The Weekly Town Crier

Posted by Brent | Misc. | Friday 8 February 2008 8:27 am

You know the drill. Drill away. This is the place where I link and you link and we share the things that were interesting over the past week and we remind one another that, just because we link something, that doesn’t mean we endorse it, just that it was interesting and thought-provoking in one way or another. Or another.

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Browse Christianity Today’s picks for the “Most Redeeming Films” of 2007.

Read about the DNC lodging a complaint over Evangelical polling.

Read as Reuters wonders what Evangelicals will do if Huckabee drops out of the presidential race.

Read about Mark Driscoll losing “cool points.”

Read about Reformation Heritage Books’ recent acquisition of Soli Deo Gloria Publications.

Read about Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrating “its centenniel convocation with the faculty wearing black felt cowboy hats instead of the more traditional toppers usually associated with such occasions.”

Read Jim’s five reasons why he’s choosing to support John McCain.

Read Barna’s recent report that found that “Born Again” voters are no longer as likely to support the Republican party.

Read about the recent study that found that “depression is most common among men and women in their forties.”

Read about the development of evangelicalism in Ukraine.

Read about India’s booming “kidney racket.”

Watch about the Vatican’s move to train more priests as exorcists.

Read about the possibility of a Google and Yahoo merger.

Read about the recent study that found that “Britons are losing their grip on reality.” The piece notes that “according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.”

Read about an increasing number of evangelicals turning to monasticism.

Read about North Korea remaining the top persecutor of Christians.

Read Christianity Today Music’s review of the new album, Time is Fiction from Edison Glass.

Read their review of the latest from Square Peg Andy Gullahorn, Reinventing the Wheel.

Read their review of God of This City, the latest from Passion.

Read this piece arguing that, despite all the talk of faith in the presidential campaign, very little has actually been accomplished by the increased rhetoric.

Read about Mitt Romney “suspending” what the press calls his “faltering presidential campaign.”

Watch this piece which wonders whether Joel Osteen is a preacher or “another Dr. Phil?”

Read as the Baltimore Sun tries to sort out the difference between “hipsters” and “indie kids.”

Read about ten albums that every “music snob” gives a nod towards.

Read as USA Today considers the intersection between music and social networking.

Browse the lineup for the 2008 Bonnaroo festival.

Read as Boston.com considers the “coolness” factor of the presidential candidates.

Read as Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury “argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law would help maintain social cohesion.”

Read about James Dobson endorsing Mike Huckabee.

Read the text from Abraham Piper’s humorous and touching introduction of his father, John Piper at the recent Desiring God 2008 Conference for Pastors.

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1 Comment »

  1. Comment by Jake T — February 10, 2008 @ 1:23 am

    Ok, that thing about driscoll was pretty dang funny.

    Google Reader still hates your feed, btw. It’s killing me ;).

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