I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I had the privilege of studying under Mike Goheen when I did my undergraduate studies at Redeemer University College. It is not an exaggeration to say that he played one of the significant rolls in the formation of my thought on the Church and mission. Here he neatly sums up the story of redemptive history and talks about how the Church often sees this story in fragmented bits instead of holistically.

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Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton in London and perhaps best known for developing the Alpha Course, sat down with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair back in July to ask him a number of questions. Some of them focused on Blair's faith and the intersection of that faith with his political work. Though Blair in these videos is not as articulate as he usually is in public, it's still an interesting interview. Part 1 is embedded here, and you can click through to navigate to parts 2-9.

Any thoughts? I find his answers a little on the ambiguous side, but notwithstanding, I'm impressed that such a prominent figure is willing to sit down and talk about the intersection of faith and public life.
(HT: Jon Swales)

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I stumbled across this video tonight, and it was fitting since I've been thinking some about Christians working as police officers. Let me know what you think. I might be blogging more on the subject in the coming weeks.

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I've really been enjoying this guy's music as of late.

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To the best of my knowledge, I heard Richard Pratt mention this once in a lecture I had on my iPod, though I can't say for sure. At any rate, I'm sure you are all familiar with this opening scene from the 1994 movie, The Lion King. The whole song and accompanying video paint what is supposed to be a beautiful picture of the earth and the creatures of the earth in their natural state.

But this is exactly the problem. That entire "circle of life" that is the subject of this song is not something to be glorified and lauded as natural. Instead, it should be understood as a terrible thing. It is one of the most awful and vivid pictures of how sin has distorted the creation. This is the reason why the prophet Isaiah looks forward to the day when "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb" (Isaiah 11:6-9). How can we sit and watch one animal devour another on the Discovery Channel and believe that this is the way it was meant to be?

Weigh in. What do you think?

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