Uncharacteristic (?) But Genuine Gushing
Jim Berg is one of my favorite preachers in the world. Of course, there are many preachers I benefit from. “All are yours,” Paul said (1 Cor 3:22)—Piper, Packer, the Puritans—and the Internet has made them all readily available for my benefit. Praise God!
But providentially, I have a pastor. And a long-time Sunday School teacher. And a former Dean at the institution where I work (that’s Berg). These, my top three favorite preachers in the world if anyone’s counting, are God’s special gifts to me and the others who share my providential space in life. These and a very few others are my “fathers” in the faith (1 Cor 4:14–15), men to whom I have and owe special respect.
Thankfully, I don’t have to force myself to give honor to these men. I feel it naturally; their love for God and skill in handling the Word make them worthy of it. I find myself praying that I might by God’s grace be like them (Paul follows up 1 Cor 4:15 with a command to be like him).
Listen to this glorious sermon!
P.S. Can you put a P.S. on a blog post? The Internet says I can. So P.S.: all the men whose preaching and teaching I value the most were trained at Bob Jones University. It is not a perfect place, and there are many other good Christian schools, but if you want to be a preacher whose head and heart are both submitted to the Word of God, BJU is a very good choice.
Funny Quote on Technology Guaranteed to Make You Laugh or Your Money Back (If You Do Laugh, Would You Consider Giving Me Some Money?)
From John Dyer’s From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology :
When it comes to technology, each generation sees the issue from a slightly different perspective. Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, once grouped technology into three categories. First, “everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal.” Then, “anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it.” Finally, “anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.”
What a Great Idea!
This is why I bought a Kindle and not a Nook—Amazon has it together as a company, a lot like Apple but without quite the same visual panache.
I can now more easily send any document on my computer straight to my Kindle. That’s real handy for someone like me who likes the ergonomics of the Kindle better than those of a laptop or desktop. The root meaning of “ergonomic” has something to do with “lying on a couch,” I think, and that’s why I like my Kindle.
Now, Amazon, please develop this for the Mac!
Update: It works really well. Here’s the little options screen you get every time you try to print or send to Kindle:
I’m afraid this screen reveals to careful readers that I have lost one Kindle… =( I took it on church visitation and never saw it again. No one has deregistered it, so I hope they’re reading the Bible… But I suspect it’s just languishing somewhere. I have prayed often that it would find its way back to me. =( One small blessing is that Kindles have gone way down in price since I bought the one I lost.
HT: Dustin Battles (HT: Lifehacker [HT: Jeff Bezos])
Congratulations, Greenville!
My humble home town makes the front page of the New York Times! That home looks like it’s in Dellwood—that’s my best guess. Not a lot of Newt fans in West Greenville, I don’t think… Or beach cruisers.
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