Sharp IronSharp IronMy hope is that Sharp Iron can be a friendly enough place that you would feel comfortable sharing your thoughts and opinions on a variety of topics. I am very interested in spirituality and how that affects every aspect of our lives. Articles
ASBO - LUTELY TOO MUCH!
2008-01-17 21:28:00 I found this fellow’s site, “The Ongoing Adventures of Asbo Jesus” and was really taken by it. His name is Jon and I believe he is a professional cartoonist in Britain. His blog contains some work of his that he says “no one would be daft enough to pay for!” According to Jon, in Britain ...
The Dilemma of the Trilemma
2008-01-14 20:10:00 I?m a big fan of C.S. Lewis. I was first exposed to his writings with The Screwtape Letters and since then I have enjoyed many of his other books and essays. His ?trilemma? is one of the most well known of his propositions and has been repeated in numerous apologetic sermons, speeches and books. This ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Jesus , God , Faith
Hissing in the Wind
2008-01-12 17:22:00 OK, let me try to set a few things straight. The major purpose of this blog has been to engage others with perhaps differing opinions and differing world views in friendly and thoughtful conversations that we all may profit from. Hence the title: Sharp Iron, a line from the biblical book of ... More About: Religion , Ethics , Wind , Purpose , Evangelism
Walking with Frankie and Leo
2008-01-08 22:43:00 This is the story of Frankie and Leo, two good altar boys who, one cold winter morning, stepped out of an orphanage on the East Side and began the long walk to St. Joseph?s. It was very windy and Frankie was freezing as he walked along beside Leo. They were both bent to the wind, gloved hands ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Jesus , God , Walking
(P.O.O.) The Problem of Odor
2008-01-07 19:19:00 One of the more challenging issues for theists in their ongoing debate with skeptical atheists has been the Problem of Evil. Often referred to as the P.O.E., it asks the very reasonable question; if God is good then why would he permit evil? The typical Christian response says that it was man who, by his ... More About: Religion , Humor , Life , Nature
God?s Equation
2007-12-29 01:34:00 For what has seemed an eternity BuddyO and I have been battling over what each of us takes to be a clear representation of God ?s character. Recently, over on his website Rev22, he had this to say on the subject: http://rev22.org/index.php/archives/108 Which got me to thinking; perhaps he is on to something here. This provoked even more ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Jesus , Theology
Can You Smell the Light?
2007-12-27 20:44:00 Ah, the smell of cookies baking in the oven! There?s nothing quite like it. Along with millions of others during the days leading up to Christmas, our culinary class baked batch after batch of homemade cookies. Their aroma filled the kitchen and, after wafting through the hallways, it took considerable effort to see that at they all ... More About: Light , Smell
A WORLD OF X-MAS AND X-TIANITY by Alan Ward
2007-12-24 22:05:00 My friend Alan has just had an article published today over on theOoze. In it he says; It?s certainly much easier to conform and be accepted by the world than it is to transform ourselves and the world around us, but Jesus calls us to walk the harder road toward transformation. Our job as Christians should be to put ... More About: Christmas , Christianity , Church , Culture , World
C.S.Lewis on Contemporary Christmas
2007-12-24 17:46:00 While commenting on the “Old Man’s Feast Day”Alan recommended that I check out something Lewis had written about the way in which he saw this holy day being celebrated. Although written over 50 years ago (Niatirb is an anagram for Lewis’ Britain) it is even more pertinent today. It reminds me of what Brent of InWorship ... More About: Christmas , Christianity , Culture , Spirituality , Current Events
The Old Man?s Feast Day
2007-12-19 01:04:00 Every winter it got very dark in the garden, especially during the last month of the year. Some of the children would become sad and depressed during this time, remembering people that had passed before and pining away for the warm sunshine and green plants of summer. But on the very darkest and shortest day ... More About: Feast
National Review says Leave X-Mas for the X-Men
2007-12-18 15:16:00 In the course of our friendly debate over the “Christianity” of Christmas there seems to be a number of different opinions; One suggests that the secular world, fueld by the “New Atheism”, is determined to remove any vestige of religon or spirituality from the public sector . Another suggests that Political Correctness is sucking ... More About: National , Review , Leave , National Review
TOY RECALL!!!!
