{"id":1338,"date":"2012-06-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totellyouthetruth.net\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2012-06-16T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T12:00:00","slug":"news-views-and-whatnot-for-the-week-of-6162012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davecruver.com\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"News, Views, and Whatnot for the Week of 6\/16\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#187;  The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached Outside the Ministry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pastormattblog.com\/2012\/06\/13\/remembering-david-foster-wallace-1962-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering David Foster Wallace 1962-2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Think about it: There is no experience you\u2019ve had that you were not at the absolute center of.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wallace goes on to challenge his audience that getting outside of oneself is THE challenge every human faces every moment of every day.  Wallace was right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#187;  Adolescent Christianity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today many Americans of all ages not only accept a Christianized version of adolescent narcissism, they often celebrate it as authentic spirituality. God, faith, and the church all exist to help me with my problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life&#8221; sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2012\/june\/when-are-we-going-to-grow-up.html\" target=\"_blank\">When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#187;  Apologetics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How were the books of the New Testament chosen? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=37993\" target=\"_blank\">How would you decide who was right?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#187;  The Man You Don\u2019t Want To Marry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is there a hidden &#8220;love of money&#8221; in conservative churches?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Writers and other creatives have it tough in conservative churches \u2013where providing for a family financially is a top priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prodigalmagazine.com\/dont-marry\/\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m a writer with a creative calling, and the Christian subculture has no use for me.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#187;  The New Theists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard of the &#8220;New Atheists&#8221;? Check out the &#8220;New Theists&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/2012\/06\/12\/get-to-know-the-new-theists\" target=\"_blank\">Get To Know The New Theists<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#187;  Holding People&#8217;s Hands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I could do this.  What about you?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W27pfiRg5WQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#187; The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached Outside the Ministry Remembering David Foster Wallace 1962-2008 &#8220;&#8216;Think about it: There is no experience you\u2019ve had that you were not at the absolute center of.&#8217; Wallace goes on to challenge his audience that getting outside of oneself is THE challenge every human faces every moment of every day. 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