{"id":2238,"date":"2011-02-21T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2017-10-24T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T20:48:19","slug":"this-post-has-nothing-to-do-with-washingtons-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/this-post-has-nothing-to-do-with-washingtons-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"This post has nothing to do with Washington&#8217;s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Don&#8217;t forget to enter the drawing for a free copy of NT Wright&#8217;s, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830838325?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jdmyers-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0830838325\"><em>The Challenge of Jesus<\/em> (with DVD)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tiheco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0830838325\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nJust <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-one-book-you-should-read-before-easter\/\">post a response comment over on the review post<\/a>, and you&#8217;ll be entered. The drawing is this Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>A few weeks ago, I agreed to review a copy of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0310330033?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jdmyers-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0310330033\"><em>Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tiheco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0310330033\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> by Wesley Hill. I jumped the gun a bit a posted my review two weeks too early. The <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/gay-and-christian\/\">review is posted here<\/a>, if you want to read it. Here are the others who took part in the review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peter-ould.net\/2010\/12\/06\/review-washed-and-waiting\/\">Peter Ould \u2013 An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kludt.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/21\/washed-and-waiting-book-review\/\">Can\u2019t. Catch. My. Breath. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingtheologically.com\/2010\/11\/09\/book-review-washed-and-waiting-by-wesley-hill\/\">Blogging Theologically<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrealschultz.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/washed-and-waiting-reflections-on.html\">Ponderings by Andrea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simuliustusetpeccator.com\/2011\/02\/10\/review-washed-and-waiting\/\">Simul Iustus et Peccator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are curious about the book, you can\u00a0Read a sample PDF, or interact with the author on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wesleyhill.tumblr.com\/\">Wesley\u2019s Tumblr<\/a> or Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wesleyhill\">@WesleyHill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>On the subject of being gay and Christian, I was amused by a post today over at &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusorsquirrel.com\/2011\/02\/priceless-tattoo.html\">Jesus or Squirrel<\/a>.&#8221; It&#8217;s funny how we pick and choose which passages of Scripture we follow and which ones we ignore. \u00a0Click on over there and see what I mean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> I just noticed&#8230;.this is my 500th post!!! Yay! I feel like I should celebrate somehow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Oh, and Happy Birthday, George Washington. OK, so I lied in the post title. This post does have <em>something <\/em>to do with Washington&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Don&#8217;t forget to enter the drawing for a free copy of NT Wright&#8217;s, The Challenge of Jesus (with DVD) Just post a response comment over on the review post, and you&#8217;ll be entered. The drawing is this Friday. 2. 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