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XKCD for those, that don’t read it, is a sharp webcomic that usually focuses on the oddities of the geek culture, making broader social commentary at the same time. This one seems pretty much aimed at everyone (though if you hover over it at the XKCD site you’ll see who it’s really aimed at).

One of the things I strive for is to be free of the sheeple mentality. Some would argue that as long as I stay a Christian that won’t be entirely possible. Even the Bible says that we are all sheep in need of a shepherd.

How far should that analogy be pushed? Should being a “free thinker” be something we strive for? Is there any such beast among us? What sets you apart from others in your world view?

I don’t think that we’re sheep in all things. I think pushing the envelope and asking difficult questions that I don’t have the answer to is a good thing so long as it doesn’t lead me to despair. The tricky thing is that I don’t think that any of us are truly “free” in our minds. There is too much going on in our brains that clouds our judgment, including that very appealing notion that we are different.

Perhaps you think that you have seen your way through the lies that you perceive in organized religion. What makes you think that you aren’t seeing a whole new batch? What keeps you from being a sheep of a different color?

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• Youtube may phase out IE6 support
• Microsoft Azure pricing announced
• Is the iPhone wrecking the cell phone industry?
• 10 OS X Pranks
• Microsoft to launch streaming music service
• Pandora One is a reasonable upgrade for heavy users
• Send your name to Mars care of NASA
• Listen to the Apollo 11 audio live (again)
• Living Open Source – Lament, What does it do?

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Leigh and I will celebrate tonight by going forth and playing pool/having a date.  If it’s your birthday too yeah then sing along with me.  If not, well sing anyway.  More substantive blog posts to come.

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You guys read this (God knows why, and I mean that as it stands, only he knows why everyone reading this is reading this) and so I’m taking a bit of a poll.  Would you like to see more content?  What sort of content would you like to see?

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Also covered are a number of tech news items:

• Facebook Causes tool bar
• Neuromancer is 25, what did Gibson get right?
• 10 things gas stations won’t tell you
• iPhone OS 3.0 is an iDrain
• Good-bye CompuServe
• Disable private browsing in Safari on OS X
• Administratively disable InPrivate Browsing in IE8
• Windows Live Family Safety
• Microsoft’s list of child-friendly sites

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Also, happy anniversary to Beyond the Box, now starting its second year of podcasting!

In sort of a sequel to the last episode, Ray and Steve continue to discuss the need for getting our hands dirty in service as part of the kingdom.  It looks different for each person, but the guys talk about the danger of “convenience” serving, simply paying someone else to serve in our place.  Forget carbon footprints. What’s your kingdom footprint?

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DAVe got the Elvis cup thanks to all of your calls, 101 to be exact. That means that Taylor Kent, The Fandom Snark, will donate $100 to the cause. Thanks, Taylor.

Right on the heels of receiving the news that we’d reached our goal, someone told me they would match Taylor’s gift. I was very pleased to see that. Thanks, Aaron.

This month’s goal is $500 and we’re well on our way to accomplishing that. Thanks to everyone who called and gave. So far we have raised $520 for Living Water International through Podcasting for Water.

Don’t forget to check out the things that Terry is selling. Proceeds will benefit the cause and you get some really cool swag.

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Also don’t forget about the Summer of Podcasts. There are a lot of great prizes that you could win, including one of two $10 iTunes gift cards that I’m supplying. You’ll have plenty of chances to win. This week you’ll want to listen to PC / Mac Smackdown, Bagel Tech News and Simon SezIT to get your code words.

Terry over at JTIndie.com is selling out for Podcasting for Water. Check out the cool things he’s got for sale. Proceeds will be donated to the Facebook cause. Thanks, JT!

I’ll be hosting TPN Weekly next week. Please stop by and have a listen. All ad revenue I receive from hosting this show will be donated to Podcasting for Water.

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A quick announcement about the Summer of Podcasts.

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For every call, Taylor will donate $1 to the cause Podcasting for Water (Living Water International)

Paeter does a great audio drama and also some interviews.  He was kind enough to interview me about Archangel.

