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What’s on your wall?
When I joined Facebook, my initial feeling was fascination. I was connecting with friends around the world in a way that was convenient and relatively secure. We regained contact with other friends whom we probably would never see again, due to distance or circumstances. As our friend list grew online, I felt as if my social consciousness was expanding as well. "Remember so-and-so from uni? They're on Facebook too!" We browsed profile pages, catching up
Remember my bonds
I scan literally tens of thousands of blog posts a year in my work here at InFocus. It is at least a weekly—if not daily—event to read of persecution of believers around the world. I chose long ago not to focus on reporting such things on InFocus. My primary reason being that others are already doing that quite thoroughly. Still, I wouldn't want to give the impression that persecution is not common. It is. Very
Knowledge nation
I’ve been thinking a lot about canonicity and Christian education in the past two weeks. Here’s a side discussion off of what I’ve been reading about. Futurist magazines in the 1950s promised us flying cars and space travel as a commodity. Sixty years later we are no closer to the actualization of that dream (unless you live in rural China). However, knowledge itself has become a commodity. Let me explain what I mean. You can
A thousand thanks
O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace! Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns and was certainly prolific in his praise. He wrote this hymn to commemorate the renewal of his faith after a crisis of doubt. The line "O for a thousand tongues…" is powerful, because it reflects our limited ability to express the unlimited value of Christ and