Quick Hits (8/12/08)

Here are some miscellaneous thoughts and links for your consideration, including bits about Matt Hoskinson, The Solid Rock, homeschooling, how sanctification is like building boats, and a crazy YouTube link:
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Pray for Matt Hoskinson…and Grow with Him
Matt Hoskinson’s cancer journal has been extremely encouraging to me. Matt has been intentionally devotional, focusing more on spiritual than [...]

Olympic Moments, Part 1

I’m an Olympics junkie—have been since 1984 and the L.A. Olympics. (Think Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Greg Louganis, Karch Kirali, Flo Hyman, Mary Lou Retton, and the great ‘84 men’s gymnastics team featuring Peter Vidmar, Bart Conner, Tim Daggett, and Mitch Gaylord. Mercy, I even remember the Beatrice commercials that aired incessantly during the Olympics [...]

Parasailing!

This week my family enjoyed a few days at Middle Bass Island, a vacation place on lake Erie—a trip that included parasailing! Here’s a short video I took while being dragged around by a boat some 300-plus feet below me:

Better than my parasailing was the parasailing of a 74-year-old friend of our family, whom I’ll [...]

Unimportant Quick Hits (7/7/08)

I occasionally post various and sundry important things in a yard-sale-type post I call”quick hits.” This is not one of those times. Rather, it’s a collection of various and sundry unimportant things that have made me smile, laugh, or think (but just a little).
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2 out of 2000 isn’t bad…
I’ve taken around 2000 pictures during my [...]

Too Funny

Quick Hits (4/4/08)

Here are some miscellaneous items that may make you laugh, think, or go “Wha…?“:
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If you’ve wondered what’s behind Peter Enns’ suspension from Westminster Theological Seminary, D. A. Carson’s review of Enns’ book (from back in 2006) will clear up the theological portion of the controversy for you. Carson’s article isn’t short or light, but it’s [...]

Things I Wish I’d Said, 1

There’s nothing like reading your own thoughts expressed more articulately by someone else. Every reader knows the “eureka!” moment when you say to yourself “That’s what I’ve been thinking, but I haven’t been able to say it so clearly. Yes!” Well, when I have those moments now, I’ll collect the statements here. When I’ve gathered [...]

Missing Ronald Reagan…

How good would Ronald Reagan look as a presidential candidate right now? Maybe I’m just feeling nostalgic, but this video made me wistful:

This one, on the other hand, made me smile:

Others: It’s Morning in America, The Bear, Tear Down This Wall.

A Valentine’s Day/Easter Encore

What do Valentine’s Day and Easter have in common? This youtube video. I posted it a while back, but it deserves an encore. If this little medley doesn’t get the romance/revival flames a-burning, I don’t know what will:

One of Those Days, Part 2

These guys have nothing on this guy:

Eww.