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  • Okay, So You Got the Ring, Smarty-Eye

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    Fred Sanders
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    Phoebe Age Nine imagines Sauron, the Lidless and Unblinking Eye of Mordor, in his great lust for the One Ring. Here he is supported by worker Orcs: Cowering at the bottom, barely visible, is Gollum, pitifully protesting, “it is my prechus golem golem.” We can’t even tell if he’s a line drawing or something more…

  • Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, Torrey Edition

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    Fred Sanders
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    Here’s a large and definitive reference work from Zondervan in 2011, the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. It’s a brick of a hardcover, but with such an ambitious title, it’s surprising to find it weighing in at just over 800 pages. The editors (Glen Scorgie, Simon Chan, Gordon Smith, and James D. Smith III) seem to…

  • Emerson's Evangelical Primer

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    Fred Sanders
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    This Christmas, a friend gave me an old book. It’s a pocket-sized catechism printed in 1818. Its original cover is missing, but somebody has lovingly hand-stitched a decorative long-grain paper cover to it. It measures 3.5 x 6 inches, and is 75 pages long. It is The Evangelical Primer, compiled by Rev. Joseph Emerson. Here’s…

  • Spiritual Disciplines & Physical Bodies: Earthen Vessels

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    Fred Sanders
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    One of the most interesting books of 2011 was Matthew Anderson’s Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith. It’s interesting in a couple of different ways, though. First, it’s interesting because it takes on just about every hot topic you could. . .

  • In the Fullness of Time, A Silent Night

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not leftovers, it Scriptorium Classic! Reposted from Dec 25, 2007. And I Joseph was walking, and was not walking; and I looked up into the sky, and saw the sky astonished; and I looked up to the pole of the heavens, and saw it standing, and the birds of the air keeping still. ……

  • God as Gift: 3 Questions for Kelly Kapic

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    Fred Sanders
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    One of my favorite books from last year was Kelly Kapic & Justin Borger’s God So Loved He Gave: Entering the Movement of Divine Generosity (Zondervan, 2010). It’s a meditation on divine generosity, and it reaches from the very nature of God (that high!) all the way down to financial decisions in daily life (that…

  • Tintin Top Ten

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    Fred Sanders
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    Now that there’s a blockbuster movie based on Tintin, the characters and situations from the classic comics will become even more famous. I don’t care very much about the movie; I only hope it (with any sequels) proves good enough to serve as an advertisement for the comic books. The comics are the thing. Belgian…

  • The Christmas Presence

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not leftovers, it Scriptorium Classic! Reposted from Dec 24, 2010. Christmas is a big deal, and Christians know that they should celebrate it in a big way. In fact, there is something strange about how big a deal we are supposed to make of it. The most important things Jesus Christ did for our…

  • Where Ox and Ass are Feeding

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not leftovers, it Scriptorium Classic! Reposted from Dec 25, 2008. No manger scene is complete without an ox and an ass in the picture. There also need to be sheep, of course, and there can be horses and cows and mice and birds and barncats and whatever else you’ve got space for. But the…

  • Christmas Playlists 2

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    Fred Sanders
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    The annual Sanders family playlist/mix tape/CD this year is advent-focused. But in previous years (see this post) we’ve done the genres of country, big band, and even new age. Here’s the new advent mix. And below that you’ll find three mixes from Christmas past: brass, CCM, and the dreaded lounge/crooner. I reckon this time next…

  • "Fear Not:" The Moment Linus Drops the Blanket

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not leftovers, it Scriptorium Classic! Reposted from 12/23/2008. My church is preaching its way through Advent, spending one sermon each on those descriptions of the promised one in Isaiah 9: Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and last week we made it to Prince of Peace, a title so comprehensive that it will take…

  • Hark! The Herald Angels… Do They Sing?

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not leftovers, it Scriptorium Classic! Reposted from 12/17/2008. Christmas carols are usually pretty reliable teachers of theology. Of the sacred songs that we tend to hear a lot around Christmas time, we have a lot of great doctrine to sing in “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Joy to the World,” and “Hark the Herald…