This one has been making the rounds, but it is true enough and funny enough to repost here.
In this post I’d like to discuss what Tim Keller has termed a “functional savior,” a term you may not be familiar with. Essentially, a functional savior is any person, relationship, thing, aspiration, goal, etc. that a person believes (self consciously or not) will bring them the joy, peace, contentment, and fulfillment that can only be found in the one and only true Savior, Jesus Christ. Really, it’s a creative and pretty accurate way to describe the sin of idolatry.
Last night, Emery did not want to go to bed. Apparently there was some urgent message she needed to tell us.
This morning at church, some of our folks did a choreographed thingamajig to “Fountain” by Alvin Slaughter. It was very good. (ht: Mike McCoy)
Isaiah has been dropping the hammer on phonics for two weeks now. Behold:
Alvin Plantinga on properly basic beliefs:
ht: JT