Love these :: More appropriate covers for Bibles?

After I got all hot and bothered over the ABS' American Bible... I thought I follow up with a couple of images of Bibles that I think are more appropriate ::

First off is an image created by the pastor of my mate in the US :: ((Mr JD Blundell)) - Love it! It is American but its the poor America... The America that people don't often see... the antithesis of the Dream.

Following on is the, by now, infamous ((Jesus Loves Pornstars)) bible [Message translation] from the ((X3Church)). According to the ((Acton Powerblog)) this is the Bible of which Barbara Bernstengel, the executive in charge of standards at the American Bible Society said “the wording is misleading and inappropriate for a New Testament.”

Personally I find the American flag and Statue of Liberty on a Bible as being more offensive, misleading and inappropriate than a Bible that OPENLY expresses on its cover Jesus' love for people that others, including His followers, have written off and ignore. What a beautiful expression of the whosoever. Going to get one.

Anybody got any other examples of more appropriate Bibles?

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Love this :: 33HZ "Hot Flashes"

Its like Daft Punk meeting Tron at the set of "Lady in Red" when King Stevie is scoring the soundtrack. Supersweet!

Thanks, as always, to the Soos for the heads up.

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Wow! Apple do it again...

All I can say is WOW :: introducing the MacPro :: the fastest Mac ever [for now] flying at up to 3ghz... Oh my goodness!

Also on display at the WWDC was a sneak preview of Vista 2.0 aka Leopard - looks fab with sweet ideas such as Time Machine and spaces as well as Mail 3 :: hopefully it will work with PowerPC?!?

Cool! Good day for Mac fans... although personal debt is going to increase [although not mine... Olly has hidden the visa]

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Hangin' with friends

Spent yesterday with Janey and Roscoe... Janey needed some peace and quiet... so for some strange reason she came over to stay at ours.

We went to the Hamilton Museum to check out some new work by local young folk. Some interesting work on youth identity and their thoughts and fears. Check out some of my pics here :: ((link))

The we'ans had a laugh dressing up... as did some of the adults too. Hamilton Museum is a great resource to have on your doorstep... They have a lot of content on the area... and the Cameronians. The exhibition by the young folk is a welcome additon.

Afterwards... we headed to the Lead Hills... to the Menock Pass for a picnic.

The Menock Pass is glorious. It is a big valley with a road and stream through it. Folk camp out here... bring their caravans down and stay a while.

There is a wonderful sense of peace and quiet... of stillness and yet movement with the running water... Truly a beautiful place to be. A thin place where you can feel the presence of God through His creation.

It is always good to go there... come rain or shine... and its sweet to take friends, enjoy a picnic and just take time out.

Afterwards, we went to the Lead Hills Mining Museum... We were going to check out the exhibition but we missed the last tour. We had a nice coffee in the cafe [ isn't it cool that almost everywhere has a coffeeshop... ] Check out the pics here :: ((link))

We headed home and Olly made her fab cheese and bread pudding... we played Point Blank on the PS2 and chilled.

Later on... we had a scare when Olly found a lump behind Miriam's ear. Janey was fab... she is a nurse and helped to keep things calm while we got medical help. She then went to the Hospital with Olly.

Miriam is getting back to normal - its a bad and ackward bruise... that will need anti-biotics to help relieve. It gave us a fright.

Missing... EP - Where are you???

Has anyone heard from Adele aka the Existential Punk? I haven't heard from her in ages and her blog :: (( existential punk )) hasn't been updated since the 11th of June.

EP, we miss you!!! Hope you are well?

U P D A T E

Thanks for checking in.../

My health has not been too good. i was in the hospital a few weeks ago and will most likely be starting iv antibiotics daily around the end of september. i'll be back as i am missing blogging and reading my REAL friends blogs.

EP sent me an email after I posted on her site. She has health issues that need your prayers.

Hey EP... Your REAL friends miss you and are praying for healing!

Thought... into the heart

But God told Samuel, "Looks aren't everything. Don't be impressed with his looks and stature. I've already eliminated him. God judges persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart."

1 Samuel 16:7 (The Message)

Capt Alec read from Samuel this morning... the passage where David is annointed as the King of Israel... while Saul is still king.

I am drawn to verse 7 because God's response goes against the majority worldview of now. We look at the face instead of the heart. Outward appearance is so important today - think about the cult of personality and our obsession with people... clothes... possessions. All surface. All veneer.

I am pretty bad at this... I like my kicks and my threads and my toys... but I have [ i hope ] acknowledged the fact that the outside is a distant second to what is inside.

At the end of the day... kicks get dirty and worn... clothes go out of style [ or in my case get too tight (its that washing machine shrinking everything ]... toys tend to break, fail or become obsolete... but what's inside lasts... what's in the heart. Whether it is love and hope... or hate and despair... what is inside is what lasts.

The thing is you can pretend to be whatever you want to be... change the veneer... swap the mask... but you can't change what's inside. You need God's grace to change what's inside from destructive to creative... from pain to healing... from death to life.

Its better to have a dirty face and a clean heart... than a clean face and a dirty heart.

Hope this makes sense...

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Cool :: Product Dose

Thanks to ((Josh Spear)) for the heads-up on this sweet blog :: ((productdose.com)) - they cover style, design, technology, and substance; and highlight some interesting kit.

Check it out.

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7 deadly social sins

Thanks to my pal PiccadillyWilson over at Urban Faithscape for pointing me in the direction of Sharif Ezzat's visual interpretation of Ghandi's "7 deadly social sins".

It's powerful stuff and makes you think.

Check it out :: ((link))

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New Music :: Freeindie.com

Here's an interesting wee blog for you if you like to explore new tunes. A young gun called Mike posts mixes on his blog with tracks from independent artists. Its pretty much guitar orientated but there are some electronica and hip-hop to keep you happy if you are like me.

Check it out :: ((freeindie.com)) oh and while you are there check out ((strais)) - its atmospheric techno and think its lovely.

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The Liberty Bible

I am not easily offended... Takes more than an Irn Bru advert to get me hot under the collar. However, I found this while surfing the web and I have to say I am offended. Jesus was not an American... The Bible is not American... So why is there an American flag on this Bible?

I am not anti-American but I see this as commoditising the Bible... making it fit to a country...and a nationalistic patriotic ideal. The Bible is for everyone... or it was the last time I checked John 3:16

Jesus is beyond boundaries. How does this look to places where the Bible isn't accepted..? where it isn't free to worship who/how you want..?

I am sorry if I offend you but this is just so wrong... and it makes me feel sad.

However, I have to say these parodies by Michael Kruse are very funny :: ((link)) :: and on point.

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