Also don’t forget about the Summer of Podcasts. There are a lot of great prizes that you could win, including one of two $10 iTunes gift cards that I’m supplying. You’ll have plenty of chances to win.

Remember to call 507-573-4612 and tell Taylor, “Give DAVe the cup!” so that DAVe gets two Elvis cups and PfW gets $100.

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In the current economic situation in the United States of America, many states are having to cut some of the very programs that reflect those needful ones in our society.  Ray and Steve discuss how this shows the glaring omission of the body of Christ and issue a call to believers to step up to the plate and see how they can meet the needs of a world that is desperately in need of physical help and not just spiritual help.

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4) Jesus must have been sent by, or been part of, Yahweh (i.e. I don’t think the Trinity is strictly necessary for Christianity to be true, but Yahweh’s involvement is).

His problem is as follows:

Link 4 in the chain is whether or not Jesus was from Yahweh.  If the gospels are to be believed on the details of Jesus’ life and teachings, it’s quite obvious that he wasn’t.  Or, at least, if you believe that Yahweh is the God who gave the law of Moses.  You see, Deuteronomy 13:5 and 18:22 lay out the test for a false prophet — a test which Jesus fails in a number of minor ways, and then majorly in the Olivet Discourse.  Jesus, being a false prophet (by encouraging others to break the law of Moses and by predicting events that did not happen).  Even C.S. Lewis admitted that Jesus prophesied falsely in his book “The World’s Last Night” on page 97-100 of the 1988 version (which is the one I have here).  This theological link is irreparably shattered, unless one throws out the gospels as reliable — but of course, if one does that, one must then throw out the resurrection, since the gospels are the only source of the resurrection story.

I’m interested in knowing where he encouraged rebellion against God.  That first Dt. passage talks about those who would encourage you to serve other gods.  I know there are instances where he was accused of encouraging others to break the law of Moses.  I’m not certain that that is the same thing.  He never said that anyone should turn away from God.

As far as the Olivet Discourse is concerned.  He predicted things that have not happened yet.  That’s not the same as predicting something that did not happen period.  Verse 34 does say “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”, but then he goes on to say “of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone”.  How does one reconcile the two?

Does “this generation” refer to the people living at the time?  Not necessarily.  It is possible that the word generation could be referring to Christ’s spiritual offspring or the Jews or both.  That would reconcile your difficulties and would make the two verses compatible.

As far as Lewis “admitting to” Jesus’ failing as a prophet, doesn’t he begin that essay by saying “I have no claim to speak as an expert in any of the studies involved, and merely put forward the reflections which have arisen in my own mind and have seemed to me (perhaps wrongly) to be helpful. They are all submitted to the correction of wiser heads.”  So what he says is not the Gospel.

In any event, none of this means he’s not “from Yahweh” or not sent by Yahweh.  He was a man and limited, as he said in vs. 36.  He was perfect only in the sense that he was free from sin.  Assuming he prophesied incorrectly it only means he was incorrect.  Something even he admitted was likely to be the case.

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This Summer I’ll be joining some other podcast in a great contest that could earn you some really cool prizes. Check out http://www.podcastmadness.com for more details.

Podcasting for Water is really getting some traction this Summer. Terry over at JTIndie.com is auctioning some items to benefit the cause. Once those items are available I’ll be sure to link to them. Thanks, Terry!

Remember to call 507-573-4612 and tell Taylor, “Give DAVe the cup!” so that DAVe gets two Elvis cups and PfW gets $100.

BTW, Taylor’s podcast, Snark Infested Waters has been nominated for a Parsec Award so make sure you vote for him.

In addition to the news, I briefly review YouVersion Mobile for the Blackberry. My full review will be available tomorrow (June 25, 2009) for you to read.

