On to a Good Thing

Your weekly filter of news and interesting stuff from the internet.

How the Bible is like The Sun
Tony Payne of Matthias Media writes an interesting article about why the Bible is like a newspaper in the way we should approach, read and react to it.
http://solapanel.org/article/why_the_bible_is_like_a_newspaper

10 Myths about Evangelism
Jeff Keeney's blog has a list of 10 myths we tell ourselves about evangelism. With lots of missions being run at the moment in the lead up to Easter, it's useful to be reminded of these.
http://gospelcentric.org/2011/03/07/top-ten-myths-about-evangelism/

Who built the ark?
The BBC reports on a survey in which a local church asked shoppers five questions about the Bible, lamenting the lack of Bible knowledge in the community. Made me wonder which 5 questions I'd ask. Would they be the same five?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tyne/hi/front_page/newsid_9418000/9418151.stm

Video games
Here's a four minute excerpt from a Mark Driscoll sermon on Luke 14 in which he touches on video gaming. With his usual helpful directness, he shows why they're not sinful, but just stupid and gives a great alternative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ctQOmzsvisQ