Satur-deja Vu

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Betty White passes away just 18 days short of her 100th birthday. Fans flocked to Twitter to see if this was another hoax, which did happen in 2014. Lifetime had planned a Betty White Christmas movie but her declining health caused them to reconsider months ago. There was a movie about her life set to open on January 17th featuring White herself and an all-star cast. It is unclear whether that will go on as planned or perhaps be retooled as more of a tribute to the late star. A lot of people are making a big deal about how 2021 couldn’t just go in peace.

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Happy Monday

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We had a great Christmas and hope you did too. Now we can settle back into our regular routine of coffee memes, puns and cute little aminals on Monday morning. Right after these verses of scripture and words of inspiration. This is Happy Monday #459.

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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

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iMonk Radio Podcast #165

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Intro: Internet Monk a.k.a. iMonk, “That the World May Believe,” “Where We Got the Bible,” The New York Times had a chess blog (which reached the end of the line in Feb. 2011), Get Over It editorial in Patrol Magazine (read the iMonk reprint here).

Message: Gospel Cowards (read here). For John Piper on interracial marriage click here.

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“We glorify God for answered prayer — the remaining 12 hostages are FREE!” Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement. “All 17 of our loved ones are now safe.” The Haitian National Police confirmed to the Associated Press that all hostages have in fact been released. At one time the 400 Mowgazi Gang were demanding $1 million ransom for each hostage. We do not know if any ransom payments or other arrangements were made. Read the full story via Christian Index.

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iMonk Radio Podcast #164

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Intro: Evangelicals herding other believers online; misunderstandings between Protestants and Catholics; evangelical ecuminism.

Message: A co-worker with a terminal diagnosis. Michael does not know at this time that he is already very sick. Discussion of the Book of Common Prayer.

Satur-deja Vu

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Here’s a Christmas card that I like. Some Christians struggle with the idea of sending secular cards with Santa Claus, snowmen or winter scenes on them. The religious cards may have a nativity scene or wisemen following the star to Bethlehem but are wildly inaccurate based on a careful study of the text. Christmas Card Theology is a post from all the way back in 2009. Rethinking the Angel Choir and Rethinking the Wise Men are better written with scripture references included. Those posts are ancient by internet standards but we’re talking about the Bible here.

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iMonk Radio Podcast #163

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Intro: Thoughts and laments as the MLB season winds down; Collision, debate series between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson; Here is a link to Michael’s 2006 post on culture war.

Message: Gary Lamb, transition from pastor to real world. The Gary Lamb post at his website is no longer available but here is another blog post from 2009 if you want more backstory.