{"id":1805,"date":"2011-01-11T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T05:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2011\/01\/11\/items-of-interest-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-11T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T05:11:17","slug":"items-of-interest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2011\/01\/11\/items-of-interest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"items of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some very interesting articles over the last few days, impossible to really absorb them all, but thought I\u2019d pass them on for the interest of others:<\/p>\n

*<\/font><\/strong> An amazing editorial over at CT<\/a> regarding the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy \u2013 they don\u2019t get everything right, but make this amazing admission:<\/p>\n

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The lesson is that our attempts to find and exploit a point of cultural contact inevitably end in bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

This does not deny the need to talk about the gospel in language and thought forms that a culture understands. In fact, we cannot avoid doing this\u2014we are culturally and linguistically bound, ultimately unable to get out of our own skin and see the world in any other way. But we must repress every fearful thought that suggests that making the gospel relevant and meaningful rests on our shoulders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

* <\/font><\/strong>On the subject of music, several articles out about a new study published at McGill University (Montreal) \u2013 when a musical piece builds tension, then resolves it, the brain releases dopamine, the \u2018pleasure juice\u2019 that is also stimulated by things like food, drugs, and sex.<\/p>\n