Yesterday, there must have been three people who independently of one another pointed me to the 116 Clique project, Man Up! This morning I peeped the video for the title track. I’m feelin’ it. I thought you might, too.

So, here are the thoughts I had as I watched this:
1. Gotta listen to this album.
2. So needed.
3. So encouraging. Hopeful.
4. Artistically speaking… nicely done. Head bobbin’.
5. Feels like this Christian generations’ version of Stop the Violence, only more complete in its message.
6. Gotta go play with my little boy.
7. Only thing missing: a couple older men represented. But that’s what happens when entire generations of men abdicate; they vanish from the scene.

Man up.

HT: Shane

Mrs. Blair Linne lights it up!

My wife sent me this video. I think I would be a little unnerved the rest of the day if I were Mukhtar, the bus driver in this video.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be part of a Bible translation committee? Or, what the discussions look like as teams of scholars wrestle with difficult texts and issues?

Justin Taylor has posted this 4-minute video of the ESV translation committee wrestling with the issue of how to translate Hebrew and Greek words that could be rendered “slave” or “servant” or “bondservant.”

You can see how essentially literal translation gets complicated by cultural and historical settings and considerations. “Slave” in one ear meant something different in another era. Meaning and connotations are not static, and understanding the Bible properly requires at least two things:

1. Knowing how the original author used the word and what they intended; and
2. Being aware of how the contemporary audience hears the word and what meanings they freight it with.

So, reading the Bible well becomes a task not just in reading the words, but also of reading the contexts. Reading the bible well requires not that we read culture (singular) but cultures (plural). Moreover, reading the Bible well means allowing the Bible to read the reader, exposing our assumptions and the predispositions we bring to the text. Makes me want to read the Bible and to be read by the Bible!

She sent me this video of a father-daughter dance and said learn the moves before I return home on Monday! This is fun, but I think I’d need physiotherapy afterward

I give ol’ school points for courage in this video. Actually, I think I can probably do “tha stanky leg,” the “shag,” the “robot,” and “da butt.” Not sure I could pull of Beyonce! Laugh out loud–it’s Thursday!

HT: Shane

Can’t wait to get this album. And might I make a suggestion? Blair and shai should do a joint project called “The linne Dynasty.” Any buyers?

My man Curtis Allen, a.k.a “Voice,” has teamed up with another Sovereign Gracer named Erin Hill to form a group called Welfare Society.  They have a new album scheduled to drop November 21st called “Be Encouraged, Be Convinced.”

One of the tracks is based on a conversation Curt’ had with a young Christian woman who struggles with same sex attraction.  She asked Curt’ why the church is so hard on people with that struggle. One outcome of that conversation is the track and video “When It Rains”:

Audio:

When It Rains by avoice

Look out for the album when it drops Nov. 21st!

A little humor from Tim Hawkins to begin the week:

I’m really starting to like this Hawkins guy. Funny.

HT: DeYoung

One more from Tim Hawkins, this one on hand-raising in worship and “family Sundays”. Hilarious

Had a good chuckle this morning with this clip from Tim Hawkins (HT: Trevin Wax)