Dr. Mohler on Larry King Tonight (02/26/07 - 10 Comments)
From the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled to appear tonight on CNN's Larry King Live. Mohler will discuss the alleged discovery of the "tomb" of Jesus and his family by archaeologists and genetic scientists. A documentary "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," which is said to present the evidence, is scheduled to air next week on the Discovery Channel. Scheduled to...
The New Monergism (02/26/07 - 17 Comments)
It is not often that I draw attention to work I've done, but I am going to make an exception today. Several months ago (more months ago than I care to remember, actually), John Hendryx, the gentleman who runs the site Monergism.com, approached me about helping him upgrade his site. At that time Monergism was a huge site and a hugely popular site. The site is a labor of love that, to that point,...
Ligonier Ministries - New Web Site (09/02/06 - 6 Comments)
Today, one one day after Desiring God upgraded their web site, Ligonier Ministries has done the same. What a strange coincidence that both of these projects, a long time in developing, would happen at nearly the same time. You can view the site at ligonier.org. The new site is beautiful. Their designers did an exceptional job crafting a site that looks beautiful and still functions well (though what's with the use of tables instead of...
Desiring God - Site & Conference News (09/01/06 - 3 Comments)
Desiring God has launched their new web site. While the site design has not changed drastically, it is a little bit cleaner and a tad more contemporary. The changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, and this is often a good thing. But behind the design lurk some great new features. Rather than describe them myself, I will provide the brief summary supplied by the webmaster. We are pleased to announce the new desiringGod.org, which...
Liveblogging (08/19/06 - 18 Comments)
My first liveblogging opportunity happened just about a year ago when I was asked to blog the 2005 Desiring God National Conference. I knew nothing about the art of liveblogging (and neither did anyone else I knew) so I just sort of made it up as I went along. I was gratified to see that the response was good and than many people took the opportunity to visit my site to read about the conference...
Sports and Sportsmanship (07/22/06 - 13 Comments)
Yesterday my son and I made our annual or semi-annual trip to the Rogers Center to take in a Bluejays game. We chose a good night. The Jays were playing against their arch-rivals the Yankees, and were playing before one of the biggest crowds in recent memory. The last time I was part of a crowd of over 40,000 people must have been during the Bluejays' glory days of 1992 to 1993. It was the...
Dr. Mohler To Be On Larry King Tonight (06/15/06 - 2 Comments)
Dr. Mohler just posted on his blog to say that he will be a guest on the Larry King Show tonight at 9 PM EST. "I am scheduled to discuss the issue of homosexuals and the Christian ministry on tonight's "Larry King Live" show, on CNN at 9:00 e.d.t. Other guests are to include Andrew Sullivan, Bishop Frank Griswold, Bishop Gene Robinson (the first openly-homosexual bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA), and the head of...
A Great Deal (05/31/06 - 22 Comments)
Christian Books Distributors is offering an incredible pre-order price on a classic series of books: Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, an 8-volume set examining the history of the church from the time of Christ all the way until after the time of the Reformation. The series usually sells for approximately $250, but for a limited time CBD is selling it for $49.99. I am assuming that they are being straight with us when...
We're Back... (04/05/06 - 13 Comments)
Ah, the joys of blogging. I was far from thrilled to find an email in my inbox shortly after nine o'clock this morning telling me that my site was enduring a massive spam attack. My site faces vast quantities of spam, often even hundreds of them an hour, thousands of them a day. The more the site grows, the greater the number of attacks. This particular deluge was apparently big enough that it was dragging...
When Play Becomes Work (03/18/06 - 7 Comments)
A few years ago my wife and I decided that we would invest in sets of toys, rather than buying seemingly random pieces of various sets. We learned this lesson the hard way, actually, as when my son was young, we would buy him toys based on criteria little more advanced than simply purchasing what caught our eyes in the toy story as we shopped a day or two before his birthday. But as he...
