Comments for St. Antony’s Cave

Comment on “Flies on Jesus” by Jim

Jim — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:41:28 +0000

It’s very unnerving to see how our society (and now our LCMS) bends over backwards to be sure Muslims are not offended. Apparently, it doesn’t matter if a Christian is offended. In the end, how society - or even the church - treats Christians or the Name of Jesus. I read the book - the Good Guy has already won. That can’t be changed.

Comment on “Flies on Jesus” by christopher

christopher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:30:22 +0000

I saved and added the article in my April 17 post on Muslim friendly worship. I had a feeling this might be pulled from the web.

Comment on This Jeremiah Wasn’t a Bullfrog but a Friend by Betty Posey

Betty Posey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:47 +0000

And all God’s children said “Croak!”

Comment on David Danced Why Can’t I? by Bart Goddard

Bart Goddard — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:40:28 +0000

I watched the video and had several reactions. The last
reaction was “What? No rousing applause at the end?”
My chief reaction was to the most repeated line of the song,
“We lift You up on our praises.” I seems to me, first, that
it was our _sins_ which lifted Jesus up, and, second, perhaps
we can, in some sense, lift Jesus up on our praises, but
on Easter, His raising of _Himself_ ought to be the
focus. The dance and song shows that Jesus can’t
entertain us without our help and that He can’t raise Himself
without our help. Maybe it’s not a matter of whether we
can dance before the Lord, but whether we can blaspheme
before the Lord.

Comment on David Danced Why Can’t I? by Outer Rim Territories » Blog Archive » David Danced Why Can’t I?

Outer Rim Territories » Blog Archive » David Danced Why Can’t I? — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:07:07 +0000

This blogger has posted on his blog a video of a dance done in an LCMS church on Easter Sunday. It should be viewed. PRH

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Comment on Of Style and Substance by Carl Roth

Carl Roth — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:35:13 +0000

I sympathize with what you are saying here, and I also try to capitalize divine “He,” “Him,” “You,” and me “Me.” In addition to the respect it conveys, sometimes it is just plain helpful for clarity’s sake.

However, I have always wondered why we do not do the same with the relative pronouns, “Who” and “Whom.” I have come across a couple of pastors who do capitalize the relative pronouns, and it does seem that that would be most consistent, but I’m not sure I could develop such a habit this late in the game. Even harder for you. =)

Comment on Radio Shows Go Mercy Stays & Politics Rules the World by Derek Kurth

Derek Kurth — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:31 +0000

Pres. Kieschnick wrote a response to the the Wall Street Journal article, printed as a Letter to the Editor. You can read it here:

http://bringbackissues.blogspot.com/2008/03/pres-kieschnick-responds-to-wsj-article.html

He basically gives the same list of financial figures given out last week. What I don’t get is, if the decision was ultimately financial, why was the cancellation executed so suddenly? Why were the archived shows online removed? And why are Wilken and Schwartz apparently forbidden to speak on the matter?

Comment on Radio Shows Go Mercy Stays & Politics Rules the World by Weslie Odom

Weslie Odom — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:46:32 +0000

Mollie Hemingway was recently interviewed on White Horse Inn:

http://www.whitehorseinn.org/newsevents.htm#issues (you can then click on FREE Audio Download near the top)

It seems, based on that interview, that they are weighing the decision. If they can figure a way not to take the severance, they won’t. This would allow them to say what they like, i.e. the truth. If they take the package, it’s silence forever. It’s especially troubling because it sounds like Mr. Schwartz’s wife has recently developed some serious medical conditions, Rev. Wilken has children, etc.

I would take Mrs. Hemingway’s words with more than a grain of salt as she used to be on the BoC herself.

-Weslie

Comment on On the Reading of Small Books by Derek Kurth

Derek Kurth — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:02:44 +0000

I’ve read a couple of Doug Wilson’s books; one that I think you’d enjoy is called A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking. You’re welcome to borrow it (assuming you don’t have it already!).

Another good and very short book for this time of year is The Case for Easter (Lee Strobel). It gives a good summary of the case for the historical resurrection.

Comment on Lutheran Education by Jenn Wolf

Jenn Wolf — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:51:16 +0000

Pastor Harris, I’m sure I’ve been to your blog before but I’m out of touch these days because we turned off our internet at home in Sept. It was nice b/c I wasn’t checking Looper mail every 10 minutes but made house hunting hard this spring so I’m back online and trying not to spend too much time online. Anyway, as a Confessional Lutheran Homeschooling Mother, I agree with your comments wholeheartedly. I was a “professional educator” before I had children. I worked hard for a masters in teaching, taught in public and was teaching in a Lutheran day school when I got pregnant with my first child. I’d only known one or two homeschoolers at the time but I knew then that I’d be homeschooling all our kids all the way through - even if (as it looks like we might) we were able to live near an excellent day school. Even in a strong school (the one we’re moving near to is classical leaning, as am I) the kids are still giving the best part of their day to a stranger, spending the most formative moments of their life with predominantly peers (to whom they most frequently would turn for advice first). I’m greedy about time with my kids, my husband is jealous about time with our kids. We’re hoping to be pregnant with number four and after having spent most of this past week-end with my entire family (all four of us siblings, our spouses and children and our mother). My sister that has wholeheartedly embraced popular culture, public school kids, daycare, fast life, and divorced, had the most obnoxious of the 10 kids. My brother, who’s Catholic, and his wife also homeschool and, while more a part of our modern culture than we are, have great kids. The other sister’s kids are too young to tell yet (2 and less than a year). However, this other sister plans on sending her kids to public school (or some weird Boulder eco school) because she sees my brother and I as religious freaks.
Which is exactly why I don’t send my kids to school! I don’t want that mentality to be their predominant influence. I don’t want them learning “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” as what they take home from school. I like that my 6yo can ask real questions about Jesus and what He’s done for us on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. My 6yo knows that there are people who don’t believe in the Jesus who died for our sins and he prays for them to come to repentance. my 7yo niece thinks that Jesus is that cute baby on Christmas and why she gets presents, but she knows Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

Sorry this is so long, perhaps I’ve been away from my own blog too long, I’m writing a commentary (and poorly at that) on yours!
Blessings in Christ
Keep up the homeschooling!
Jenn in Vegas