I was reading the comments over at Jesus Needs New PR and saw this.

Atheism has actually convinced people that all the world we see around us is the result of a huge cosmic accident that was caused by nothing, means nothing, and ends in nothing. And yet for some reason we should be really, really concerned about studying this accident and learning about our fellow bundles of random atoms and try our best to be a good bundle of random atoms ourself (whatever good means).

But it’s so much better than faith.

Thoughts?

HT: MPT @ Jesus Needs New PR and Darrell @ Stuff Fundies Like

Creation’s Cry, the band at my church in Acworth, GA (Four Points), has just released their debut EP!!

From their website:

Simply put, God took four guys… four sinners… four average musicians… and brought us together to form the band, Creation’s Cry.

You can listen to two samples as well as purchase their EP by clicking here to visit their website.

**UPDATE**

The EP is now available on iTunes!! Click here to listen to samples and purchase.

It’s Sunday here in the central time zone, so once again here are my favorite posts from the past seven days.

Eric Geiger writes about how typical ministry is actually unbiblical.

Tullian Tchividjian with a great explanation of What the Bible Is Not.

Mars Hill worship pastor Joel Brown lists 3 Priorites When Preparing Music for a worship gathering.

A great question for John Piper’s Ask Pastor John series, What Should We Teach About Creation?

John Piper concludes his twelve post series directed at prosperity preachers. There are links to the other eleven posts at the bottom of the twelfth.

Jason Boyett asks Is the Church the Best Place for Doubters?

I’m a Christian Missionary, an Agnostic Researcher, and an Atheist Professor.

Larry Shallenberger reminds us that the debate on homosexuality should not be stripped of it’s humanity.

Healthy Friends Are Responsible To, Not For, Each Other.

Do you want to change the world because you love it, or because you hate it?

Do we all share responsibility for the BP oil spill?

Matthew Paul Turner asks a very interesting question: What if your name, face, and address were listed by your sin and then put on an iPhone app?

It’s been awhile since I did one of these, maybe this time around I can make it a weekly habit.

So here’s my favorite posts (and one not so fave) from the last week from the blogs I follow, as well as a bit of news.

News:

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in hotel room. Sad, and not just because I’m a Slipknot fan. Click here to see the Slipknot press conference video from the day after.

One Prayer 2010 is just a week away!

North Point finally decided to post the opener from Drive 2010. Very cool.

Not really news, but this is an amazing video, shot from the inside of Texas Stadium as it was imploded.

Blog Posts:

Mark Driscoll with a post on why weird teams are the best teams.

Mark Driscoll with a humorous take on legalists.

A Leader Loves Their Enemies. This post really spoke a lot to me this week.

Philip Nation on how Two Rivers Baptist Church responded to being protested by Westboro Baptist Church.

Tyler Braun (the inspiration for this “best of” post) asks a very good question: Are we beginning to equate music and church music exclusively with worship when we say thing like, “Worship was good today.”?

Tim Stevens on research showing how The Come to Us model of church which has been used the last 1,700 is reaching fewer and fewer people.

Leaders – what are you doing TODAY to cast vision for your church?

Do you long to live a simple, uncomplicated and focused life? You’re not alone.

John Piper answers the question: Which Grieves You More: Bad Theology or Division?