Ligonier Ministries National Conference (03/09/06 - 56 Comments)
Today marks the opening day of the Ligonier Ministries National Conference. It kicks off this morning with several pre-conference sessions dealing with "The Intimate Marriage." This morning's epeakers are Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. and Dr. Kenneth Jones. Joni Eareckson Tada was expected to speak but apparently was advised by her doctor to cancel her committment due to health concerns. The conference proper begins this evening with sessions by Dr. John MacArthur (speaking on "Jesus, the...
A Piece of Internet History (03/07/06 - 16 Comments)
You can own a piece of Internet history by bidding on this bona fide, genuine, Phil Johnson (a.k.a. PyroManiac) bumper sticker, autographed by Phil himself! These bumper stickers were part of a very limited run and are no longer available. Phil was gracious enough to give me one of the very last of these stickers and was kind enough to autograph it. I'm heartless enough to now sell it. Phil thinks it will sell for...
A Saturday Afternoon in L.A. (02/23/06 - 61 Comments)
As you may know, I am heading to sunny California next week in order to liveblog The Shepherd's Conference. I am anticipating that it will be a time of great growth for me, as I learn from the teaching of such men as R.C. Sproul, Al Mohler, Ligon Duncan, Steven Lawson and Mark Dever. And of course John MacArthur will be giving a couple of addresses. I consider it a great privilege to be able...
Codex (02/21/06 - 4 Comments)
As you may have noticed, I am now offering a small amount of advertising space on this site. It may or may not be coincidence that I began offering advertising at the same time as I bought my first house and began facing mortgage payments for the first time. I am handling all advertising requests personally and attempting to ensure that I only run advertising that might benefit the readers of this site. I have...
The Funding Behind The Evangelical Climate Initiative (02/18/06 - 41 Comments)
My friend Justin Taylor sent me an article this morning discussing the Evangelical Climate Initiative. Concerned Women for America has done the legwork and found something quite surprising and disturbing. "A new effort to mobilize evangelical Christians on the problem of global warming received $475,000 from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, one of the top funders of abortion programs in the United States and abroad." Sure enough, a couple of Google searches turn up...
What's Wrong With This Picture? (02/11/06 - 15 Comments)
Feeling a little housebound of late, Aileen and I decided we would head to the mall this morning to do some shopping and have lunch out with the kids. The mall is not my favorite place to be, of course, but sometimes it is a necessary evil. So we did our thing and then headed to the food court. Immediately in front of the entrance to the food court was a table advertising free samples...
C.J. Mahaney - He's Irritating and He's Not Humble (02/02/06 - 6 Comments)
C.J. Mahaney is not humble. It must be true because one of his close friends, Mark Dever, said so. Strangely, he said so in his endorsement of one of C.J.'s books. Here is the complete text which I have taken from just inside the cover of Humility: "C.J. Mahaney is not a humble man. At least, that's what he'll tell you. And that's one reason he's so well qualified to write this book. I've read...
Faux Pas? (01/29/06 - 51 Comments)
I'm going to give you an opportunity to end a friendly little marital dispute. Feel free to chime in through the comments section as we try to solve this one. Aileen believes it is rude to ask yourself over to another person's home. I disagree. I see nothing wrong with asking a person if we can come over either just to hang out or even for lunch. This may be as simple as saying, "So...
"I Think I've Said All I Want To Say" (01/27/06 - 6 Comments)
I read a lot of books last year. I didn't bother to count them but I know it was well over 100. It is inevitable that, having read that quantity of books, some of them made little impact on me. Some of them were read and slowly (or even quickly) drifted out of my mind. But there are a few that have stayed with me. There are a few that stand out above the rest....
Election Reflections (01/24/06 - 22 Comments)
We have a new Prime Minister here in the Great White North. After thirteen years of the Liberal Party reigning in Canada, the Conservatives have fought back. Thirteen years of corruption and mismanagement left Canadians angry and disillusioned with a party that seemed as intent on destroying Canada as they did on protecting it. Now it is the Conservative's turn to prove that they can do better. There is much reason for hope. For the...
