Interesting thoughts on the historicity of Adam and Eve from N.T. Wright. I’m not endorsing his view but I think he is right when he says that we in America have politicized these texts too much.
thoughts?
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surprises good thing or a bad thing
3 SepThis week all the news has been about McCain’s VP pick, Gov. Sarah Palin. There have been voices on both sides as to whether or not this was good pick for McCain.
I don’t want to endorse either candidate on my blog, who you vote for is your business. But I will say this, by picking Gov. Palin McCain has brought attention to his candidacy that really wasn’t there. My opinion as to why McCain wasn’t getting attention was because he is the least exciting or charismatic public speaker I have ever seen. So to draw attention away from his lack of charisma and Obama’s abundance of Charisma, McCain had tried to change the game entirely.
This may prove to be a genius move for the campaign camp or it may bite them in the butt. Either way, surprise draws attention, and in politics it seems you are always fighting for attention.
I look at this story and I’m reminded that the worst thing in the world sometimes fir a leader us to be predictable. We need to zag when people expect us to zig. Not everytime, it’s good for people to know where we stand on core issues, but we also need to have the flexibility both mentally and organizationally to go in an unpredictible course. It could save our ministry, it could save our leadership, and it could change the game entirely.
Just some thoughts.
The Real Reasons Romney Dropped Out
17 Aprread the article here.
10. There weren’t as many Osmonds as I thought.
9. I got tired of corkscrew landings under sniper fire.
8. As a lifelong hunter, I didn’t want to miss the start of the varmint season.
7. There wasn’t room for two Christian leaders.
6. I was upset that no one had bothered to search my passport files.
5. I needed an excuse to get fat, grow a beard and win the Nobel prize.
4. I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.
3. I wanted to finally take off that dark suit and tie, and kick back in a light-colored suit and tie.
2. Once my wife Ann realized I couldn’t win, my fundraising dried up.
1. There was a miscalculation in our theory: “As Utah goes, so goes the nation.”
Overly Serious Politics & People Make Me Sad
4 MarSo I don’t like to take myself to seriously, sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who really gets the joke in my head, and so I like to laugh and I like being around people who like to laugh. I can’t stand people who take themselves too seriously. Life’s to short for that.
That’s why reading about Mike Huckabee’s campaign plane’s game of nap tag was so refreshing. Something that has really come across in the Huckabee campaign is that this guy is a real person, and I can follow a real person.
I have worked with too many people who try to keep appearances, or who don’t want to let people know who they really are. That’s one of the things that make Jesus so attractive to me.
Here’s the Son of God, who could have come as a conquering king and kicked but and been really serious and scary (which is what many of us believe God is like.) But he didn’t Jesus came as a little baby boy, he grew up in obscurity as a carpenter’s son, and when he started his public ministry, he gathered a bunch of regular dudes around him and showed them the way of the Kingdom. He laughed, he told jokes, he made friends.
Now Jesus had some very serious moments and some very serious conversations and those moments are so emphasized because they were unusual. My dad is a jokester, but growing up when he was serious I knew he meant it.
I think the problem with the overly serious is that we become numb to them, they become more static that we tune out.
So relax, have fun, laugh at the Joke in your Head. Smile more. Jesus has set you free from being overly serious, follow the Jesus way, give people nicknames, tell bad puns. But don’t be afraid of the truth, and don’t be afraid to speak up when called for. But have fun along the way.
Who expected this today
7 FebRomney Withdraws From the Race I had a feeling he was going to eventually but I didn’t think it would be today. Wow.
telling people what they think
9 JanI was quite surprised by the New Hampshire Primaries last night. Two underdogs came out the winners. Clinton instead of losing by 10 like some polls showed actually came out ahead by 3 percent. Pretty incredible. It’s funny how the media tends to pick a front-runner and tell everyone they are the front-runner, but then wham-o the people tell them something else.
The lesson to learn from all of this is that you can’t tell people what they think. This applies to everything in life not just politics. Instead of telling people what they think, tell them what you think (be honest), but most importantly listen to what they think, and then talk about what they think.
I am finding more and more that people will listen to what I think as long as I am willing to listen to what they think first.
when we preach are we talking about what people think about?
Not to be Political or Anything
7 JanBut I am really starting to dig Huckabee. I was among those who thought that his name would be a big factor in keeping him obscure, but with a candidate named Barak Obama then I don’t really think names are going to be a problem.
One of the things that I like about Huckabee is his record of being a pastor, and having watched him on Leno tell his story of why he went into politics it was quite inspiring. Huckabee wanted to be a doer instead of just a critic. And having served in a non-profit non-governmental role he really did have a chance to work with people. And as a side-note has a pastor ever been president before?
Good Thoughts from Osenga
13 NovGood thoughts on Christians, Politics, evangelism, grace, love, and the church. you should read it when you have time, it’s a bit long.
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