A La Carte (02/24)

  • Tim Challies
  • 02/24/06
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Friday February 24, 2006

Giveaway: Scott is having his second monthly “Free Books Friday.” “This edition has 250 books and 100 audio sermon tapes (MacArthur, Mohler, Piper, Begg, Sproul, etc).”

Du Jour: Josh Harris points to an article from Christianity Today discussing what went wrong with Bruce Wilkinson’s ill-fated attempt at conquering poverty in Africa. “Though I didn’t agree with the premise of his best-selling The Prayer of Jabez or the way many people treated the prayer as a sort of good luck charm, I respect Wilkinson’s obvious love for the Savior and desire to minister to the poor and to orphans. I hope you’ll join me in praying for Mr. Wilkinson and his family.”

Theology: Jollyblogger has some good thoughts on other people’s good thoughts about Total Depravity.

Books: Michael Haykin cries out for authors equal to the task of writing biographies of the great Puritans.

Comments (3)

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a comment from robbro • 02/24 @ 5:24pm
› visit my web site.

In high school (mid-late eighties) I was introduced to classical by various big-haired/tight pants guitarists, namely Yngwie Malmsteen, the swedish virtuoso.

His ‘Icarus Dream Suite’ is based on a familiar adagio. Check it out on itunes or Amazon.

**the popular legend among high school headbangers was that Yngwie sold his soul to the devil in order to play so well, but this was never confirmed.

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a comment from robbro • 02/24 @ 5:25pm
› visit my web site.

In high school (mid-late eighties) I was introduced to classical by various big-haired/tight pants guitarists, namely Yngwie Malmsteen, the swedish virtuoso.

His ‘Icarus Dream Suite’ is based on a familiar adagio. Check it out on itunes or Amazon.

**the popular legend among high school headbangers was that Yngwie sold his soul to the devil in order to play so well, but this was never confirmed.

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a comment from wfseube • 02/25 @ 11:40pm
› visit my web site.

In the original CT article, it says:”Wilkinson mistook his vision for God’s plan.

How often does THAT happen? I’d say that sums up the entire issue right there.

——bill