• Apple CEO Jobs had liver transplant, report says
• Apple apologizes for iPhone activation delays with $30
• Apple sells 1 million new iPhones
• Advertisers upset with Facebook over click-fraud

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This episode ties in with the most recent episode about eschatology.  For many people, their view of the end times forces them into a view of Israel that produces difficulties as outlined in this episode.

You also don’t want to miss an appearance in this episode by a particularly strangely-dressed 70’s/80’s band.

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I joked around about some statements made on The Jen and Dave Show and Two Blind Squirrels. They may need an intervention.

Promos played this week were for Are you Just Watching and The Spiritblade Underground.

• Bing adds an ‘explicit’ sub-domain for filtering purposes
• URL shortening service hacked
• National Parks free weekends
• List of parks that will no charge for entry

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While both Ray and Steve agree with John that this issue should not be as divisive and “hot” as it often ends up being, they put their necks out there anyway and share where they are on this topic.  For both Ray and Steve, change has been dramatic in their views of this over time.

Join BtB next week for the second half of John’s audio comment.

Enjoy!

First a little background info – Dave Avila over at The Jen and Dave Show has been coveting Taylor Kent’s Elvis cup (Snark Infested Waters). So, Taylor said if Dave could get 10 people to call into the voice mail line and tell Taylor to give Dave the cup, he’d do so.

Then, Taylor sweetened the deal and said if 100 people called in, he’d give Dave BOTH cups.

Now, Taylor has pledged $1 for every voice mail (up to $100) to my Facebook cause, Podcasting for Water. This is a very generous offer from Taylor and I’d love to see his pledge completely fulfilled.

So here’s what I need you to do:

1. Call 507-573-4612 or Skype taylorkent
2. Say, “This is [your name] and I want Dave to have the Elvis cup.”
3. Call by midnight (CST) June 30th

That’s all you have to do. If you want to throw in a comment about my Facebook cause, that’s cool too. Only 1 call per person. Get your neighbors and co-workers to call too!

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Ray and Steve discuss this news story briefly, but expand the discussion to a larger question about ends and means.  The title gives away our conclusion

Remember that starting this week the podcast will only be available every other week. I’m slowing down this Summer to focus on some projects and plan for the Fall.

In 2 weeks I’m kicking off the Summer of Porn with an interview with Mike Cleveland of Setting Captives Free. I hope you’ll tune in for it.

I played promos for The Jen and Dave Show and the Thin Ice Podcast.

Links to news:

• Setting up Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7
• 10 WordPress plugins guaranteed to save you time
• Hulu desktop application
• Lifehacker Pack 2009
• G4’s coverage of E3
• iTie – The perfect gift for the geek father
• Apple patches 10 vulnerabilities in Quicktime
• Acer to make Android laptops
• Don’t jog and tweet, you might run into a tree
• Microsoft sets Windows 7 launch date

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So we talked about doing a retro geek flashback on episode 72 so here we go. Click here to go to the geek works forum where you can submit your likes for this topic. You can list up to 10 per decade. We will be doing a top 10 list for each decade on an upcoming episode. Here are the categories:

Best of the 2000’s
Best of the 90’s
Best of the 80’s
Best of the 70’s
Best of the 60’s
Best of the 50’s
And best of the first half of the 20th century

Should be fun!

~Chris

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1) Jesus must have actually existed in physical, earthly history, rather than in a spiritual or mythical realm.

I can say that this must be true in order for Christianity to be true in “any meaningful sense”. If there was no Christ then there can be no Christianity. Daniel has this to say about point one and following:

Over the years, I’ve become convinced that almost all the available evidence runs *against* every one of those points, with the exception of point 1, depending on how one frames the argument. Since that’s a LONG (like, several books long) conversation and is not relevant to my rejection of Christianity, I will leave it be.

This seems to indicate that even he accepts that most likely Jesus actually existed, though perhaps not as more than a man. This is a hard one to prove or disprove. A lot of the extra-Biblical references to Christ (not that there are many) are “tainted” in some fashion or another. We can’t be certain that the references in Josephus’ Antiquities weren’t added or changed later, for instance.

