by Bret Capranica | May 27, 2006 | Miscellaneous
Robertson says he leg-pressed 2,000 pounds – Yahoo! News When will this guy quit discrediting himself and the Christian community? He claims to have leg-pressed 2000 pounds, due to his powerful protein shake. I am a little surprised this charlatan didn’t attribute it to his charasmatic theological stance on prayer and the...
by Bret Capranica | May 13, 2006 | Miscellaneous
Jesus Creed » On Marking Books If you are reading this blog, you obviously read other blogs. I’m sure this can’t be your one stop shop for blog-reading. Does that mean you read books? How do you mark a book? Justin Taylor also notes Morimer Adler’s thoughts on marking a...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 7, 2006 | Miscellaneous, Time/Life Management
How I Work: Bill Gates – Apr. 4, 2006 Oh the perks of running Microsoft.
by Bret Capranica | Jul 25, 2005 | Culture, Miscellaneous
What the Christian community needs is another way to distract people from reading. If only God had given us a video game, instead of a book perhaps the world would be more Christian. Perhaps then postmillennialism would prevail. Have no fear. There are a host of Christian gaming groups who are now vying for the attention the video gamers of the Christian world (see the linked article). Their chief goal: to convert readers into gamers. You had to see it coming. The Left Behind video game is on the horizon and according to one video gaming guru, “‘Left Behind’ will not likely convert gamers to Christianity, but will need to convert Christians (the books’ fan base) to video gaming.” Instead of X-Box, maybe Christians could become more clever and begin marketing the “Cross-Box.” How shortsighted I have been. If only we would play more video games, our maturity in Christ might increase dramatically. I will hold my comments for those who immerse themselves in the violent sorts of video gaming and instead express my sarcastic dismay at the gullible Christian community who tends to find every reason not to read, but merely immerse themselves in vain, imaginative, short-lived pleasures played out in front of a TV. God help...
by Bret Capranica | Jul 22, 2005 | General Theology, Miscellaneous
This article is another facinating display of the destructive logical conclusions derived from false religions. The slaughter and sacrifice of children as temples are being dedicated is only one part of this ancient Aztec...
by Bret Capranica | Jul 20, 2005 | Miscellaneous
The Washington Times reports that the final tally for Billy Graham’s final crusade has come in, yet, the funds have come up short. How far short? Two million dollars!! The New York crusade was the most expensive crusade in the history of the Graham Evangelistic Association, coming in at around $6.8 million. One crusade – comes close to a typical mega-church’s annual budget. And we wonder why the proclamation of the Gospel in America is tainted with materialism. This is not to suggest that what Graham says from his pulpit is erroneous. Yet, how prevalent it seems to be that the message is often drowned out by the trappings used to dress it up. At a projected budget of almost $7 million for a single evangelistic event, could we really still cling to the same purpose of ministry the Apostle Paul advocated? “For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God” (1 Corinthians...
