Passion and Purpose. This has to be the funniest book title in the past several years. Talk about cashing in on the current trends. Somehow, though, he missed Jabez. The title should have been The Passion of Christ and the Purpose of Jabez’ Life.
A couple of days ago I posted an article over at World’s Blog to introduce myself to that group of readers. For those who didn’t catch the news earlier and have no idea what I am going on about, I was asked to head up the Ex Libris section of World’s blog. I included in…
This is the third article in a series about Mark Driscoll’s book The Radical Reformission. You can find the first article here and the second here. Today we are looking at the fourth chapter which is entitled, “Elvis in Eden” and deals with culture. Do note that because of his use of proper nouns Driscoll…
Seeing John MacArthur on Larry King Live tonight reminded me that the very first book review I ever wrote for this site (and to post at Amazon) was for his book Battle for the Beginning. I still count it as one of my favorite MacArthur books. It was a formative influence in my belief in…
I just received an email saying that John MacArthur will be on Larry King Live tonight (9 EST) talking about Creationism. Other panelists will apparently be: While CNN’s site does not confirm this information, I’m guessing it is true. After all, it seems like a strange topic for a spoof email.
Abortion, gay marriage and euthanasia are just three of the issues facing our society at this very moment. As Christians we have strong opinions on each of these issues, believing them to be in direct contradiction with the will of God. So how do we go about discussing such difficult topics in our pluralistic society.…
Newsweek article. On Sunday I wrote about a Newsweek article about spirituality in America. Ingrid Schlueter and Albert Mohler have written about it too. EDIT – Kaleobill chimes in as well.
This is the second article in a series that examines various doctrinal and societal challenges the evangelical church must face early in the 21st Century. Previously we examined the dangerous doctrine of Open Theism. Today we will examine relativism. Future articles will examine the Emerging Church, ecumenism, postmodernism, and a variety of other topics. Relativism…
One of the books I have most been looking forward to this year is The Deliberate Church by Mark Dever and Paul Alexander. Dever is author of the excellent 9 Marks of a Healthy Church and is known for his godly, biblical perspectives on church health and growth. I have been given the opportunity to…
…of Laodicea Ingrid has re-launched her web site, now at sliceoflaodicea.com. The design was done by yours truly, and I’m absolutely thrilled with how it came out.
CD Racks and more… Aileen has a little eBay business going where she sells new CD Racks, DVD Racks, and so on. She has some pretty amazing products. If you’re in the market for some storage, why not check it out.
Al Mohler’s Review Be sure to check out Al Mohler’s review of Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, a new book by Pamela Paul. This looks like one I may have to purchase.
This is the second part in a series examining The Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll. The first article, which you can read here, served as an introduction to the book. In the introduction to the book, Driscoll introduced himself in a brief biography and then provided three formulas that explain how different churches react to…
Movabletype 3.2 may be released as early as this week. Six Apart was hoping to release it last week, but opted instead to go with one final beta release (Beta 5) which is available right now. They warn that the beta should not be used on a live site. I am looking forward to the…
“Move over, politics. Americans are looking for personal, ecstatic experiences of God, and, according to our poll, they don’t much care what the neighbors are doing.” So says Newsweek in the first line of the feature article in the latest issue of the magazine. I think it would be safe to say that many professed…
Is that all I get? The Thirst Theologian rates my blog a B+. While that is a better grade than I got through most of my years of education, it does beg the question of what it would take to see that improve to A (or even A-). Incidentally, that is a question that rarely…
I never had a chance to be a bachelor. I started dating Aileen when I was still a teenager, got engaged at twenty and married at twenty-one. We both lived with our parents until the day we married. We had both lived at home through our college years. Over the past years of our marriage…
I try to review every book I read. But sometimes I read a book that I feel does not merit a review, or I read half of a book before giving up on it. Today I’ll present a wrap-up of books that either I have read and not reviewed, or that I have tossed aside…
I am trying to piece together a project involving teen bloggers. A glance at my RSS Reader shows that I regularly read only one blog written by a teenager, so I am a bit clueless here. If you are a teen and would like to learn more please feel free to contact me. Similarly, if…
A weekly update I did the weekly update over at Diet of Bookworms today. If you’re looking for a second (or third, or fourth, or ninth) opinion on Praying Backwards you’ll be able to find it there. I must have added 20 or 30 new reviews, several of which were for that particular title.