Books upon books upon libraries of books have been written on this topic. For my two cents the notion that Jesus existed as a real person isn’t much of a stretch and shouldn’t require any sort of extraordinary evidence. Personally I am comfortable accepting the Biblical writings as enough proof of that at least. What say you?

Thanks,
Chris

Here is what he had to say:

On the issue of what makes Christianity, I agree with you that the Resurrection is at the heart of it. But from my POV that’s one in a string of doctrines that must be true. For “Mere” Christianity to be true in any meaningful sense (i.e. in a sense that has theological weight by Christianity’s own standards):

1) Jesus must have actually existed in physical, earthly history, rather than in a spiritual or mythical realm.
2) Jesus must have been more than merely a man.
3) There must have been some mechanism by which his death and resurrection accomplished something supernatural in the relationship between God and men (ransom, substitutionary atonement, etc.) and that accomplishment should be identifiable (salvation from hell for some, for all, life abundant, etc.)
4) Jesus must have been sent by, or been part of, Yahweh (i.e. I don’t think the Trinity is strictly necessary for Christianity to be true, but Yahweh’s involvement is).
5) Jesus must be the messiah prophesied in the Tanakh (what Christians call the ‘Old Testament)
6) Jesus must indeed have been sinless and good, and his execution must have been unjust.
7) Jesus’s teachings must logically follow from and/or fulfill the law of Moses.
By extension, Moses must have actually lead an exodus and received a law.
9) Christianity, claiming as it does to be God’s ultimate, final, and true revelation, must proclaim wisdom which men couldn’t arrive at on their own, and/or must proclaim a doctrine unique to that point in religious
10) Yahweh must be both good and just, as well as nearly omnipotent and nearly omniscient.

I intend to go through each point he made and the problems he put forth with each point over the coming weeks/months. It’s certainly too much to cover in one blog post. So as a starting point, what do you think of his list? Is there anything you would add? It’s his list so I don’t know that we can take away, though if you have an objection to a certain point being on the list I’d like to hear it. On the face of them the only one I have an objection to would be nine, but I will go into detail when we get to that.

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Statements like “Turn the other cheek” or “Don’t worry about what you will eat or drink” often end up getting responses that start with, “yeah, but…”

So when do we actually take Jesus seriously? Is it possible to start with what he said and not our cultural bias?  And if so, why don’t we?

Beyond the Box returns to a shorter format this week.  We welcome any comments about the length that you might want to offer.  Were the episodes getting a bit long for you?  Do you prefer this shorter format?  The comments section is yours, so have at it

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Archangel Legion

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In typical BtB fashion, Ray and Steve contrast that approach with the message of Jesus.  Guess what the result of that comparison is.

Special thanks to Brad McFadden at Two Blind Squirrels for this week’s promo.  Have a piece of pie and check out his podcast (after you listen to our episode, of course!)

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Many believers are aware of church councils and creeds that exist in our “church history”, and many of them unknowingly (or even knowingly) use the decisions of those councils in their understanding of doctrinal issues.

It seems, however, that many do not really know the actual history surrounding these councils, nor the decisions that came out of them.

In this episode, Ray and Steve take a look at some historical accounts, specifically of the Council of Nicaea in the 4th century.  They look at the atmosphere of that council, the circumstances surrounding the convening of the council, and some of the lesser-known decrees that came out of that council.

Warning: If you haven’t studied this for yourself, you may be very shocked at some of what you hear!

Also included is a promo for Scott Roche’s audio novel “Archangel“.

Continuing some of the thoughts in recent episodes regarding large ministries and leader-centered organizations, Ray and Steve discuss Phil Vischer’s thoughts and the lessons he learned through the collapse of his “big idea” and dream company.

So how do we Christians feel about Christmas these days? With all the commercialism and stress, how do we keep Christmas true to its meaning? That and more on our Christmas show!

Participants (In no particular order!):

• Hosting: Brad McFadden
• Stevene
• Luke
• Larry
• Michigan Charlie
• Ruth Ann
• Big John

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Until next time… Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!!

