> Google launched Google Books yesterday to compete with Amazon's Kindle Reader. So far, the Google e-book reader isn't quite ready for prime time. They don't seem to have any way to insert bookmarks or notes. (We're already giving up a lot to not be able to scribble notes and symbols on paper.)
> Pollsters asked pastors, "Which, if any, of the following people do you believe are Christians?": The names listed were Oprah Winfrey, President George Bush, Glenn Beck, President Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin. ~ link
There is a lot of disagreement about what the term "Christian" means. I'd say that Oprah does not identify herself as such so she is probably not. Beck identifies himself as a Mormon (which, while using some similar terminology, has a fundamentally different understanding of who God is, who Christ is, and what he did, than what has been historically understood as Christianity). Bush, Obama, and Palin all identify themselves as Christians. And while I may question some of their actions at times I don't think I need to put myself in the position of judging whether they are Christian believers. Perhaps if the question were framed, "Which, if any, of the following people do you believe are followers of Christ?" the answers might be different still. Which is the more fundamental question?
> Baby Jesus -- now with GPS ~ link (via)
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I have always thought it was interesting that we Jesus chose the 12, he chose Simon the Zealot and Levi the tax collector. Those two guys could not have been further apart on the political spectrum of the day. Therefor I do not think that we should judge peoples relationship to Christ based on their political views.
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