2007-12-15 01:01:00 It’s a crisis! Retailers and parents are in a panic. Never before have so many toys been recalled for so many reasons for so few people. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/01 /national/main3124623.shtml Here are some more awful toys that experts (such as myself) feel should have been included on the list but were not: The Lego Step Ladder The Indiana Jones Sewer Explorer ... More About: Humor , Recall
The Essential Ingredient
2007-12-13 23:37:00 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I ... More About: The Essential , Ingredient , Essential
All the News that?s Fit to Eat
2007-12-13 17:15:00 Today the Wall Street Journal is all excited about a ‘new’ taste sensation that is sweeping the culinary world. WSJ Well, just remember that many of you first heard about it here, on Sharp Iron: http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2007/08/07 /umami-knows-best/ “Sharp Iron - for Perspiring Minds” More About: News , Culture , The News , Cuisine , Culinary Arts
Not All Cats are Gray in the Dark
2007-12-13 14:25:00 What will those wily Koreans think of next? First kimchee, then the Hyundai and now this. Jeesh! I’ll bet it cuts into their mousing percentages, though. (Wait’ll Buddy sees this.) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071212/sc_a fp/healthscienceskoreacloning More About: Science , Humor , Nature , Cats , Culture
Jean the Bird
2007-12-13 03:27:00 Jean the Bird is not only a great song by David Syvian and Robert Fripp it also is a fellow who has learned to fly. What I wouldn’t give to be able to do this. Oh, brother. More About: Life , Spirituality , Jean
The Christmas Tree Squint Test
2007-12-12 00:28:00 (Sorry for repeating myself but I posted this back in September and I should’ve waited until now.) We were talking on one of the earlier threads and there was some disagreement over the true meaning of certain scriptural passages. (I must be kidding, right? Here?) It seems like we kept going around and around and ... More About: Christmas , Religion , Christianity , Jesus , Family
Grasshopper Hills; Reflections on 1 Corinthians 9
2007-12-10 05:52:00 Just to the west of my old high school can be found the start and finish line for the cross country course. The three mile course was a notoriously grueling one, as it dropped nearly 300 feet down towards the river and then snaked its way back up the valley through a series of very ... More About: Reflections , Corinthians , Hills
Lost Souls
2007-12-06 22:36:00 Joshua comes to school almost every morning, soaking wet in his own urine. He is schizophrenic and also suffers from mild mental retardation. He lives with his mother, who is also mildly retarded, in a dark and dank row house in the embattled sections of the inner city. They have little means to manage any ... More About: Lost , Life , Culture , Justice , Current Events
Japanese and Toes, Knees and Toes
2007-12-06 04:40:00 I think this has been going the rounds for a while but I just caught it today. Figuring that maybe I’m not the only one a bit off the cutting edge I thought I’d share this with you. It’s the latest craze in teaching English to the intrepid Japanese traveler. Kind of like Berlitz meets Karaoke meets Denise Austin. What ... More About: Humor , Travel , Culture , Knees
A Christmas Poem by Ric Booth
2007-12-04 17:35:00 ?Twas the Very First Christmas by ric booth ?Twas the very first Christmas, when all o?er the earth Not a creature took notice when a virgin gave birth. She wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, Nursed Him; held Him; Still, nobody knows. The sheep were sleeping in flocks where they lie; While shepherds stood watch under His sky. With the Son ... More About: Jesus , Spirituality , Gospel , Poem
Man,What a Dog!
2007-12-03 21:54:00 OK, my good friend Buddy Oliver, over on Rev22, has decided to come out of the closet. I think we all had our suspicions, but were just in denial of his predilections. Not that there’s anything wrong with this - I even have friends who claim to know people that love dogs. But his love ...
Paths of Desire
2007-12-01 17:28:00 I came across a phrase the other day that I had not encountered before; “paths of desire“. Although sounding poetic and perhaps even esoteric, it turns out to be a very practical term used by landscape architects. It denotes the route that pedestrians will usually take in order to reach their destinations, often with no ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Church , Jesus , God
Christmas and Mohammad the Bear
2007-11-30 06:27:00 There is a British woman, a school teacher, who just stood trial in the Sudan after being charged with “insulting Islam, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs”. Her crime was that of permitting her students to give the classroom mascot, a Teddy Bear , the name of Mohammad . Mohammad is very common in the ... More About: Christmas
Small Churches; Getting it Right
2007-11-26 21:45:00 Buddy Oliver over on Rev22 just posted a pretty neat update on his small church endeavor, “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Exit Doors.” Kinda hits the nail on the head, I think. http://rev22.org/index.php/archives/101 More About: Christianity , Church , God , Churches , Small
Reconsidering Charity
2007-11-22 21:34:00 This is the time of year when we are reminded of charitable needs. Mark Winne, who used to work for the food bank system in Connecticut, wrote a poignant article last week in the Washington Post. In it he suggests that there may be something intrinsically ‘wrong’ with much charitable giving: The risk is that the multibillion-dollar ... More About: Food , Culture , Charity , Justice , Hari
Thank You for Flying Calvin Air
2007-11-19 02:55:00 ?Welcome to CalvinAir. We ask during the flight that everyone please refrain from smoking. There are two restrooms; one located here in basic seating and one up front in select seating. For reasons of safety we have anticipated your every need. You will be allowed to leave your seats when we reach cruising altitude. ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Fundamentalism , God , Faith
The Helper
2007-11-17 16:02:00 (High above the Earth) A lone spectral figure races against the dark backdrop of the heavens, relentlessly scanning the planet. Suddenly up ahead a beam of light shoots up from some the depths of Middle America, piercing the clouds and fading into the ionosphere. Instantly accelerating to blinding speed, the ghostly entity dives towards the light?s ... More About: Religion , Christianity , God , Faith , Spirituality
An Over-Commitment to Scripture?
More articles from this author:2007-11-16 21:57:00 There is an interesting article over on the CT blog site. It concerns remarks made by J.P. Moreland at a recent gathering of the Evangelical Theological Society. He strongly voiced his concerns over ‘bibliolatry’ among American Evangelicals: ?In the actual practices of the Evangelical community in North America, there is an over-commitment to Scripture in a ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Fundamentalism , God , Spirituality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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