tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27511257619824175432008-07-16T21:26:12.993-07:00Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-20879347411597792242007-04-22T04:31:00.001-07:002007-04-22T04:41:05.774-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RitJr7SHP9I/AAAAAAAAAE0/WB4pSqT-_cQ/s1600-h/cohenandcookeshow.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RitJr7SHP9I/AAAAAAAAAE0/WB4pSqT-_cQ/s400/cohenandcookeshow.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056216025650380754" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="404" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/blog/vid_player.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><embed src="http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/blog/vid_player.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="404" height="276"></embed></object>Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-79378160158788749472007-03-23T16:35:00.001-07:002007-03-23T16:39:02.189-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RgRjrp2CYHI/AAAAAAAAAEk/znRasb2Cb0Y/s1600-h/phlashhc.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RgRjrp2CYHI/AAAAAAAAAEk/znRasb2Cb0Y/s200/phlashhc.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045267084179824754" /></a>Here it is, the next Phlashlight, SATURDAY, March 24th, 7PM.<br /><br />Special guest performer: Liz Dally<br /><br />plus comedic skits by<br /><br />Michael Malanga<br />Sue Goliver<br />Michael Edwards<br />Joan Edwards<br />the tapes<br /><br /><br />MP3 downloadable sermon on--<a href="http://bgcovenant.org/blog/?p=71?">"In not of: living in the shadowlands"</a>Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-77347739001076036932007-03-18T14:42:00.000-07:002007-03-18T14:47:47.417-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/Rf2zW3FgnCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/K_U6I8orURQ/s1600-h/CSLJapan3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/Rf2zW3FgnCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/K_U6I8orURQ/s320/CSLJapan3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043384363050376226" /></a><br /><font size=+3>Navigate to <a href="http://www.wcnet.org/~bledward/8PGS/8pgs6.htm">MY 8 PGS </a>for a copy of Sunday's sermon, "Out of the Shadowlands," and don't forget that THIS Saturday, March 24, 7PM, is our next Phlashlight: with special musical guest, Liz Dally.</font size><br /><br />The image is a cover shot of my book, A Rhetoric of Reading: C. S. Lewis's Defense of Western Literacy, which has been translated into Japanese!Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-390362102680456262007-03-07T07:37:00.001-08:002007-03-07T07:37:48.202-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">A Phlash-Light Home Companion<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />The next edition of Phlash-Light, our “often monthly” wit, whimsy, and worship service will be Saturday night, March 24th. We’ll feature special guest, Liz Dally, singing in our recreation of a certain radio show that comes out of St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with guest pastor, Guy Noir, aka, Rev. Michael Malanga. Be there at 7PM sharp for edification and entertainment.</span><br /><br />Mike Edwards' birthday will be celebrated directly following at his house. . .Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-29650386083956257552007-01-28T06:25:00.001-08:002007-01-28T06:25:35.410-08:00Phlashlight fans, go here to find the Jan. 27th phlashlight presentation: <a href="http://www.wcnet.org/~bledward/8PGS/8pgs5.htm">MERCY ME</a>.<br /><br />We had an appreciative audience of about 30 people, fine worship by Michael Edwards and the Tapes, and two great solo songs by each, including Mike's cover of Denison Whitmer's LITTLE FLOWERS.Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-52790169782337437982007-01-27T11:20:00.000-08:002007-01-27T11:21:56.319-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">4 Key Concepts for Christians to Nurture and Embrace in Light of Islamic Challenge</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">• The nature of mercy<br />• The necessity of incarnation<br />• The finality of the cross<br />• The reward for sacrificial living</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Selected Resources for Understanding Islam</span><br /><br />BOOKS<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">• Anderson, Norman. Islam in the Modern World (Apollo, 1999).<br />• Chapman, Colin. Cross and Crescent (Intervarsity, 2006).<br />• Newbigin, Leslie. Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in a "Secular" Britain (SPCK, 1998).<br />• Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad (Baker,2003).<br />• Sanneh, Lamin. Translating the Message (Orbis, 1989).</span><br /><br />CHRISTIAN WWW SOURCES<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">• http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/islam.html<br />• http://faithfacts.gospelcom.net/islam.html#fundamentalism<br />• http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/<br /></span><br />MUSLIM WWW SOURCES<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">• http://muslim-canada.org/islam_christianity.html<br />• http://www.mostmerciful.com/</span>Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-48625768323809615112007-01-24T10:17:00.000-08:002007-01-26T04:30:24.598-08:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/Rbeh5o0b2nI/AAAAAAAAAAc/F-CAD54sVls/s1600-h/cross3+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/Rbeh5o0b2nI/AAAAAAAAAAc/F-CAD54sVls/s320/cross3+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023661920937040498" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" >Saturday Night!</span><br /><br />Worship: MICHAEL EDWARDS & THE TAPES<br /><br />Word: BRUCE EDWARDS on "Mercy Me: What Christians Need to Know About <span style="font-style: italic;">Islam"<br /><br />Witness: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">A Film by Elvis Presly</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RbX56Y0b2lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bghVV-n7gnQ/s1600-h/evvos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RbX56Y0b2lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bghVV-n7gnQ/s320/evvos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023195740891765330" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751125761982417543.post-1356984760159810982007-01-23T03:51:00.000-08:002007-01-26T04:37:04.180-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">About phlash-light:</span><br />"If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own." By God's grace, we see through a glass darkly what we are called to be and to do. We are on the road that leads there. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />phlashlight</span> is meant to shed light in the twilight where faith-seeking-understanding can occur. It is a gathering place and the blogosphere location for those people committed to coming to our Sunday night adventures, sharing, seeking, and doing the will of the father.I am an amalgam of spiritual, physical, and social inclinations toward what is right, true, real. By God's grace, I see through a glass darkly what it is i am called to be and to do.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Who is Phlashlight?</span><br />I have not arrived and I have not embraced all that I can and should be, but I am on the road that leads there.<br /><br />But phlashlight is not about me. Its mission is to provide light in the twilight where faith-seeking-understanding can occur. It is a beam of light, a path to follow, a way out and a way in. It is a meeting place and a blogosphere location for those people committed to coming to our Sunday night adventures, those who are sharing, seeking, and doing the will of the father.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What's this blog?</span><br />This is the blog for our new BGCC Saturday night gatherings. phlash-light will be an invitation to incarnation, of making your spiritual life more than a theory, a life real in Christ, real in this world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RbX56Y0b2lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bghVV-n7gnQ/s1600-h/evvos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jL5Y_HleEqE/RbX56Y0b2lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bghVV-n7gnQ/s320/evvos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023195740891765330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;font-size:180%;" >Saturday Night!</span><br /><br />Worship: MICHAEL EDWARDS & THE TAPES<br /><br />Word: Bruce Edwards on "Mercy Me: What Christians Need to Know About <span style="font-style: italic;">Islam"<br /><br />Witness: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">A Film by Elvis Presly</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Bruce in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03354304062945134512noreply@blogger.com