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I was recently listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, The Literary Life Podcast, and the hosts were talking about their 2021 reading challenge, called 19 in 2021. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to level up to that, but here’s my running list of what I’m reading this year.
I’ve finally finished compiling my reading list for 2018. I absolutely devoured books this year thanks to Audible and a long work commute. I guess that may have something to do with the fact that 2 years into the Trump administration, the new is still “all Trump all the time” and I’ve gotten so sick of politics that I want to inject something worthwhile into my mental hard drive even if I know I won’t retain most of it! Actually, my strategy is to give the audio book a first listen and if I really like it, then pick up a hard copy for my library. I’ve also found the clips and notes feature on Audible to be really helpful when I want to go back and remember where I’ve heard something.
The 2nd Commandment teaches us that we are not to make image or likeness of anything in heaven and earth. So what does that mean for the creative process? In lesson 5 of Ike Reeder’s Christ and Culture series, we’ll explore what God has to say about artistic intentions, the pitfalls of creative idolatry and how, as Paul instructs us in Colossians 2 and 3, we are to stay rooted in Christ.
To see culture through a biblical lens, particularly as it relates to the arts, we must first understand how God views the creative process. What does God have to say about artistic expression and how are we, as Christian culture-bearers to engage in it? Join Ike Reeder as he reconciles the Creation Mandate with the 2nd Commandment in lesson 4 of Christ and Culture.
What is a Reformed Christian view of cultural engagement? To understand the Bible’s theology of culture and answer the question, we have to go back to the Garden of Eden and connect the creation mandate with the Great Commission in Matthew.
It seems obvious to us that we live in a specific culture, but many of us would struggle to define exactly what culture is and even more-so how, as Christians, we should engage with it. In this lesson in the Christianity and Culture series, Join Ike Reeder, president of Birmingham Theological Seminary, as he shares insights into culture from T.S. Elliot and Hans Rookmaaker, discusses the key elements of culture and introduces us to 4 specific types of culture.
Ever need to look up data in one Google sheet and use that to populate a different Google sheet? It’s pretty easy to do, but you need to use the VLOOKUP function and the IMPORTRANGE function and it takes 2 steps:
The other afternoon I noticed a pool of water on the floor in front of my refrigerator. It wasn’t huge and my first thought was that some ice had fallen from the dispenser on the door and melted, which would not be out of the realm of feasibility. I wiped it up and made a mental note to keep an eye on it. Sure enough, a couple mornings later I went into the kitchen and there it was, another pool of water. Hmm, I thought, this is a problem that’s probably not going to go away.