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This is our new, once in a while, Duets format show. 1 moderator, 1 topic, 2 guest with different perspectives. Today’s topic is Personal religion and private faith in the public school system. Our participants are a teacher and a student.

Hope you enjoy, and please, leave us a comment and let us know that you were here!

Participants:

• Brad McFadden - The Moderator
• Laudida - The Teacher
• Chris - The Student

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Hebrews 12:25

Hebrews 12:18-24

The Lord Added two new members to the Church and One Salvation this day.

Hebrews 12:5-13

Sorry I was sick last week!

We must obey God!

Missionary Areis Gonzales
Independent Baptist Mission for Asians
103 Masonic Park Rd./P.O. Box 912, Marietta, OH 45750
(740)374-5748/373-8915
Email: ibma@ee.net
Web www.ibmasians.org

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ariesgonzales@yahoo.com

Hebrews 11:32-40

Hebrews 11:20-30

This call was recorded in September 9, 2008. The topic is Denominationalism. Nope, we are not picking on any specific denominations, or any specific denominational beliefs. We are just discussing whats good, and not so good about having so many denominations out there. A couple of people didnt make the call, so there are only three of us, but I think we managed to have a pretty good discussion. What do you think?

Participants from the My Life Ministries Forums:

• Hosting: Brad McFadden
• Larry
• TMead (Tim)

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Appalachian Regional Ministry
A partnership ministry of the North American Mission Board, the Woman’s Missionary Union and eleven state conventions within the Appalachian Region.

Bill Barker, the director, is a NAMB National Missionary. A.R.M. is supported through CP Missions and the AAEO.
Thank you So Much Bill!!!
www.arministry.org

Late! Sorry! (Better late than never?) - This call was recorded in April. The topic is Christian Isolationism. How it can hurt us, and when its good for us. Well, dont sit there reading this…. go check out the podcast!!!

Participants from the My Life Ministries Forums:

• Hosting: Brad McFadden
• Laudida
• Gracie
• TMead (Tim)
• Faith
• Stevene

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Part 2 - At last! What does it mean that each Christians life is a ministry? Listen and find out the rest of what these people had to say!

Participants:

• Brad “The Host” McFadden
• Luke “Thunder From Down under” McCrae
• Larry “Eagle Scout” Clough
• Tim “The Producer” Mead

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What does it mean that each Christians life is a ministry? Listen and find out what these people had to say!

Participants:

• Brad “The Host” McFadden
• Luke “Thunder From Down under” McCrae
• Larry “Eagle Scout” Clough
• Tim “The Producer” Mead

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The call was so good last night that I felt lead to not edit it at all. I think its important in this one too keep all the thoughts together. I hope you are blessed by it.

Participants:

• Brad “McDaddy” McFadden
• John “Jesus Geek” Wilkerson
• Tim “The Original” Mead
• Larry “Eagle Scout” Clough

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Well after the last call no one wanted it to end. So we just kept talking! It was great! Of course I recorded it. Even the embarrassing stuff that people didn’t want recorded heheheheh. So enjoy a candid behind the scenes look at the Grace Junkies!

Participants:

• Bradmc “McDaddy”
• Jason Dunn
• Tim Mead
• Gracie
• Larry Clough
• Michigan Charlie Myers

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Here is the second part of the call. Check it out!

This was the best Grace Junkies Call yet. Join us as we discuss Christianity from criteria aspect for the purposes of evangelical approach. OR what makes a Christian?

Participants:

• Bradmc “McDaddy”
• Jason Dunn
• Tim Mead
• Gracie
• Larry Clough
• Michigan Charlie Myers

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This was the best Grace Junkies Call yet. Join us as we discuss Christianity from criteria aspect for the purposes of evangelical approach. OR what makes a Christian?

Participants:

Bradmc “McDaddy”
Jason Dunn
Tim Mead
Gracie
Larry Clough
Michigan Charlie Myers

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