Starting Lines — Jan 20, 2005
January 20th, 2005 | 06:12 PM |(5 years, 6 months, 1 week, 3 days, 13 hours, 35 minutes ago)
First Ever “Warnie” Awards Winner Announced
Adrian Warnock has posted the winner of his first ever “Warnie” blogger awards for blogs he feels are worthy of special honor. The singular honor of being the first ever winner goes to Dr. John Mark Reynolds. Congratulations to Dr. Reynolds. And more fine reading for the rest of us.
Rolling Stone Spurns Zondervan
USA Today is reporting that Rolling Stone rejected an ad from Zondervan just before it was supposed to run. According to the article:
The rejected ad shows a serious young man, apparently pondering the problems of modern life. The text touts the TNIV as a source for “real truth” in a world of “endless media noise and political spin.” A blue Bible peeks up from the corner of the ad.
“God” isn’t mentioned in any of these, only in ads for Christian media such as Relevant, a Christian monthly magazine aimed at hip twentysomethings.
But every ad carries the slogan: “Timeless truth; Today’s language”
Apparently, the cultural mavens at Rolling Stone couldn’t handle the concept that the Bible could actually be true.
Bias? What bias?
(HT to Areopagitica for noting the article.)
VW: Protecting The World From Terrorists
Wizbang! has picked up a copy of a fake VW ad which is absolutely hilarious. It shows a terrorist suicide bomber’s attempt to destroy lives, only to be foiled by VW’s excellent engineering. I get a chuckle out of it every time I watch it. If only…
Proverbs Daily
One of the interesting things about starting a blog is finding out who is linking to it. I’ve started to make it a habit to visit those sites to see if I want to add them to my regular reading. Among today’s list of new links was one from Proverbs Daily.
Like most weblogs, Jeff Smith writes articles about current events. What makes Proverbs Daily unique is that he takes a verse or two from Proverbs and writes a short explanation of what it means. I am adding Proverbs Daily to my daily reading list. You may want to do the same.
(I noticed that Proverbs Daily is only 5 days older than The Greatest Pursuits. From one newbie to another: Welcome to the blogosphere, Jeff!)
January 21st, 2005 at 2:45 am
Ed, thank you for the review of ProverbsDaily.com. Best of luck with The Greatest Pursuits. I like what I see so far and will continue to be a reader.