Fark’s Revolutionary Movie List

Went to Fark for my news fix, and saw a list of music selections inspired by the revolution. I figure: how about a list of movies? Thanks to various TFers (and in advance, the Liters), here is our list of movies inspired by the revolution. Farkers, if you want to your recommendations, [...]

Here is Iran, 20 June 2009

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Iran Summary Available

One of the best explanations of what’s going on in Iran is written by Fark’s “Resident Jew”, Tatsuma. He has provided a dramatis personae and a timeline of current events. Shabbos is coming up, so I hope he has a pleasant rest, for he was following the whole thing all day.
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Done with first assignment. Meltdown, anyone?

Am making final edits and this is a persuasive paper. Basically– CCM is light on theology, short on Scripture, long behind on trends– and how can the world can take that seriously?
“You aren’t making Christianity any better, you’re just making rock and roll worse!”– Hank Hill
And now, my first experience with CCM, [...]

The Wilken Diagnostic…because it has to be mentioned

Took me a long time to look for this, and I needed it for my report on CCM. Here it is, from Pastor Todd Wilken of Issues Etc, the “Wilken Test”:
1. How often is Jesus mentioned? For his purposes, a simple tally will suffice.
2. Is Jesus the subject of the verbs? Is Jesus the [...]

misGuidance Theatre #3: Gas is not a cleanser.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted up an educational video for misGuidance Theatre so here is “More Dangerous Than Dynamite” from the Internet Archive. Geared towards Depression-era housewives, this film is produced by the California State Fire Marshall. Keep in mind that during this time, people made do with what [...]