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I am going to be reading (after I finish John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress) a book by R.C. Sproul that I hear is REALLY REALLY great. It's called The Holiness of God. It sounds like it's going to be about God's perfect measure of righteousness that is the standard He holds us to, and how He is completely just in punishing us for our sins.

I love books about theology. The last book I read was a book by Ted Kluck and Kevin DeYoung entitled Why We're Not Emergent (by two guys who should be). It was enlightening, entertaining
and, despite its title, actually made me a little more sympathetic toward the whole emergent movement. In case you have no idea what the emergent movement is, this conversation (and part 2) epitomizes everything that I believe is wrong with the Emergent movement. I enjoyed the book and I'd recommend it to any Christian.

Now back to the original subject. For the past few months I've been in thinking a lot about what it means to present myself blameless before Almighty God. It's impossible for us to be sinless of course but we are to try to be as holy as possible as long as we do it all in genuine 1 Cor 13 love.

For as long as I can remember I have been addicted to movies. Now, I'm not one to say that movies are inherently sinful to watch (I also wouldn't say that they aren't either, some of them anyway), but I believe that they have been a sin for me many times in the past and hopefully not in the future. I have really been convicted about this particular thing and because of this new conviction I have deprived myself of many movies that I desperately wanted to see this summer. I still have not seen and will not see Indy 4 and The Dark Knight. It might sound really crazy but it is taking a lot out of me to not go and see those two. I actually regret having seen Iron Man and The Hulk (partially because The Hulk stunk). I think I'll see the new Star Wars one though. It's rated PG and I know Star Wars characters aren't going to use any blasphemy so I feel OK about seeing that one; that and Kung-Fu Panda. I may see that too.

Wall-E is one I'll actually be buying when it comes out. I cant wait to watch it with Zoe when she is old enough to appreciate it.

Also, I just can't get enough of the good Disney films. Nearly everything (Pixar co-labs included) from The Little Mermaid to today has been excellent. And, all of the old classics blow me away too. They're beautiful.

Well, see what I mean? Addicted to movies. I could go on for days about them but I'll spare you. Don't even get me started talking about Lord of the Rings.