The Return of the Geek

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Been out of the loop for a while. I guess I could just say that I am resting for this summer and all the geeky movies coming out. But that’s not really the case. Truth is, I have been contemplating condensing several of my blogs in to one personal blog. Mainly out of pure laziness. We’ll see.

There are some interesting movies out or coming out this summer season. Iron Man, Speed Racer, Indiana Jones, Dark Knight, Expelled, Prince Caspian, etc, etc. None of them will be perfect, but I will probably end up watching all of them and enjoying every geeky moment of it.

Of course, I have to mention that the new season of Lost has been incredible. Flash forwards? Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

I’ve also been digging in to some more books recently. Just finished the first book in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. Really strange. To the point where I’m not sure if I want to read on. But I probably will.

Also intriguing is “The Man in White” by Johnny Cash. Johnny is an incredible story teller in music, and equally good in print. The Man in White is Mr. Cash’s take on the life of Paul. Yep – THE Paul. Biblical dude. And it is really interesting.

Trolling the Bargin Bins at Bookstores

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I am one of those people, like many others, that takes a long time to read a book. Mainly because I start one and then forget to pick it up for weeks. So, my readings block won’t change that fast.

I also like to troll the clearance section of Christian bookstores. I never really buy anything from the stores, or even visit much. But the clearance sections are interesting mix of good and bad books.

If a book is a hit in the Evangelipopcology market place, they won’t go into the bargain bin. Which is fine by me – I don’t need to know how to kiss my date goodbye or twist God’s arm to bless me with money. Whenever a book does make a splash, you can usually expect a large number of copycats. The better ones of these make a good splash themselves, but some of them bomb. These end up in the bargain bins. That is the bad – so bad that I get a good laugh out of reading their cover summaries. So, I guess it does end up being 30 seconds of entertainment.

The good is that when a book comes out that is too dense or quirky for the general public, it will also usually end up in the bargain bun. Those are the kind of books that I love to read. I just picked up a book that I am going to start reading recently on Jesus. Crazy, huh – a Christian bookstore book on Jesus? They can sometimes be rarer than you think. I can’t remember who this one is by, but it takes all of the Gospels and combines them, and then the author added notes and side stories about the cultural atmosphere of the time. I’m sure some things will be off or wrong, but I look forward to getting this comprehensive picture. The Bible was written for people that lived in the time that it was written about, for people with a great understanding of the culture. The authors left a lot of explanation of the times out of there, basically because they had no need to explain it to their intended audience. I love reading anything that can restore that lost picture in my mind.

More Money Equals Less Religion?

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I thought this was a funny, but sad article:

A GLOBAL survey recently conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that the wealthier you are, the less likely you are to be religious.

Hmmmm…. food for thought.

Anyway, I am prepping two lengthy posts in my mind. I have some thoughts on the end times that I will put up soon (since that seems to be the current topic at church). I also want to post something on Christian artists.

Also, some day, I may get around to posting stuff on my views on the whole Calvinism vs. Arminism debate. If I ever get brave enough to go there 🙂

One of Life’s Mysteries Solved

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This hit me last night – an answer to one of life’s biggest questions. (If this has been covered somewhere else, and I am just stealing someone else’s idea here that I just can’t remember.. I apologize). The big question:

“Which came first – the chicken or the egg?”

The answer is quite simple, but depends on if you are a creationist or an evolutionist. If you believe in creationism, then God created all animals first, so the chicken was created by God first, and then laid the first egg.

If you are an evolutionist, then you believe the egg came first. Basically, as an evolutionist, you would believe that animals evolve and change over time – either as small changes in DNA slowly cause the creature to change, or major mutations cause quick changes every now and then (punctuated equilibrium). So, at some point you had a creature that was part chicken, but was still technically a majority of something else (lizard, some other bird, whatever). Then, this creature has a mutated egg that slightly or quickly pushes the amount of chicken in it’s genes into the majority column, and survival of the fittest dictates that the new chicken creature survives extinction, while the pre-chicken beast is killed off by mother nature. So, the egg came first.

Life’s biggest question, answered. Where’s my Nobel Prize?

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Welcome to the Table

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Why “The Beggar’s Table”? Because, really – we are all beggars. We are all in a place of great need. We may not need food or clothes or a roof over our heads, but we all need a savior. Something greater than ourselves to answer those deep yearnings of our heart. Even the spiritual greats of our time, like Mother Teresa, recognized their needs.

So, what do I plan on blogging about? We do I believe in? What is my denomination affiliation? Well, join me to find out. I can say that I will blog about God, Jesus, Church, world religions, current events, social justice, and probably post some of my artwork here. But who knows what else I will dive in to.