{"id":509,"date":"2008-11-08T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=509"},"modified":"2008-11-08T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T15:27:11","slug":"in-the-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2008\/11\/in-the-sphere\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 5px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:MLcdTEwU8eWRCM:http:\/\/www.globalgiants.com\/archives\/media\/APPLE-COMPUTER-MACBOOK-PRO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"106\" \/>Skye Jethani on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/outofur\/archives\/2008\/10\/the_cult_of_mac.html\">Cult of Mac<\/a>. Quite a stretch and almost disturbing. Idolatry is, and always has been, a problem. But just because something is beautiful, functional, fun, a great value, popular and better than all other things of its kind&#8230; Is this any reason to accuse the said-thing of being an idol? Or the lovers and users of such a thing idolators? I think not. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/umin\/06\/staff\/pro\/rj.html\">Rich Johnson<\/a>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/umin\/06\/index.html\">UMin<\/a>, leads a non-profit called Spark Ventures. They&#8217;re hosting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkventures.org\/events\/index.html\">4 Miles to Hope<\/a>&#8212;\u00a0November 13, 14 or 15 in Chicago. Learn more and think about joining in in a\u00a0<em>dangerous act of worship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6658\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen one of those upside down video messages yet? Tim Peterson made t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadscolorado.com\/?p=551\">his one<\/a>, and we used it last weekend at Crossroads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/novemberweb-only\/145-41.0.html\">Zondervan has purchased Bible Gateway<\/a>\u00a0and plans to expand the concept. This already-handy resource may become more dynamic in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>And for all of us with an affinity for the contemplative: Let&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridley.cam.ac.uk\/scprogramme.html\">meet in Cambridge, England, September 2009 for this!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=509&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skye Jethani on the Cult of Mac. Quite a stretch and almost disturbing. 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