TSS Podcast #1 (July 7, 2007)

TSS Podcast #1 (July 7, 2007)
Interview with Thomas Fluharty

Artist and blogger Thomas Fluharty is the busiest person I know, so when an opportunity opened to interview him this past Saturday morning I grabbed my microphone and met him at a local restaurant. Fluharty is known around the world for his illustrations and especially his editorial caricatures. His award-winning “Sir Hillary Poised for a Takeover” painting is one example. But my personal favorite will always be “Master and Commander,” a painting that caught my attention as a Weekly Standard subscriber long before I paid any attention to its artist. But more amazing than his illustrations is Tom’s personal testimony of God’s sovereign grace. Saturday was his 23rd anniversary of being saved on a street corner in New York City. Tom reminds us, in his own words, that being a Christian is not synonymous with being an American — but a radical experience where a sinful, idol-worshiping soul is unveiled to the infinite joy in Christ. The interview provided us a great excuse to launch the inaugural TSS podcast.

TSS Podcast #1 (July 7, 2007) 26.5 MB, 46:17

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July 8, 2007 - Posted by spurgeon | Art, Podcast | | 10 Comments

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Is there going to be a PODCAST feed?

Comment by joshuaesc | July 9, 2007 | Reply
Hello Joshua! Maybe at some time in the future, but will release the podcasts through this blog for now. Thanks, T

Comment by spurgeon | July 9, 2007 | Reply
Great work guys.

God Bless.
Ben.

Comment by Ben Ngo | July 9, 2007 | Reply
Fantastic — This was a great joy to listen to. Raw and inspiring.

Comment by Nick | July 10, 2007 | Reply
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Tom and I graduated high school and college/art school together. I have watched him go from the lost high school kid into a great brother in the Lord. Oh, and I grew up in church, but my life changed when I saw the change in Tom’s life. I was on an airplane after visiting Tom in New York… I prayed, “God, I don’t know you like Tom does, but I want to.” My life has never been the same since. I ended up moving to New York… Tom introduced me to my wife of now, 21 years! (Tom left out this one detail… he used to listen to Sade!)

Comment by Scott Sliver | July 13, 2007 | Reply
Thank you Scott for this! I should have opened the podcast with “Smooth Operator.” Tom continues to bless me and I wanted to bless others through this interview. Thanks for stopping in to give further evidence of how God has worked through Tom for the glory of Christ! Tony

Comment by spurgeon | July 13, 2007 | Reply
Tony, I should send you a pic of Tom when he was in his “Flock of Seagulls” fashion era… 1982… a very bad year for fashion… and hair.

Comment by Scott Sliver | July 13, 2007 | Reply
Yes, Scott! Send it over… Tony

Comment by spurgeon | July 13, 2007 | Reply
Tony, give me your email address and I will GLADLY send you the pic! ssliver@daytonvineyard.com
hehehe it’s blurry, but everything was back then!

Comment by Scott | July 13, 2007 | Reply

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Whether by intention or accident you are looking at the blog Miscellanies (formerly The Shepherd’s Scrapbook).

Normally this blog is a stream of miscellanies, but at its center I feature quotes and essays on the Cross of Christ. No series has received more attention than a little tutorial on how to rip a Bible through a table saw on the way to manufacturing a splendid Blank Bible! (Watch your fingers.)

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Who is Tony? My name is Tony Reinke. Like a well-dressed but heart-hardened Pharisee I spent 22-years hiding from God in self-righteous ‘faithfulness.’ That was until one morning my heart–numbed by my empty morality and trapped in a deceptively low standard of ‘goodness’–was subdued by God’s sovereign grace (Eph. 2). During a sermon by Paige Patterson in Lincoln, NE on Luke 18:9-14, I perceived the Gospel as the great exchange, released my self-righteousness, and clung to the saving righteousness of Jesus Christ. That morning this Pharisee became a broken tax collector and, though once blind, I could now see the reality of life, the gravity of sin, and the preciousness of Christ’s redeeming blood. Now there is nothing more precious to me than knowing Jesus Christ, the One who died for me and gave me His righteousness in place of my sinfulness (Phil. 3:7-9). Pursuing further up and further into the Cross has become the center of my life and this blog is intended as a place to share the pursuit.

Though I wouldn’t survive long in the wild, I consider myself agrarian (a farm boy from Nebraska). I was a short-term sports writer and a long-term carpenter who loves to tinker with gizmos and design web content. My story is part Mayberry part BlackBerry. Educationally, I graduated from a little private business school in Omaha with a degree in Liberal Arts. Theologically, I’m an autodidact made possible by the patient and wise direction of pastors in a local church. I’ve been married for 11 years to the wife of my youth (Karalee) and we have three precious kids, a majority of whom are named after dead preachers. I now *work* full time as the editorial and research assistant to my living hero of the faith, C.J. Mahaney. My line of work is a mix of theological research, reading, writing, journalism, photography, all integrated into social media (blogs). For fun I administrate Herman Bavinck dot org .

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Book wishlist. I hope to have all these valuable books added to my library one day. All from the The Works of Jonathan Edwards (Yale editions) …

Vol. 1: Freedom of the Will (a gift from my friend Robin)
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