Romans 8--
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit... For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."
I'd like to meet:
A honey badger!
Music:
Christafari, LeCrae, Aviad Cohen, Reality, Kirk Franklin, Salvador, Tonex, Alan Clarke Duncan, Grits, Matisyahu, KRS-ONE's newer stuff, looking for some holy hip hop and gospel funk currently... Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Femi Kuti, Emmanuel Jal, Skee-lo's first album (minus one or two tracks), Maceo Parker, Sly and the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin On" was a killer album, Candy Dulfer, Al Green, Bill Withers, James Brown, Arlo Guthrie, some EW&F, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Sade, Phil Ochs, John Prine.
Movies:
MY OWN! -- youtube.com/babylonisfallen
Acts (NIV dramatization), Moses, Jeremiah, Gospel of John, Luther, Incredible Creatures that Defy Evolution, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, The Occult History of the Third Reich, Bamboozled, Malcolm X, Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), Bergman's "The Shame", The Corporation, Orwell Rolls In His Grave, Old B-Movies, Pink Panther films, Murder by Death...
Favorite Marx Bros. Films- Duck Soup, Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, Horse Feathers.
Television:
I kind of enjoy: MST3K, Boondocks, Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Office, You Bet Your Life...
despite the lack, and sometimes criticism of Christian views. Can we as Christians put out some edgy entertainment?
Documentary channels (National Geographic, Discovery Channel, A&E, etc.) who do docs on Christianity or the Bible drive me nuts because I've noticed that they all lie so much and ask the "experts" who are on the fringe of scholarship-- folks like John Crossan, Elaine Pagels, etc.
Books:
NON-FICTION:
THE BIBLE, "Paul the Apostle" by Robert E. Picirilli, Stott's "The Message of Romans," Pate & Pate's "Crucified in the Media," Orr-Ewing's "Is the Bible Intolerant?", Patai's "Messiah Texts," Munger's "Out of the Closet, Into the Light," Bobby Seale's "Seize the Time," Autobiography of Malcolm X.
FICTION:
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," F. Paul Wilson's "An Enemy of the State," 1984, Richard Wright's "Black Boy"... ABSOLUTELY NOT Catcher in the Rye (sorry). "Teach Yourself Evolution"-- one of the best fiction books I've read lately.
Anything that will expand my knowledge and make me be able to speak on a variety of subjects with authority, even if I disagree with the subject.
Heroes:
Jesus Christ, Elijah, John the Baptist, Jehu the mad chariot driver, Anabaptists, Waldensians, Messianic Jews, Christian Pacifists, Groucho Marx, Gandhi, Malcolm X (the later years), vegans, Brandi Lewis-- cuz she's hilarious
