Tuesday May 15, 2007

Ethics: Dr. Mohler discusses the slippery slope as it is seen in abortion. “There is no honest way to deny the slippery slope toward the wholesale denial of human dignity. We are frighteningly far down that slope already.”

People: Paul relays the news that Dr. Michael Haykin has announced his resignation as Principal of Toronto Baptist Seminary. He has accepted a position at Southern.

People: And while we’re on the subject of seminaries, Ligon Duncan has announced that Guy Waters will join the faculty of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi.

Religion: You may have heard the row over a BBC documentary that is apparently rather unflattering towards Scientology. If you want to watch the documentary, you can do so here.

Monday May 14, 2007

Church: Paul has a few good words about Francis Beckwith’s return to Rome.

Politics: An article in the SF Chronicle talks about how the Democrats will be looking to draw young Christians in the upcoming election. “People want to go to church because they know what they can do about poverty, about Darfur, about the environment.”

Toys: The original creator of G.I. Joe is now creating a line of Bible-based toys. “This time, instead of a series of military-themed action figures, toy mogul Don Levine has begun selling a series of Bible-based action figures depicting champions from the Old Testament.”

Friday May 11, 2007

Debate: The debate featuring Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort is available online in its entirety.

Du Jour: OpinionJournal has an interesting look at the shifting population within the US. “In the close 1960 election, in which electoral votes were based on the 1950 Census, Michigan cast 20 votes for John Kennedy and Arizona cast four votes for Richard Nixon; New York cast 45 votes for Kennedy and Florida cast 10 votes for Nixon. In 2012, Michigan will likely have 16 electoral votes and Arizona 12; New York will have 29 votes and Florida 29. That’s the kind of political change demographics makes over the years.”

Books: LibraryThing, a great little service for cataloging your library, has posted a helpful introduction if you want to know what it does and how to use it.

Du Jour: Alex Chediak has written a good article for Boundless dealing with The Fruit of Immaturity.

Thursday May 10, 2007

Video: In case you have a morbid sense of curiosity, this is what one of the infamous clown communions looks like.

Du Jour: Don Elbourne weighs in on Virginia Tech and Hurricane Katrina.

Activism: Activists in Austria want to have a chimp legally declared a person. We continue to await the chimp’s response.

Theology: Joe Carter has some good food for thought in an article about “Ten Deadly Trappings of Evangelism.” I don’t agree with all of them, but he raises some interesting concerns.

Friday May 4, 2007

Humor: Two good visuals for you: one and two.

Poetry: A nice poem about the crucifixion courtesy of Arbeite und Hoffe.

Conference: Timmy Brister is currently liveblogging the True Church Conference.

Debate: Joshua does a good job of summarizing many of my feelings about Ray Comfort’s announcement that he will prove God without the Bible.

Theology: Pulpit Magazine’s blog is dealing with lots of interesting ethical issues this week: schooling, the sabbath, interracial marriage, and so on.

Islam: An interesting article about Muslim women seeking to regain their virginity so as to be pleasing to their husbands on their wedding night.

Thursday May 3, 2007

Politics: This is the kind of guy Christians should vote for in the upcoming US election.

Audio: Jacob has news of this month’s free audio download from ChristianAudio. This month it is “The Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter.

Law: A case like this one simply highlights the absurdities of the US legal system—a man suing a dry cleaner for $67,000,000 for losing a pair of his pants.

Military: Joe Carter tells why it is wise to block military bloggers from posting from the war zone.

Music: The New Attitude blog is introducing some new bands and giving readers an opportunity to download some free mp3s.

Wednesday May 2, 2007

Debate: Ray Comfort has challenged two atheists to a debate and is asserting that he can prove the existence of God without using the Bible. ABC will tape the debate which happens on May 5.

Photo: A great photo showing two of the wonders of creation side-by-side.

Marriage: Marc wonders whether ministers should marry unbelievers.

Blogging: This is an interesting blog that focuses specifically on Christians in North Korea.

Tuesday May 1, 2007

Conference: Registration for the Together for the Gospel Conference is now open. You won’t want to wait too long!

Bible: Logos and the ESV blogs agree that smoking drives up the cost of Bibles.

Books: Lisa is having a contest and giving away a couple of books.

Entertainment: Some Dutch guy has built a half-size replica of Noah’s ark. “Dutch creationist Johan Huibers built the ark as testament to his literal belief in the Bible.”

Music: Derek Webb’s latest album, “The Ringing Bell,” is now available and sounds very Beatle-esque.

Church: From Voice of the Martyrs comes the real and disturbing story of the men who were recently martyred in Turkey.

Monday April 30, 2007

Congratulations: Congratulations to my youngest sister and her boyfriend fiance Justin who got engaged last night.

Blogging: Nathan Busenitz has just finished up a great series on blogging, focusing on issues of character. It’s well worth the read for anyone who “takes up the pen” to blog.

People: In case you haven’t heard yet, John Stott has retired after a long career in public ministry.

Seminary: An Old Kind of Christian has published a “Letter to a Prospective Seminarian” by Wayne Grudem. Grudem addresses many valuable questions pertinent to those who wish to be trained for the ministry.

Friday April 27, 2007

Church: Here is an idea for your Mother’s Day service. “At Grace Point we are giving FREE MANICURES to eight very special moms!”

Environment: The Financial Times exposes the folly that is carbon offsets.

Conference: The 8th and final speaker at Together for the Gospel is…none other than the blogosphere’s own Thabiti Anyabwile.

People: An interesting interview to put the faith of Dog the Bounty Hunter into perspective. “I think that each religion has their basic Christ-ish way to get to the Everlasting God. As far as ‘Jesus only’ kind of people, I as a gentile must believe in Jesus. But I do not condemn, say, the Jewish [people], for not having Jesus.”

Books: Douglas Wilson is beginning a response to Christopher Hitchen’s latest screed entitled “God is Not Great.”