Trisha was flipping around the channels on Friday night, and settled on Rock Center. I'm generally not a fan of these kinds of shows, but I found myself intrigued by one of the stories - about the marriage of Gabrielle Reece and Laird Hamilton. The story also caught the attention of Ryan Gold, who blogged about it:
What if I told you a former professional beach volleyball player/fitness model and her world-class surfer dude husband resemble more of a biblical marriage than many evangelical Christians.
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while it’s not my desire to hold this couple up as a model to follow, I do think they are a rebuke to many Christian marriages that ought to be experiencing and modeling what Laird and Gabby are doing without the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Here are some things I found intriguing about this interview:
She embraces submission.
She embraces clearly defined gender roles.
She’s a strong woman married to a strong man.
She believes regular sex in marriage is not an option.
A few videos from around the blogosphere/twitter-verse caught my attention today, and I thought they were worth sharing. (If you subscribe via RSS or email, you may need to click through to view the videos.)
The first is a video titled "When Love Leads," and is about a couple fighting for their marriage. While watching this, I couldn't help but think of some of the things we talked about while going through John Piper's This Momentary Marriagelast summer.
The second is called "Jacob Chen: An Adoption Story." Here's a brief blurb about the video that I found here:
“Jacob Chen: An Adoption Story” follows the Chen couple as they meet their adopted son, Jacob, for the first time. As the film demonstrates, adoption can be an outward witness to and expression of worship for God’s adoption of us—and a way to showcase the gospel in living color to the world (Gal. 4:4-7).
Austin Stone Church has launched a massive adoption campaign to try and adopt all 244 kids needing adoption in the city of Austin, Texas.
The third video is a longer one, which I haven't made through all the way yet. But it features a recent interview with Russell Moore, author of one of my favorite books, Adopted For Life. As his website bio states, "Moore is President-elect of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. At present, he also serves as Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also serves as Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics." I've watched/listened to about half of the video so far, and am impressed with Moore's reasoned, humble responses to questions from both the host and callers. If you find yourself interested in or engaged in the so-called "culture wars," I think this video would be well worth your time.
