Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
October 27, 2007

The Next Great American Band

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

The latest offering from the American Idol brain trust — The Next Great American Band — ain’t all that bad.
Compared to its siblings, it’s different in certain ways & similar in others. Overall, however, I’d say that it bears a closer resemblance to AI than to SYTYCD. That’s not bad & it’s not good; rather, [...]


October 23, 2007

TAR12 news

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Just a heads-up for all you fans of The Amazing Race — we won’t have to wait until 2008 for the next round of Philiminations!
It seems that, because of the horrific crashing & burning of Viva Laughlin after only two episodes, CBS has decided to debut TAR12 on November 4!
Not that having one more show [...]


October 19, 2007

Willow Creek repents?

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Per this blog & this article at Christianity Today, Bill Hybels over at Willow Creek states “We made a mistake.”
Wow.
I’ve long thought the theology of pop-American Evangelicalism (as defined by the “seeker sensitive” mantra of Church-Growthers like Bill Hybels’ Willow Creek & Rick Warren’s Saddleback churches) to be deficient, dangerous, and outright wrong. Thus, it’s [...]


October 19, 2007

I like this

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

HT: Veith @ Cranach

Krauthammer’s Razor: “In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.”
That’s actually something that I think could apply to most situations, not just those in D.C..
And it is, I think, in line with the 8th Commandment, because generally speaking, [...]