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December 15, 2004
Spend on MEDIA vs. Giving to the WORLD
Great video. Worth a look.
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December 13, 2004
Why go to “church?”
After an engaging discussion this weekend with a friend who is currently without a “home” church, it got me thinking about the scriptural evidence for having one particular church where you would consider yourself a member/regular attendee/whatever.
The classic scripture that comes to mind for me is found in Hebrews 10:24-25, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, (25) not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” However, this hardly seems like sufficient evidence that the Lord would have us regularly attend the same church each week. What if someone’s “assembling” occurred by attending a different church each week, or one week through a home Bible study, or simply hanging out with fellow believers on a regular basis?
Does Paul not also instruct us to “…exhort one another daily,” earlier in Hebrews 3:12-13, which seems to suggest that weekly “church attendance” wouldn’t suffice?
Now, I realize that exhortation is more than what most might do “hanging out” (and by def. would include: admonishment, encouragement, consolation, instruction and teaching) however it all parts of the definition or exhortation seem to occur when I get together with fellow believers to “hang out” and in general, I think it’s just a worthwhile discussion to have.
My point is not to support an argument opposed to regularly attending a church, rather, to discuss the broader idea behind “assembling ourselves together” and “exort(ing) one another daily.”
I'm eager to hear your comments.
Posted by anthonyb at 03:44 PM | Comments (1)
December 09, 2004
He Qi
Tuesday night, Cari and I spent the evening at the opening gallery show for He Qi, a Chinese artist who has recently moved his family to the U.S. in hopes of further promoting a career as an artist and also allow his son the opportunity to be educated in the States. He Qi has been invited to Yale to be their artist-in-residence for the 2005-06 year and they'll later produce a book of his works. I believe he is a very up-and-coming new artists for the Christian art world and beyond.
His artwork is enamoring. Many of his final pieces appear as hand-woven silk tapestries, produced by the descendants of those who once wove the robes of Chinese emperors long ago. The tapestries are modeled after select paintings of He Qi's and reproduced with a process in which he is intimately involved in, to assure each piece glorifies his original.
It was an honor to meet him and hear a bit of his experiences as a Christian artist in communist China.
If you live in the Minneapolis area, his work is worth a visit to Premier Gallery downtown or visit He Qi's Web site at: http://www.heqiarts.com
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December 06, 2004
Trying Ecto
Ecto, a weblog editor for OSX (and Windoz) has made it's way to my application folder. Giving it a try for the first time.
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December 01, 2004
Crash, but (thankfully) no burn
Thanksgiving has come and gone. Not much to say about that. Had a nice time with family and friends, only to come home to discover our main Web server had crashed. Merry Christmas! So, Matt and I have spent many hours expediting the server migration we were already planning – just sooner than expected.
In honor of being without e-mail and Web service for a few days (a crippling feeling for a pseudo techie who is quite attached to bits and bytes communication), I’ve posted a new portal site for AnthonyBeard.com and updated the blog look a bit – the cliché phoenix from the ashes.
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