We absolutely love it here - there is NO WAY to be bored. We hit the river yesterday and are heading out to do the mountain swing today. I thought I would share a few of the photos from our trip thus far. See you all back in Memphis.

2007 Vacation Photos

Wednesday morning quote…

In working through The Power of Uniqueness I came across this quote that I wanted to share. Miller uses this C.S. Lewis quote in context to the negative ways that we can use our giftedness.

The only way I can make real to myself what theology teaches about the heinousness of sin is to remember that every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us - an energy which, if not thus distorted would have blossomed into one of those holy acts whereof “God did it” and “I did it” are both true descriptions. We poison the wine as he decants it into us; murder a melody he would play with us as the Instrument. We caricature the self-portrait he would paint. Hence, all sin - whatever else it is - is sacrilege.

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More resources on interracial marriage…

A couple of days ago I blogged about interracial marriage. After reading my link, a good friend of mine sent me this resource from John Piper on interracial marriage. To be honest, I have never given much thought to interracial marriage. That said, I have enjoyed my study on it in the last few days and this sermon has been a great resource for me.

John Piper - Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage

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for all my youth leader friends out there…

This is a great parody on The Office tv show. This guy is hilarious and obviously has a good sense of humor about what he does.

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New music monday…

I have been fan of Brad Paisley since a Young Life kid asked me to play Mud on the Tires at club one night. I like this latest video in particular because of Brad’s ability to laugh at himself. Not to mention that the video is full of stars such as Jason Alexander, Estelle Harris and Patrick Warburton of “Seinfeld,” as well as William Shatner, Kellie Pickler and the original Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick. This is also the first country song to top the iTunes music download chart. So for all you nerds out there…

[tags]Brad Paisley, Brightcove, Video, Music Video[/tags]

Interracial Marriage and Emergent Truth

Rob has been on a role sending me this Russell D. Moore article on interracial marriage that I believe is right to the point. It speaks to to a new theology being a touted by the Emergent Village.

On Friday, guest-hosting the Albert Mohler Program, I was able to have a conversation with Tony Jones, the national coordinator of Emergent Village. In defending his postmodernist vision of Christianity (truth is fluid; inerrancy is passe, and so forth), Tony argued that I actually was closer to his position than I realize, precisely because of my stance on interracial marriage.

On the previous Wednesday’s “Ask Anything Wednesday” show, a caller had asked about interracial marriage. I told the caller that the Scripture nowhere forbids interracial marriage, that the distinctions to worry about should be of the Spirit not the skin-color. Tony, rightly, observed that my great-grandfather would not have said that. My stance on interracial marriage ought to demonstrate to me, he argued, that truth is not “Platonically floating around somewhere” but is instead changing and growing.
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