Bargain Outlet Seminary

November 23, 2007 | 4 Comments

Tonight, my wife and I had our first date together since August - without the children.  We had a nice dinner, and then went to Ollie’s Bargain Outlet.

I guess things change once you’re married.

I was surprised to find four books in Ollie’s “inspirational” section by four of my seminary professors.  Does this say something about my education?

Posted by Aaron | Filed Under Blog, Books, Humor 

The Lowdown

November 2, 2007 | 1 Comment

Here we go again, another issue of the Lowdown. If you cut through all of the hoopla, you’ll see this is just a lazy-bloggers way of getting a post up. This time around we feature a mixed bag of all kinds of goodies.

Here’s my vote for the best costume at our town’s annual Halloween parade.

Read about the most recent attempt (and apparent success) at breaking the coast to coast speed record, otherwise known as the Cannonball Run. New York to LA, Time - 31 hours, 4 minutes.

View my own brother’s attempt at the Cannonball Run at his blog. San Diego, CA to Columbus, OH, Time - 144 hours roughly.

Read about both Christians and atheists who are upset that the upcoming film, “The Golden Compass,” has had the novel’s anti-Christian basis watered down. The film is based on a children’s series by the atheist Philip Pullman.

Watch a sneak peek for the upcoming “Prince Caspian” movie at Justin Taylor’s blog, “Between Two Worlds.” This film is based on the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis - pretty much the exact opposite of Pullman’s writings.

Read Michael Horton asking the question, “How Pro-Life Are You?” There’s a lot in this short article for Christians to think about.

Read blog posts in celebration of Reformation Day at the “Reformation Day Symposium” hosted by blogger, Tim Challies.

Read Rick Phillips brief post on “All Saints Day.”

Read a blog post about how to respond when someone like the late Jerry Falwell calls Calvinist’s heretics. The blog post covers the origins of Calvinism and the need for gracious dialog among Christians with differing views at one of my favorite blogs, Colossians Three Sixteen.

Living vicariously through the internet? Remove yourself even further from reality by creating a virtual “second life” at secondlife.com.

Watch Jerry Seinfeld’s reaction when Larry King suggests that his #1 television show was possibly canceled.

Read a brief overview of “postmodernism,” the predominant worldview that Seinfeld portrayed, and the predominant mindset of our culture today.

Read an LA times Op-Ed piece by Mary Lefkowitz showing the postmodern worldview in action. She argues for a return to polytheism as opposed to monotheism.

Register for our church’s second annual Christianity and Culture Conference, Pagan America, in January, with featured speaker, Dr. Peter Jones - where we’ll be dealing with the very issues that Mary Lefkowitz brings up.

Embed your favorite television show onto your own blog/website through hulu.com, like “The Office” below. (Hulu is currently in it’s beta testing form.)

Watch Darth Vader show his “good” side.

Posted by Aaron | Filed Under Blog, Lowdown