The OOC

This is a must-see/hear:

Now quiet in the theatre
or it’s gonna get tragic,
We’re gonna get taken
to a dream-world of magic!

From today’s ByFaithOnline update:

John W. Hendryx, a member of Intown PCA in Portland, Ore., is the founder and keeper of Monergism.com. He states that the purposes of this site are: To equip Christians in the truth by making available the finest classic articles and resources of historical orthodoxy, to teach the whole counsel of God so that the gospel will affect and transform all areas of our lives, to stress important doctrines that have been lost or set aside in order to bring about the recovery of the gospel, and to bring glory and honor to God by stressing that the Scriptures are a divine self-disclosure that is God-centered, not man-centered and that the work of salvation is a monergistic work of grace.

We’re not the only ones podcasting worship sermons. (We’re on our third podcast of the new year, btw.)

Interesting article about The Simple Way and Shane Claiborne’s “Irresistable Revolution.” Anyone read or heard of this book/movement?

Sunday sermon (Matthew 4:1-11)

Jesus was tempted in every way that we are. What does that mean to us?

The U.S. State Department is siding with Muslims over the press in condemning cartoons depicting caricatures of the “Prophet Mohammed”. Spokesman David Cooper said, “We … respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.”
Am I the only one who finds this offending when night after night, television shows repeatedly portray Christians and even Christ in demeaning fashions? If anyone questions this, we need only to tune into “The Book of Daniel”, or “Will and Grace”. I guess it’s pretty clear that if Christians were terrorists, we would “get our way” when we complain about how our Lord is portrayed in the media. However, since instead we are law-abiding citizens who want to be seen as loving, we can be ridiculed at the whim of whatever writer wishes to do so. Where’s the press responsibility there?

Sunday sermon (Matthew 3:13-17)

Why did Jesus, who knew no sin, need to be baptized?

Movies@Milligan House resumes this coming Friday (Feb. 3) when we watch and discuss Memento, the 2000 thriller about a man with short-term memory loss who tries to solve a murder.

Rated: R for violence, language and some drug content.
Runtime: 113 min

Links for more:

• IMDB
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Ransom Fellowship
• James Bowman

Apparently, the courts now even have the power to determine who should live.
I really don’t know what more to add. I’m pretty much dumbfounded.

With last Sunday’s sermon, Old Orchard Church has begun podcasting. Look for it on iTunes or wherever you download your podcasts.

The RSS feed is:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ooc-podcast

If you have any ideas for improvement, please reply in this space, or contact Nate or me. Enjoy!