Jesus' Favorite Singer

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Worth A Look

Some links worth a look:

Nine Things You Should Know About the Hobbit

The Dark Side of Christian Celebrity

When Apologetics Does More Harm Than Good

The Controversy Over the Hymn "In Christ Alone"

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

The Gift of Christmas Generosity

RIP Dallas Willard

Dallas Willard went to be with the Lord this morning. Prayers up for his family. He will be greatly missed.

Dallas Willard, a prominent philosopher on a "quiet quest to subvert nominal Christianity" (according to a 2006 CT profile), died today after losing a battle with cancer. He was 77.

HarperOne broke the news:

Beloved author of THE DIVINE CONSPIRACY and critical thought leader Dallas Willard passes. Rest in peace, Dallas. bit.ly/10blVF2

— HarperOne (@HarperOne) May 8, 2013

Leadership Lessons from RG3

We're Washington Redskins fans at my house, so there was a lot of football joy last night as the 'Skins beat the Dallas Cowboys to win the NFC East Division title. We are also very excited about the present and potential future achievements of rookie 'Skins quarterback, Robert Griffen III, aka "RG3", last year's Heisman Trophy winner.There's a whole lot more to this talented Christian athlete than first meets the eye.

Read Denny Burk's take on Leadership Lessons from RG3. For background, here's a link to the Washington Post article he quotes from.

An Example of True Humility

Love this story of a truly great but humble man, as told by Doug Nichols to Tim Challies:

It was a long time ago, in the summer of 1966, that Doug was working for Operation Mobilization and was stationed in London during their big annual conference. He was assigned to the clean-up crew. One night at around 12:30 AM he was sweeping the steps at the conference center when an older gentleman approached him and asked if this was where the conference was being held. Doug said that it was, but that just about everyone had already gone to bed. This man was dressed very simply and had just a small bag with him. He said that he was attending the conference. Doug replied he would try to find him a place to sleep and led him to a room where about 50 people were bunked down on the floor. The older gentleman had nothing to sleep on, so Doug laid down some padding and a blanket and offered a towel for a pillow. The man said that would be just fine and that he appreciated it very much.

Doug asked the man if he had been able to eat dinner. It turns out that he hadn’t eaten since he had been travelling all day. Doug took him to the dining room but it was locked. He soon jimmied the lock and found some cornflakes and milk and bread and jam. As the man ate, the two began to talk. The man said that he and his wife had been working in Switzerland for several years, where he had a small ministry that served hippies and travellers. He spoke about his work and spoke about some of the people he had seen turn to Christ. When he finished eating, both men turned in for the night.

Doug woke up the next morning only to find out that he was in big trouble. The conference leaders came to him and said, “Don’t you know who it was that you put on the floor last night? That’s Francis Schaeffer! He’s the speaker for this conference! We had a whole room set aside for him!”

Doug had no idea that he was sleeping on the floor next to a celebrity, that he had told a man to sleep on the floor who had a profoundly important ministry. He had no idea that this man had helped shape the Christian church of that day, and really, the church of our day. And Schaeffer never let on. In humility he had accepted his lot and been grateful for it.

 This attitude is one reason among so many others why Francis Schaeffer will always be one of my heroes.

A Tale of Two Qarterbacks

Everybody's excited about Tim Tebow's "miraculous" season and playoff win Sunday over the highly favored Pittsburgh Steelers. But did you know that the other quarterback in that game also has something to teach us about Christianity; namely the power of redemption.

Read God’s quarterbacks: What Tebow and Roethlisberger reveal about evangelical politics in The Washington Post.