Posted: July 22nd, 2008 | Author: david | Filed under: and sanctification, justification | No Comments »
The Desiring God Blog recently posted a list of 12 sins we blame on others. Although I think this list could be expanded indefinitely, it shows us how we seek to justify ourselves apart from Christ, which becomes a barrier to our sanctification. If we trusted in our justification by faith in Christ we would not need to blame our sins on others and could move to address our sins instead.
Posted: July 18th, 2008 | Author: david | Filed under: Christ Above Culture, Christ of Culture, examples, music | No Comments »
The BBC has a report about a Capuchin monk who, after attending a Metallica concert, fell in love with Heavy Metal music and now sings in a band. You’ve got to watch the video for yourself!
Why does he do this? Not to convert people to Christ, but to “life.” That makes this an example of Christ of Culture for his synthesis of Metal with the Gospel. According to Yahoo! News UK he sings and shouts lyrics about alcohol, sex, tobacco and life in general” (I have to take it from them since I don’t speak Italian).
Posted: July 1st, 2008 | Author: david | Filed under: Christ Transforming Culture, examples, tv | No Comments »
One of my most popular posts has been the article I wrote on how Dog the Bounty Hunter fits within the Christ Transforming Culture paradigm. Since then I lost touch with the Dog until the Wittenburg Door recently published an interview with him. In this article they explain his absence and his return to TV this month.