Monthly Archives: December 2009

Blindsided by ‘The Blind Side’

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December 13, 2009

As a rule, I do not go to a theater to see a sports movie. Still have not seen Glory Road or We Are Marshall and I’m sure I did not see Remember the Titans until it was sitting on the shelf at Blockbuster. So, even though I thought the new Sandra Bullock film, The [...]


Drawing held in nook giveaway

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December 12, 2009

A winner has been selected in “The Great 2009 nook E-reader Giveaway.” Michael Nolen of Tracy, CA, who has responded and is the official winner! Barnes & Noble has contacted me via e-mail stating the nook will be shipped today and should be to me by Monday or Tuesday. Mike, you will get it soon [...]


martyduren.com site update and news

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December 10, 2009

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by martyduren.com. Yesterday marked the 1st month since the official launch and I’m grateful! According to Google analytics I’ve had 1,966 visits with more than 4,200 page views (hits) since I went live a month ago. The nook giveaway is winding down (tomorrow at 11:59 pm marks the deadline) [...]


100 years of Lesslie Newbigin

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December 9, 2009

Christianity Today has a great article about the late Lesslie Newbigin, former bishop and missionary to India (Church of Scotland). If you are a Christian concerned about how the gospel can and should impact culture, consider reading this. Two of Newbigin’s books are linked below. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post


‘Men of a Certain Age,’ by a man of a certain age

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December 7, 2009

Tonight, Men of a Certain Age, the highly promoted new series on TNT, premieres at 10:00 EDT. As a man of a certain age, 46 for exactitude, I have been interested in this show since seeing the first preview several months ago. The main characters (Scott Bakula, Andre Braugher and Ray Romano) are men facing [...]


Month-by-month display of United States unemployment rates

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December 3, 2009

Latoya Egwuekwe at American Observer has put together a sobering visual charting the digression of unemployment in the U.S. from January 2007 through October 2009. It’s called, The Decline: The Geography of a Recession and is worth your 30-second look. Good thing we’re coming out of this, huh? Use Facebook to Comment on this Post


Thoughts on President Obama’s Afghan war speech

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December 2, 2009

Last evening President Barack Obama addressed the nation from West Point (His speech can be seen on C-Span). The focus of the last night’s speech by President Barack Obama was a troop surge of an additional 30,000 men and women into Afghanistan until troop withdrawal from Afghanistan begins in 18 months. The president did a [...]


On Gettysburg, war and peace

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December 1, 2009

The day after Thanksgiving, I was able to visit the Civil War battlefields at Gettysburg, PA. After watching a short movie about the war in general and the Battle of Gettysburg in particular, we went through the museum. To say that I was overwhelmed with information would be exercising the gift of understatement to its [...]


Congrats to Jordan Hortman, winner of WIRED subscription

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December 1, 2009

Congratulations to Jordan Hortman of Locust Grove, GA, winner of the martyduren.com WIRED magazine subscription giveaway. Thanks to all who participated, especially James Taylor in the U.K. No sign of Carly Simon yet… Use Facebook to Comment on this Post


Luke 17:21

"[N]or will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." (ESV)

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