{"id":1349,"date":"2009-06-11T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/06\/11\/items-of-interest\/"},"modified":"2009-06-11T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T19:05:12","slug":"items-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/06\/11\/items-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"items of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is one of those weeks\u2026 a mad dash up and down the Island with many activities and responsibilities. Monday we had a service in a local senior\u2019s condominium. Tuesday we had our Mid-Week service with a trio from Crown College. Wednesday I met with one of our men and a new convert who he is helping get established in the faith. I was also up-Island to meet with a young couple to be married on Friday and met with a pastor friend, working on helping him get a life insurance company to pay out after his wife\u2019s passing in March (we succeeded, praise the Lord!). Tonight we have a Bible-study in the home of some of our people who live 45 minutes up-Island from us. Tomorrow is the wedding I mentioned. And next week is Family Camp. so I have to really work on getting messages ready for two Sundays and for Camp.<\/p>\n

Whew! Not complaining, I relish the activity. But I suspect I won\u2019t be blogging a lot over the next few days.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things that caught my eye. Some of them would be good for the illustration file:<\/p>\n

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An article on The Scientist.com: \u201cBone fat squelches new blood<\/a>\u201d talks about how fat cells in bone marrow regulate the production of new blood cells in the body. This is news because it was formerly thought fat cells in bone marrow really served no function. And the illustration point: an additional layer of complexity that increases the impossibility of evolution \u2013 all these interdependent cells and mechanisms had to be in place for life to exist, all at once. How could they evolve? [Free registration is required to access this article.]<\/p>\n

The Globe & Mail, Canada\u2019s arrogant numbskull paper, reports on the importance of little details: \u201cComma quirk irks Rogers<\/a>\u201d. It appears that a little detail like a comma is going to cost one of Canada\u2019s big cable companies about 2.13 MILLION dollars. That\u2019s got to be a good illustration for some sermon\u2026 now to find a passage to put it in!<\/p>\n

\u201cWaving the Flag \u2013 Part 2<\/a>\u201d on SI has some valuable conclusions concerning the drift and decay in Christian colleges:<\/p>\n

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First, institutions normally do not change radically overnight. The change is usually gradual and continues over a lengthy period of time.<\/p>\n

Second, institutions move toward liberalism under trusted conservative administrators who tolerate agents of change.<\/p>\n

Third, because the changes are gradual and take place under conservative leadership, many do not understand the significance of what is happening. When people speak out, they are viewed as extreme and disloyal. Only after significant time has passed are others willing to recognize and admit the changes which now are firmly in place.<\/p>\n

Fourth, what needs to happen, then? Early on in the process and throughout an institution’s history and life there needs to be a lot of flag-waving going on! Unless a firm commitment to founding convictions is voiced and consistently practiced by those who can do something about it\u2014rather than tolerating ideas and persons who wish to broaden or modify\u2014the tragic story of what has happened elsewhere will be repeated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

May the people of this generation realize that we need to be constantly vigilant lest we drift as others did.<\/p>\n

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