I know I will be trying this in the near future!
Office Supplies Challenge; Liquid Fuel Rocket – More DIY How To Projects
Office Supplies Challenge; Liquid Fuel Rocket – More DIY How To Projects
Genius SNL Short – “Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford”
Saw this on Christian Personal Finance blog and had to re-post!
Tonight on the way to dinner we saw a ’95 Ford Ranger pickup just down the street from us!
Here’s the story – It’s a 5-speed manual transmission, has at least 2-different kinds of tires, has some “electrical problems” as the owner told me (the wipers turn on by themselves, and the radio doesn’t turn off), it’s got 184,000 miles, it’s currently owned by the second-owner.
I’m purposefully NOT posting the asking-price because I want those of you knowledgeable in used vehicles to let me know what you think it should cost?
A quick walk-around tonight (in the dark) revealed little-to-no rust, an inside that looked better than I expected, and Pennsylvania inspection stickers that are good through the end of February.
I’m hoping to drive it around the neighborhood this weekend.
Loved this teaching by Pastor Craig on “Failure”. The whole teaching your son to ride a bike vignettes weaved throughout are enough to make this soon-to-be-father-of-a-boy become overcome with emotion, too…
This resource (and millions like it) are exactly why the Internet is a blessing to the Church!
Bookie from LifeChurch.tv on Vimeo.
I just read an article this morning that identified 5 Christ-figures in some popular Fantasy/Science-Fiction movies. Read more here.
The article lists Christ-figures in the following movies:
Superman – Superman movies, particularly Superman Returns
Ellen Ripley – Alien 3
Robocop – Robocop
Neo – The Matrix Trilogy
John Connor – The Terminator movies
The article gives great symbolism from each film (I’ve only NOT seen Alien 3) that show some similarities with the characters and Jesus. Whether all of the similarities were intentional or not, is another discussion.
What other movies can we think of (in the comments-section of this post) that have Christ-figures portrayed?
I’ll start with my latest movie-going experience: Gran Torino.
Clint Eastwood’s character, Walt Kowalksi is definitely portrayed as a Christ-figure in the sacrificial-sense. The racial bigotry display is on the opposite spectrum, however.
What other movie-characters serve as modern-day parables of Christ?
