I was listening to the Albert Mohler Program on my commute home, and the topic was how American parents and kids are becoming more and more obsessed with being famous. The cited the rising popularity of "American Idol" and its spin-off programs dedicated to 'discovering talent' and how parents are taking it upon themselves to do whatever it takes for their child to be 'discovered' next. They cited surveys of children who desired to be famous over intelligence, strength, health, etc; children who would rather be famous than any other worthy profession.
The interesting thing to me, is to not point at the world's problem with fame-seeking (that's nothing new) but to point the spot-light on churches and pastors. The mega-church, tele-evangelism, radio programs, podcasting, and even blogs all give pastors and church leaders a "voice to be heard"; a new forum to hear the praises of people--to seek out the attention of man.
Do you guys think this obsession is something new; getting worse? How do church leaders fight to ascribe all praise to God amidst a culture bent on being "THAT" pastor of "that" church?
As a side note, Mohler made the comment that it really is up to Christian parents to operate in a counter-culture manner to combat the American avalanche of being famous. What does that mean to you? How do you do this, or see yourself doing this?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
It's that time.....
...time for the annual bracket challenge.
But this year I think it's time for a move.....a move away from Yahoo and over to CBSSportsline.
You'll have to create a CBS profile, but after that it's a much better system than Yahoo. We can decide the scoring system we want to use, and we can use as many brackets as we desire.
http://reformedgators.mayhem.sportsline.com/e
Password is "billyball"
If you join soon you can have input into the scoring and system we will use.
JG
But this year I think it's time for a move.....a move away from Yahoo and over to CBSSportsline.
You'll have to create a CBS profile, but after that it's a much better system than Yahoo. We can decide the scoring system we want to use, and we can use as many brackets as we desire.
http://reformedgators.mayhem.sportsline.com/e
Password is "billyball"
If you join soon you can have input into the scoring and system we will use.
JG
It's that time.....
...time for the annual bracket challenge.
But this year I think it's time for a move.....a move away from Yahoo and over to CBSSportsline.
You'll have to create a CBS profile, but after that it's a much better system than Yahoo. We can decide the scoring system we want to use, and we can use as many brackets as we desire.
http://reformedgators.mayhem.sportsline.com/e
Password is "billyball"
If you join soon you can have input into the scoring and system we will use.
JG
But this year I think it's time for a move.....a move away from Yahoo and over to CBSSportsline.
You'll have to create a CBS profile, but after that it's a much better system than Yahoo. We can decide the scoring system we want to use, and we can use as many brackets as we desire.
http://reformedgators.mayhem.sportsline.com/e
Password is "billyball"
If you join soon you can have input into the scoring and system we will use.
JG
Saturday, March 3, 2007
The Finger God
This Thursday the people of Enterprise witnessed probably the most powerful display of destruction that they will ever see. I have certainly never seen anything like it and don't want to see anything like it again. I got a long distance view of the tornado as it moved through town and had no idea the damage it was doing. this town will be recovering for several years. It will take most people in the path of the tornado weeks to clean up. Most of the houses will have to be demolished before any reconstruction can be done.
It was also one of the greatest displays of God's mercy I have ever seen. It is unexplainable how one house can be completly destroyed and a house not 20 feet away has barely a scratch. It is a miracle that so few people were killed. If you go too www.wsfa.com you can see some pictures of the high school. When you see them you will see what I am talking about. The fact that only 8 students were killed blows my mind. there should have been many more.
oh yeah, all of my family and I are ok. My parents house received minor damage to their roof (just a few shingles missing). I had some friends that weren't quite as fortunate, but i would still consider theirs minor damage. Their house will not have to be demolished, just a little minor remodel.
Many church's began to help people this morning. Men from first presbyterian went into the surrounding neighborhood and helped people, first baptist has a kitchen set up to cook, and the Assembly of God has also brought in many supplies.
It is also a miracle more schools weren't hit. There is an elemetary school on the same block as the High school. it is actually about a 100 feet away. Also, had the storm taken a slightly different angle through town it could have hit a total of four schools. with the path it took it narrowly missed the school my wife taught at and another school that my mother taught at and a third school that my sister-in-law taught at. God truly spared hundreds of peoply thursday.
We worship a mighty God. I think we might have gotten a glimpse of what the Israelites saw on that mountain in the desert. I am thankful that He is also a merciful, gracious, and loving God.
oh, yeah my family and i are ok and all of our houses are fine.
It was also one of the greatest displays of God's mercy I have ever seen. It is unexplainable how one house can be completly destroyed and a house not 20 feet away has barely a scratch. It is a miracle that so few people were killed. If you go too www.wsfa.com you can see some pictures of the high school. When you see them you will see what I am talking about. The fact that only 8 students were killed blows my mind. there should have been many more.
oh yeah, all of my family and I are ok. My parents house received minor damage to their roof (just a few shingles missing). I had some friends that weren't quite as fortunate, but i would still consider theirs minor damage. Their house will not have to be demolished, just a little minor remodel.
Many church's began to help people this morning. Men from first presbyterian went into the surrounding neighborhood and helped people, first baptist has a kitchen set up to cook, and the Assembly of God has also brought in many supplies.
It is also a miracle more schools weren't hit. There is an elemetary school on the same block as the High school. it is actually about a 100 feet away. Also, had the storm taken a slightly different angle through town it could have hit a total of four schools. with the path it took it narrowly missed the school my wife taught at and another school that my mother taught at and a third school that my sister-in-law taught at. God truly spared hundreds of peoply thursday.
We worship a mighty God. I think we might have gotten a glimpse of what the Israelites saw on that mountain in the desert. I am thankful that He is also a merciful, gracious, and loving God.
oh, yeah my family and i are ok and all of our houses are fine.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Tragedy in Enterprise, AL
Hey Mike T.,
I just wanted to make sure that you and your wife are ok after the tornados that went through Enterprise. Any updates that the media is not reporting on? Any positive reports on how local Christians are helping after the tragedy at the school? Just thought that we would all like to know how things are going down there.
I just wanted to make sure that you and your wife are ok after the tornados that went through Enterprise. Any updates that the media is not reporting on? Any positive reports on how local Christians are helping after the tragedy at the school? Just thought that we would all like to know how things are going down there.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
I love you guys
Thanks for all the insight fellas. I feel like the next time my pastor and I sit down to talk about this subject, I will be armed with more arseonal to discuss it. The cool thing about my pastor is I think he is totally open to hearing me out, which I know most pastors wouldn't do that. They would usually take the "It's my way or the highway " approach to thier theology and interpretation of scripture (see Eddie Gilly for an example of that). All right, back to administering FCAT to my students.
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