Mark N
http://jesusvwbuffalo.blogspot.com/
I'm a student, father, and husband. I live in the second poorest, large city in America after Detroit - Buffalo, NY. I grew up in a southern Pentecostal church outside of Houston Texas, but I've left my charismatic roots. I'm a Navy Veteran who has spent multiple tours in the Middle East. I now work as a controls engineer for a major specialty and bulk gas manufacturer. I love art and design more than engineering, and that is why I'm back at University. Favorite author in childhood - Lloyd Alexander Favorite author today - Wendell Berry Favorite quote - A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. Favorite play - Henry the V Favorite band - Decembrists Favorite book of all time - Jayber Crow Favorite Gun - Browning Synergy, 12 Gauge Over/Under
Mark N writes:
Unless Mr. Obama didn’t believe much of what his pastor taught for thirty years, Driscoll isn’t out of line. No, he may be correct, but even if he is, he’s still out of line. Just because something may be true, doesn’t make it right to say it publicly. In this case, Mark is speculating on [...]
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Here’s a tweet from your favorite super-pastor: “Praying for our president, who today will place his hand on a Bible he does not believe to take an oath to a God he likely does not know.” Awesome. What’s the motivation for tweeting something like this? I understand his logic: Praying for our president, who today [...]
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but John…
This is why we need some women in this conversation, so we can tell them to their face (as it were) that throwing a woman into unemployment because it’s the first step in your repentance for your lack of sexual continence is a godly, just and reasonable course of action. (jn) We’ve had women at [...]
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on the edge of the dark sea of darkness…
“What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the wholly-symbolic-’remembrance’-juice of Jeeeeesus” ;)
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Apple Cider
As well as brewing beer I’ve tried my hand at other beverages, mostly for the kids. For New Year’s Eve I thought I’d whip up some sparkling apple cider as an alternative to champagne. – 2.5 gallons of apple cider – 2 cinnamon sticks – 10 whole cloves I put the spices in a nylon [...]
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I think that ignoring the Christian calendar for your own series’ sake is narcissism. I went to an Easter service and the pastor told us that he felt like God told him it was ok to give us his next sermon on Romans – a year-long series. I visited that same church last week and [...]
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Kent, I hear that call and response all the time as well. I’ve commmited to responding this way: Call: “God is good” Response: “Quake in fear!” with the subtext that you.are.not I’ve also recommended that they read “The Turkey”, but I don’t think that advice has ever been followed.
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Hobbiton
Had a lively discussion with friends on NYE about the hobbit. It was roundly agreed that the lengthy, cartoonish battle scenes distracted from the story. For me, the key to the entire narrative of the Hobbit is how Bilbo, a regular Joe, can overcome peril after peril with just his wits and a little divine [...]
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Kurt, Those Lambics are perfect for Beer-mosas the next morning. My wife lives them.
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The Hobbit movie sucked
Did I miss this discussion or have we taken it apart yet? Peter Jackson tried to make a LOTR prequel and told a different story than the Hobbit.
