Comments on: Great Sex! Flat Abs! And Jesus!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:06:09 +0000

This post brought to you by moleskine: look weird. for a weirder reason. in Walmart.

By: @ShellyBS429

@ShellyBS429 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:20:28 +0000

Oh, this post is right on time. I'm coming to the conclusion that self-help books and magazine articles are a blessing and a curse. We've become a nation of "now, right now!" people, terribly impatient and totally stressed out.

We are so into quick fixes that we fail to realize that God doesn't work on our timetable. When a vine of grapes grow, they have to be plucked and pruned in the process. Many of us don't want God to pluck and prune us because we're afraid of what we'll see – our true selves.

Lord, help us to slow down, savor You, and enjoy the journey!

WV: ooosome (taken from my husband) – something/someone who's beyond awesome!

By: Jenn Palmer

Jenn Palmer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:44:59 +0000

Good post. A lot of the “self help” books bug! I especially don’t like when they say things like “unleash the power of God”. As if I have control over the power of God. Anyway, it’s all just a sign that we buy into the messages of the culture. BTW Toola Roola is into art, so she is an artist, which makes her way cooler than Rainbow Dash. (not that I have anything against rainbows)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:18:53 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Amen Brotha!

By: heartafire

heartafire — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:30:00 +0000

I know you're right about Crazy Love not having bad blurbs on the back. However, I must say I think Chan's theology has something in common with those who are very prescriptive about the ways a person can move from Point A to Point B.

Also, I find it quite offputting that he constantly exhorts people to be a certain way and to do things in a certain way, namely HIS way. Whatever happened to "many members, one body"? His is almost a theology of glory, and it is so antithetical to how I believe that I almost don't want to do SCLBC.

But I did want to tell you.

By: heartafire

heartafire — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:22:00 +0000

Aha! The Moleskine BRAND of notebook. Very nicely done, Jon. I thought you were speaking of a moleskin notebook (as in, made of).

However, I can only award you half a point on your correct spelling of Moleskine, since you declined to capitalize the brand (which is a proper noun, BTW.)

Keep working on it though, Jon. Maybe someday you will even write a book!

By: joshua conti

joshua conti — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:35:00 +0000

jon- i forgot to ask in my comment if you could write about christian couples who meet on myspace because eharmony failed them… cus thats how i met my wife…

wv: calvinandhobbes’ed: the moment your boss walks in on you talking to yourself and you have to pretend like there is someone there to avoid the embarassment of looking like you’re really bored.
“anderson, you look like you really just calvinandhobbes’ed it.”
“i know- i should have known wilkins would forget to knock…”

By: debbie

debbie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:16:00 +0000

i got 12 / 14… although i was definitely guessing… i considered just entering ABBA ABBA ABBA and seeing if that wouldn’t get me a higher score… not because I pray alot to the Father, but because they are one amazing 70′s band.

great post… so true!

wv: quini. How Christian’s define whether a t.v. program is sufficiently Christian to watch, ala Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: It’s just not quini enough for our kids.

By: Dandogg

Dandogg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:59:00 +0000

So then why is it that so many christians think you are living in sin, or that there is sin in your life, if you mind is stressed, or if you don’t have flat abs, or if you are struggling/putting forth tons of effort to make life work?

Why do christians think that you are living in God’s will only if everything in your life is perfect?