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10 years ago @ BagOfNothing.com - Bag of Randomness · 0 replies · +1 points

There was also an aspect of devotion for the Saints and iconography in the East/West split.

BTW, some people misunderstand the council of Nicea and claim that Constantine changed Christianity. The canon of scripture was mostly set before that time and that is what the Nicean creed flowed from. The 1st century Gospels and the writings of Paul and a few others were always considered more authoritative than stuff written hundreds of years later, just as we'd consider a biography of Washington or Lincoln written right after their deaths to have more accurate information than something written in the 20th century which claims "shocking new revelations," but no proof.

10 years ago @ Christian Web Trends B... - Who are the Christian ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I hear ya.

10 years ago @ Christian Web Trends B... - Who are the Christian ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I forgot Jon Acuff.

10 years ago @ Christian Web Trends B... - Who are the Christian ... · 1 reply · +2 points

Jason Moore at MidnightOilProductions has been my mentor from afar (and occasionally in-person) for over a decade. He and Len Wilson really pioneered visual media in the church.

Paul

10 years ago @ Christian Web Trends B... - Who are the Christian ... · 2 replies · +1 points

They're all paperback, too, but thanks a ton. That's two more people giving me courage to keep going. I just need to keep these in mind when the business side is hard, which right now is always. ;)

11 years ago @ BagOfNothing.com - Bag of Randomness · 0 replies · +2 points

In seminary, I took a class called "Birth and Resurrection Narratives." The professor said that depending on how you read the word, the wise men were coming from the east or eastward. I responded, "Does that mean that there may not have been three; they definately weren't kings, and they might not have been from the orient?" (As opposed to the song, "We Three Kings of Orient Are". He seemed to agree with my conclusion. ;)

Paul

11 years ago @ BagOfNothing.com - Bag of Randomness · 0 replies · +1 points

The death of Google reader is why I wrote about not trusting Google (http://trinitydigitalmedia.com/2013/03/i-dont-trust-facebook-google-and-twitter/).

I actually think that Google has a huge problem that killing services that people actually use has caused. I'm starting to think I shouldn't trust any service they launch until it becomes one of the core Google services (like search, youtube, or google+), but how would a new service become a core service if no one trusts it? See the problem?

Twitter and FaceBook have issues of their own, too.

Paul

11 years ago @ BagOfNothing.com - God's Architect: Anton... · 0 replies · +1 points

Wow. That's an incredible building.

11 years ago @ Steve Stockman - The "180 Degree Rule" ... · 0 replies · +2 points

I guess we agree then. People who understand rules can break them for good reasons. I just wouldn't under some circumstances without those reasons. I didn't understand that you were saying, "break the rule if you know why you're doing it." I thought you were saying, "Don't even consider it in the list of things you think of." Those are, of course, different.

11 years ago @ BagOfNothing.com - No Tip · 0 replies · +4 points

I give God 10%, but He's asked me to think of other people before myself, so I tip 15-100% (yes 100%). People matter too much to God to treat them like this Pharisee did. That's the most unloving thing I've ever seen.

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