Trade Snoozer

Well, the deadline for non-waiver trades has come and gone. Among the names rumored to be heading to the Sox were: Jake Peavey, Cory Lidle, Julio Lugo, Kip Wells, Jon Leiber, Andruw Jones, and so many more. Supposedly hung as trade bait include, Lowell, Hansen, Mily Mo Pena, Coco Crisp and a few [...]

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The Big Trade, Not

The Red Sox made a trade today for some help in the bullpen.  That is important since Manny Delcarmen is having some issues with his thumb, and Foulke was pulled from playing today.  Some say it is his back, some speculate on a trade.  No one knows.  But the trade! 
The picked up right hander Bryan [...]

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Patriots: Maroney on Board

Their first round rookie running back is signed up for the next 5 years barring an injury (Edwards) or the nearly obligatory holdout before the last year of one’s contract (Seymour, Branch….).  Hey, the NFL players don’t usually have guaranteed contracts like in other sports.  Of course, other sports aren’t as dangerous.  When is the [...]

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Celtics New Guards: Telfair & Rondo

Celticsblog linked to the Boston Sports Review article on Telfair and Rondo.  It talks about why they didn’t succeed with their respective teams, and why things might be different in Boston.  One can hope.

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NFL Training Camps Open

Yes, people like the JollyBlogger and the CavIntern can wake up and shake off their depressions.  The NFL season draws neigh.
I am a man for all (sport) seasons, though not all sports.  If you ever meet R.C. Jr. ask him to explain what makes a sport a sport.  It is entertaining.  I have no great [...]

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Time to Move On

It had been awhile since I checked out Blog and Mablog, Doug Wilson’s blog.  I wanted to see if anyone had succeeded in getting any answers out of the Rev. Wil-son.  After at least 3 posts, each with hundreds of comments, culminating in his ‘attack’ on the InternetBobs that cause him great consternation, it has [...]

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Tres Pensees for Today- John Calvin

“Well, let Luther call me a devil, call me what he will, yet I will acknowledge Luther to be the servant of Jesus Christ, and one whom Christ doth use as an instrument of a great deal of good.”  John Calvin, as noted in Sermon XIII of Jeremiah Burroughs, The Saints’ Happiness.

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Shalom, Leon Morris

From Between Two Worlds:
“New Testament scholar Leon Morris died on Monday afternoon in Melbourne after hip surgery, aged 92. His funeral will be at Holy Trinity Doncaster, Melbourne, on July 31 at 10.30 am.”
Sadly, like most scholars, we know little to nothing about his life and family.  I have benefitted greatly from his scholarship and [...]

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Another Pensee for Today- Matthew Henry

“A meek and quiet Christian must needs live very comfortably, for he enjoys himself, he enjoys his friends, he enjoys his God, and he puts it out of the reach of his enemies to disturb him in these enjoyments.”  Matthew Henry from The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit.

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Mike Timlin: Future Pitching Coach?

The Boston Globe reports that Mike Timlin is helping the young pitchers in the bullpen.  He wants to pass on what he has learned, to help them have longer, more productive careers.  I think he’s a coach in the making.

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Goodbye Harold, I’ll Miss You

Harold Reynolds was suddenly released by ESPN this week.  He was a regular on Baseball Tonight.  I learned tons about baseball by listening to him.  He was THE MAN.  Gammons is THE MAN with the connections about trades & inside stories.  But in terms of how the game is played, I really appreciated Harold.  And I’ll miss [...]

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Emotional Voyeurism- Nancy Grace

Nancy Grace spent most of her interview with Elizabeth Smart about a bill trying to get her to talk about how difficult it was being held captive.  She wanted to bring out her anguish.  Elizabeth was clearly uncomfortable, expressed it and yet Nancy Grace pressed on. 
Sadly this is the new form of journalism.  Her show [...]

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Pensee for the Day- Samuel Storms

“Finding the strength to say No (to temptation) comes from believing in, banking on, drawing and drinking from God’s promise of a superior pleasure found only in the arms of Jesus.  Neither threats nor fear can break the cycle of sin in which so many of us daily live.  Neither shame nor the prospects of [...]

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Wake Up Call?

If you are a pastor, or church leader, you may be getting mailings from Wake Up Call: Battlecry Leadership Summit.  This comes endorsed by people like Kay Arthur, Chuck Colson, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, John Maxwell, Josh McDowell, Pat Robertson & Ted Haggard.  Here’s some of the flyer-
“A Call to Arms: This generation of teens is [...]

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The Church Feminized

The Jollyblogger has a summary of the many and numerous blogs concerning feminization of the church.  Some point to the masculine words we use to refer to God, to claim that the church has not been feminized.  It is hard for men to hear about us as the Bride of Christ and not lose interest.  [...]

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Driscoll on Contextualizing Worship

This is another of the Desiring God 2006 conference promos.  This one is by Mark Driscoll.  Driscoll contrasts theology and methodology.  In liberal Christianity, both are open and can change with the needs or interests of culture.  In fundamentalist Christianity, neither change but are locked in space and time, so to speak.

We are [...]

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Worship: For God, or Us?

Often those in conservative circles (which I run in) tend to emphasize the giving of glory to God in worship.  We react to how some chase the warm fuzzy.  We are afraid of using God and making worship all about us.
I can agree.  But when we come with a mind to avoid a subjective experience [...]

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The Politics of Poverty

In the June CT there is an interesting article, “On the Edge of Famine.”  The basic premise is in keeping with what I’ve said elsewhere on this blog, the reason we can’t eliminate poverty is largely a matter of politics. 
Here is where I disagree with Bono.  The politics that is problematic is not the West, [...]

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Review: Shopgirl

Shopgirl was billed as a romantic comedy.  It was not much of either.  It is a dark, occasionally funny story about the avoidance of intimacy while seeking the pleasure of sex in modern America.  It is based on a novella by Steve Martin.  Given his history, I’m wondering how much of this is culled from [...]

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My First Rob Bell Sermon

Well, not actually.  I have seen a few of the Nooma DVDs.  But this was the first sermon of his I’d heard.  Enough Dirt for My Mule was a very good sermon.  It was faithful to the biblical text, contextualized and applicible to the circumstances of the people.  I will have to listen to more [...]

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