Jared Bridges

LOST Channels Star Wars

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I haven’t quite the intricate theories about the show as does the JollyBlogger, but I do have one simple observation to offer: Sawyer is Han Solo. And that is all I have to say.

The Real World is Not Virtual

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What in our lives can’t we do on the web? We can order pizza, groceries, clothing, and DVD’s (what more could one need?) over the internet. We can telecommute to work, have the WebMD diagnose our illnesses, and get spiritual nourishment at Cyber-Church. We can make our friends at MySpace, find our spouses through E-Harmony, … Read more

Party Between the Hedges

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Vols 51, Bulldogs 33 Tennessee hasn’t looked better this century. In fact they haven’t looked better this millennium. With the exception of our familiar not-so-special teams, the Vols looked eerily flawless against Georgia tonight. Erik Ainge was spot-on perfect with 267 passing yards against one of the most touted defenses in the country. Bret Smith … Read more

Christianity and Its Competition

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This New York Times article entitled “Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers,” seems misunderstood on many levels, the least of which is its assumption that evangelical Christianity is merely an alternative to the cornucopia of other lifestyles available to today’s teens. This statement, in particular, is telling: Genuine alarm can be heard from Christian … Read more

Molestation Nation

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A week ago, after watching an episode of Criminal Minds on CBS that dealt with a pedophile, I remarked to my wife how pedophilia had become the crime du jour in popular culture. After all, it’s hard to find these days a television crime drama that hasn’t tracked down a villainous child molester just in … Read more

Oliver Stoned

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It would almost be too easy to ask what controversial director Oliver Stone was smoking when he made the following comments at a recent European film festival: The director of blockbusters such as “Platoon,” and “JFK” said the U.S. reaction to the attacks was out of proportion. “If there had been a better sense of … Read more

Graceful in Graceland

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Vols 41, Tigers 7 Well, the saying goes that a “W” is a “W,” any way you can take it. With this game it seemed like a “W” was a “Z.” As in sleep. As in “Zzzzz Zzzzz Zzzzz.” In case you’re confused by all those end-of-the-alphabet letters, this was one of the most boring … Read more

Un-Herd of Football

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Vols 33, Thundering Herd 7 I didn’t get to listen to the game last Saturday, but from all reports, the Thundering Herd of Marshall was only partly-cloudy. Did any of you Vol-faithful get to see or hear the game? Any new insights? Was this game as “good for us” as the loss to Florida was … Read more

English To You, But Greek To Him

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Is the English Bible that much of a mystery that those not schooled in Koine Greek or Biblical Hebrew cannot understand it? That seems to be the impression that some give, including the pastor of the church my family visited last weekend. This pastor’s argument was that you couldn’t understand the following verse without knowing … Read more