Archive for May, 2009

Smoking…

I am a student

And I go to a Christian college where I presently am while writing this blog post. I decided to send you all a message here from the sheer happiness I just experienced while studying in the library.
A little while ago the college library held a book sale. Paperbacks were $0.50, hard backs were $1.00. Well recently, the library did a sale that allowed you to purchase how ever many books you could fit into a regular “Kroger” type shopping bag for only $3.00! Wow! Sadly, though, I could not make this sale. But, the story does not end here.

I ran into one of my professors

This isn’t difficult to do, since he works in the library. So here’s how the story goes from there: We begin talking and I mentioned about the book sale – how I was unable to make it. To this, I am informed that I can STILL fill up a bag of books for only $3.00! Great! I go search through the selective list of books and come out with an arm-full. Here is a picture of what I got, and since my intelligent computer will not reverse the pictures it takes, I will list them for you from top to bottom:

“St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans: A Devotional Commentary,” by W.H. Griffith Thomas, D.D.
“The Sovereign God,” by James Montgomery Boice
“The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented,” by David N, Steele & Curtis C. Thomas
“More Preaching Values in the Epistles of Paul, Vol. II,” (Galatians, Philippians, Collossians), by Robert E. Luccock
“On Being Reformed: Distinctive Characteristics and Common Misunderstandings,” by I. John Hesselink
“Theology and Sanity,” by Frank Sheed
“The Word of God and the Mind of Man,” by Ronald H. Nash
“Mortal Questions,” by Thomas Nagel
“Questions that Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy,” by ED. L. Miller

There were certainly others

I wanted to get them, and I could have certainly fit more into the bag, but I know I would probably never read them. I just wanted them to look nice on my book shelf! Plus, I don’t want to be greedy. Well, I don’t want to be too greedy, right?

Have you read any of these, or wanted any of these?

Have you ran across any smoking deals on anything lately?

- Jonathan J.

2009
05/19
POSTED BY
Jonathan
CATEGORY
Book
General Blogging
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Bystander Christianity

I have a question for you

While I have been doing some reading in psychology, I came across an interesting observations some psychology researches had discovered. The story is about a real life situation where a woman was rapped and stabbed. This assault lasted about 30 minutes. There were approximately 38 neighbors who heard her cry for help, but no one responded. I began to do the “tilt”, which is a common physical expression accompanied by the word, “huh?”

As I read, a few psychologists interview these neighbors and developed what they call a theory of “diffusion of responsibility.” This means that the more people who witness an event, the less likely will someone intervene. The reason: shared responsibility. The bystanders have a psychological understanding that their fellow bystanders have just as much responsibility to intervene as they do. Therefore, what happens often is no one intervenes because everyone is waiting on someone else to initiate the intervention.

Then it occurred to me

Is this what has happened in the modern church? Has the growth of Christians – especially in America – caused the lack of action and witnessing? There are many who claim Christianity and are not of the flock, while others are truly Christian but think other people will do the work.

I wonder.

Do you wonder?

2009
05/12
POSTED BY
Jonathan
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General Blogging
Philosophy
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My Friend Don Doesn't Like Cheesy Christian Music!

So, I figured I would share my own personal cheesy Christian music!

That’s right. In response to Don’s post, I figured I would post some of my own “Christian” music I have written – my inspired testimony(ies)!

Eat your heart out Don!

- Jonathan J. Woodward

2009
05/06
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Jonathan
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Testimony
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