The Boundless blog, The Line, has some thoughtful posts (that link to more thoughtful posts) on the Haggard affair.
Christianity Today’s blog on the other hand, has an entry called “The Non-Haggard News”, choosing to focus on other goings-on in Christendom (but of course, they also cover Haggard here).
This funny film short about a man who “breaks all ten commandments before breakfast” would nicely complement what these guys do. It would serve as a good illustration that we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Oh yeah, here are the commandments for reference.
(Coudal link via webzen)
Just what is it in me?
Sometimes I just don’t know
What keeps me in Your love,
Why You never let me go
And though You’re in me now,
I fall and hurt You still
My Lord, please show me how
To know just how You feel
You have forgiven me
Too many times it seems
I feel I’m not what you might call
A worthy Christian after all
And though I love You so
Temptation finds its way to me
Teach me to trust in You With all my heart
To lean not on my own understanding
I just forget You won’t give me what I can’t bear
Take me out of the dark, my Lord
I don’t wanna be there
- Gary Valenciano, excerpt from “Take Me Out of the Dark”
Filipino Roman Catholics can no longer confess “their sins via e-mail, fax and mobile phone text messages*”.
I’m just glad we have a High Priest to whom we can confess our sins directly. There’s no need for human or electronic mediators. Now that’s true wireless.
*this Yahoo! news item is no longer archived but I found a couple of related articles.