Review of “Theological Implications of Hip-Hop Culture”

Review of “Theological Implications of Hip-Hop Culture”: “I just ordered William ‘Duce’ Branch’s Masters Thesis off the internet and read it yesterday. For most people, his name doesn’t mean anything, but for those who know Holy Hip-Hop, you might know him better as ‘The Ambassador’ from the Cross Movement. That’s right…An emcee from [...]

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I happen to know David Turner as he is a professor at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. I’ve taken his New Testament Literature course, and it was very good.
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What I’ve Done

Linkin Park has always been an interesting fellow. Here’s one of his newer songs. Let me know what you think.

Can you guess who said this?

Religion is “a path that has been shared by millions upon millions of Americans – evangelicals, Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims alike; some since birth, others at certain turning points in their lives. It is not something they set apart from the rest of their beliefs and values. In fact, it is often what drives [...]

Happy Feet: How PC can you get??

I watched the new Warner Bros. movie Happy Feet over the weekend. Overall I’d say this was a good movie. It had moments of humor and good music, but I couldn’t get over the level of moralizing and the politically correct nature of this movie. The big themes of accepting everyone the way they are [...]

With a mighty hand and outstreched arm

In the course of translating Psalm 136, I realized that one of the songs my church will be singing this weekend came from this Psalm. The song, “Forever,” is written by Chris Tomlin and begins the second verse with, “With a mighty hand and outstretched arm, his love endures forever.” This is Psalm 136:12. There’s [...]

Hotel Rwanda

Having a movie to watch for the only thing of homework tonight was really nice. Figuring out what I’m going to comment on for this assignment is the tough part. I had never seen Hotel Rwanda before this evening. Now that I have seen it, my task is to chat with others in my class [...]

Flags of Our Fathers

A friend of mine invited me to go to Flags of Our Fathers last night. I had seen the previews for it, but it turned out slightly different than what I expected. I was expecting it to be another run of the mill war movie. Instead, I got a movie that focused on the men [...]