Archive for February, 2009

27
Feb

our goal is to go to Jesus

   Posted by: Brendt    in theological rants, theological raves

Those that want to go back to the 1950s are numerous. Those that oppose this idea note that it was, among other things, a very racially bad time in America’s history.

Arguments for and against can be made. Very few of them are very Biblically-based. This is.

25
Feb

worn out already?

   Posted by: Brendt    in sports

Let’s see, since they didn’t have to play baseball in October, the Yankees had 4.5 months off. Then they practiced for four whole days (in Florida, no less), and needed a break, so their manager canceled practice and took them to a pool hall.

It’s gonna be a loooooooooooooooooong season in New York.

25
Feb

i got nothin’

   Posted by: Brendt    in theological rants

From the weekly email I get regarding new Christian music releasing that week:

24
Feb

now there’s a stumper

   Posted by: Brendt    in humor (arr, arr), media

Every day on IMDb, there are two mini-quizzes where you have to figure out what star or movie is being identified.  One is a piece of trivia, such as Monday’s:

(The answer, by the way, is Dougray Scott.)

And then there’s one in which a quote from a movie (with the name of the character who says the quote) is presented, and you have to identify the movie.  Monday’s was really difficult:

23
Feb

You like me, You really like me

   Posted by: Brendt    in theological raves

Sally FieldNot that it’s anything new, but Tim nails it again.

This time he writes about how God not only loves us, but likes us too.

2 of the last 3 sentences really sum up the post well:

Maybe we can be so careful in (rightly) understanding God’s hatred for sin and his desire for holiness that we forget about his great love for us despite the sin that still pollutes us. Maybe we forget that God truly does regard as children—children he not only loves but children he also genuinely likes.

19
Feb

warning sign

   Posted by: Brendt    in humor (arr, arr), photos

Because we all know how dangerous property management can be.

6
Feb

maybe i’ll eat mexican tonight

   Posted by: Brendt    in humor (arr, arr)

Was washing sheets today.  The dryer buzzer went off and so I went to retrieve them.

Turns out that the pillow cases and flat sheet had gotten rolled into the fitted sheet, and then the fitted sheet rolled itself into a tube.

I opened the dryer to find a burrito.