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Re: Bullet points

Chris Hubbs — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 16:43:28 -0000

Huzzah for bullet points! :-)

Re: Casting Across the Pond: Do Calvinists worship another God?

Chris Hubbs — Sat, 24 May 2014 14:22:31 -0000

If this is gonna be a regular thing, will there be a dedicated feed so I can add it to my podcast app?

Re: On Faithfulness (A Brain Dump)

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 06 May 2014 10:56:46 -0000

"God didn’t call us to win, God called us to be faithful."

Thanks for this, Rachel. I've been led to much the same conclusion lately.

Also - when we focus on faithfulness instead of winning, it's easier to be humble as we learn and our views change over time. If I've been trying to WIN WIN WIN the argument for my current position, there's a lot of pride that will keep me from wanting my position to evolve as God continues teaching me. If my focus is just on faithfulness, there's likely less pride built up and less internal resistance to growth.

Re: Practical Worship Leading Ideas

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:33:51 -0000

Completely agree with you. Thanks for clarifying!

Re: Practical Worship Leading Ideas

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:09:58 -0000

Bethany, can you expand on that some? I agree the line between performance and leading is hard to define - it's more a "I know it when I see it" sort of thing for me most of the time - but the things I mentioned are some of the places where I've seen things go off the rails to performance on a frequent basis.

Re: Practical Worship Leading Ideas

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:43:01 -0000

Thanks for the kind words, Clay!

Re: Do Praise Bands speak a Secret Language?

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:39:29 -0000

Mike, feel free to ramble any time. It's as if you're anticipating the post I'll publish tomorrow. :-)

Re: Book Review: Ring by Stephen Baxter

Chris Hubbs — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:15:46 -0000

It's never too late for a comment! I haven't read either of the two titles you mentioned. I'll have to look them up. Thanks for the suggestions!

Re: Hands Off My Red Handle

Chris Hubbs — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:19:18 -0000

Oh, I think guys have them. I think we're just conditioned to be even less willing to admit weaknesses than women usually are, so we don't cop to things like Red Handles.

Re: Re: Ham on Nye

Chris Hubbs — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:39:38 -0000

Ah, cool, thanks. I knew it sounded familiar but couldn't remember where I'd read it before. :-)

Re: In Appreciation of Both Sides of the Creation Debate

Chris Hubbs — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 13:08:52 -0000

I should note that Richard Okimoto observed and was rather tickled at my typo describing him as "scientiest". At his request I'll leave the typo in place. :-)

Re: Re: Ham on Nye

Chris Hubbs — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:07:47 -0000

Great quote. Citation for it?

Re: Jesus, Friend of Sinners - ChrisHubbs.com

Chris Hubbs — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:43:11 -0000

That hymn came to mind this morning too, Mike. Thanks for sharing it.

Re: The Joy of the Gospel

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:57:06 -0000

JoAnne, thanks for stopping by and for commenting! I'm a Protestant myself, but I certainly appreciate the clear love of the Gospel that Pope Francis has shown in his "Exhortation". To God be the glory!

Re: “Perfect” is just my pathetic attempt to hide

Chris Hubbs — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:53:16 -0000

Thanks, bro. Maron's podcast is consistently good. The guy asks great questions and isn't afraid to really poke at questions of faith and meaning along with just getting people to tell their stories. He's got more than 500 episodes out there so I've got a lot of catching up to do. :-)

Re: I Say to You: DRINK

Chris Hubbs — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:10:28 -0000

A few weeks ago I had lunch with my worship pastor.

Me: "but then there's Romans 6. 'Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?' *sigh*"
Him, smiling ruefully: "well, that's generally been my experience."

I love that guy.

Re: Quote for the Day

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:01:18 -0000

I picked up the Kindle version a week or so ago when it was on sale. I'd say it's worth full price, though. Really good.

Re: It’s Not a Long Leap

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:08:38 -0000

Matthew, my goal was definitively not to attack straw men. I have experienced many of these sort of teachings directly over the past 25 years in the evangelical church, and I was responding in my post to specific quotes from real people, not to things made up for the sake of argument.

I agree that there are many brothers who are just hoping for a little help from their sisters. But given the wretched weight the legalism of the modesty culture too often tries to place on women, I think it's well past time that the men just keep quiet about it. This would be a great place for older women to come in and teach the younger.

My intent with this post is not to 'slam' the hapless brother who is really trying. Rather, I want the brothers who are teaching sisters that the men's lust is their fault to knock it off.

Re: God has not given us a Spirit of Fear

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:42:20 -0000

Natalie, thanks for stopping by! There's a little more about me on the About page linked up at the top of the page. :-)

Re: God has not given us a Spirit of Fear

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:36 -0000

Thanks, Bill!

Re: Is this Calvinism’s Default Position?

Chris Hubbs — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:30:27 -0000

Mark, thanks so much for sharing.

Re: Is this Calvinism’s Default Position?

Chris Hubbs — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:13:11 -0000

Thanks for the comments, all. I'm headed off with a bunch of extended family for a zoo trip today, but will take some time to read and interact tonight.

Re: TRAUMA KING

Chris Hubbs — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:42:55 -0000

Rawwwwwr.

(Was that inappropriate? :-P)

Re: The Power of the Pen

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:57:59 -0000

Hmmm. I think the only G2s I've used (at least the only one I have at my desk) is a 0.7. I might like 0.5 better.

Re: The Power of the Pen

Chris Hubbs — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:50:29 -0000

I remember reading that back in the day. Trust Rands to do such a thorough evaluation. I've tried the Pilot G2 (the one he landed on) a couple of times and I'm just not sold on it. Not sure why.