The Bible has long been the world’s best-selling book. While it does not appear on the bestseller lists, year after year, generation after generation, it continues to sell more copies than any other book. While the Bible continues to sell, it does not appear that many more people are reading it now than in previous…
Wednesday May 10, 2006 Family: Maryanne discusses what a stay-at-home mom would earn if she was paid a salary. But “I want to cautiously avoid the increasingly feminist tones of our age which assert that women work harder than men, sacrifice more and should be overall esteemed in a way that men are not.” Da…
Marks of a Cult is the latest in a series of DVDs produced by The Apologetics Group and hosted by Eric Holmberg. Previous titles have included Amazing Grace: The History & Theology of Calvinism and Hells Bells 2: The Power and Spirit of Popular Music, both of which I have reviewed in the past (and…
Tuesday May 9, 2006 Blogspotting: Peter Bogert responds to my charge that he was self-absorbed at the T4G Conference. “I carried a sign that I unfolded on a few occasions that said, ‘Hey Tim Challies – Hi.’ But Tim ignored it and one of his ‘guardians’ told me to move on or I’d never blog…
It seems that life is filled, at almost every turn, with trials and difficulties. Some of these times of trail are light while others are terribly weighty. Strangely, some of these trials are caused by times of great joy while others are caused by great pain. The birth of a child can prove to be…
Monday May 8, 2006 Humor: Peter, who was at the T4G conference but was too self-absorbed to come over and say “hi” to me, has posted a list of missed giveaway opportunities at the conference. Among them are “RC Sproul, John Piper and John Macarthur Bobble head dolls.” Book: Justin Taylor’s newest book has been…
King for a Week is an honor I bestow on blogs that I feel are making a valuable contribution to my faith and the faith of other believers. Every week (or so) I select a blog, link to it from my site, and add that site’s most recent headlines to my left sidebar. While this…
Reformed Christians are increasingly divided over how they ought to worship God. For many Reformed believers, this is an issue of great urgency. D.G. Hart and John R. Muether wrote With Reverence And Awe (Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship) to address this topic. They call the book a primer on worship, “a brief…
I’ve heard it said that when a person loses a loved one who is particularly close to him–a wife or a child perhaps–he struggles with the fact that, while his life has been thrown into disarray, the world around him just keeps on moving. His world has been rocked and he may feel like his…
The day after the birth of a child is clearly not the time to be doing serious writing. Thus today I will only ramble, posting a compendium of things that have been on my mind this week. While I managed to get a fair amount of sleep yesterday (never have I been so thankful for…
Friday May 5, 2006 Emergent: Pastor Paul Martin has turned a corner in his presentation of “Examining Emergent,” moving from the problem to The First Step Toward a Solution. Humor: Idle hands and a mischevous imagination – Electronic Road Signs and Me (HT: Hip and Thigh). Blogspotting: Matt Brown commented on The People Who Shape…
I’m in love. Last night, on her thirtieth birthday, my wife gave herself (and me!) quite a gift: our daughter, Michaela (in case you don’t know, the name is pronounced “mih-KAY-lah”) Joy Challies. I’m crazy about her already. Actually, I’m crazy about both of them. Michaela was an unexpected gift, actually. In her two previous…
Thursday May 4, 2006 Design: New to the blogosphere is Mike Hess with his uniquely-named site “Extreme Fundamentalist Makeover.” I am responsible, for good or for ill, for the design. You can see it here. Humor: “The Sacred Sandwich” has published it’s May edition. Headline: “Confused Church Group Learns Meditation from Saint Bernard.” Church History:…
Aileen had a midwife appointment this afternoon and after much humming and hawing, the midwife decided to send Aileen to the hospital for a consult with the O.B. The O.B., after much similar humming and hawing, thought it would be best to induce Aileen tonight and get that baby out. There are no serious medical…
Bart Ehrman is a highly-regarded New Testament scholar and chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has both an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary where he studied under Bruce Metzger. Much of Ehrman’s career has been dedicated to proving a rather unorthodox thesis: that…
Wednesday May 3, 2006 Conference: Josh Harris has a post about the Together for the Gospel Conference and shares a letter he sent to his friend, hero and mentor C.J. Mahaney after he returned home. Resource: Chad Dalton has been hard at work updating The Minor Prophet library. The library collects and compiles reflections and…
The recent edition of Time Magazine features “The People Who Shape Our World.” Time has created a list of 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example, they feel, is transforming our world. It is important to note, before we take a peek at this list, that it is not really the world…
Tuesday May 2, 2006 Conference: Laurie, aka Ordinary Mother, writes that even though she could not attend the Together for the Gospel Conference, she and her family are together for the gospel too! Commentary: Al Mohler has an interesting little article dealing with “the high cost of speed.” “I know of no way to resolve…
As you well know, I spent much of last week in Louisville, Kentucky as I attended the Together for the Gospel Conference. While I posted many articles dealing with the content of the conference, I have written little in the way of reflection and description. And so I thought I would remedy that this morning,…
Monday May 1, 2006 Conference: Ligon Duncan (who was there) and Adrian Warnock (who wishes he was there!) have helpful roundups of many of the posts coming out of the Together for the Gospel Conference. Bible: The ESV Blog announces that Crossway will soon have a “Journaling Bible” available. “The Journaling Bible is a unique…