Wednesday December 20, 2006 Du Jour: Al Mohler has an excellent article on “KGOY” — or Kids Growing Older Younger. Bible: A British stewardess who is described as a committed Christian, has been forbidden from carrying her Bible on flights to Saudi Arabia. The Telegraph reports. Film: “Amazing Grace,” the forthcoming film dealing with the…
“An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women’s 800-meter run at the Asian Games earlier this month has failed a gender test and is likely to be stripped of her medal, news reports said Monday.” According to many news reports, Santhi Soudarajan, a 25 year-old runner, was made to take a gender…
Tuesday December 19, 2006 Theology: Steve Weaver begins a series on how he prepares an expository sermon. You don’t need to be a pastor to benefit from this knowledge! Christmas: Jim Elliff asks if this ’tis the season to be jolly. “Can tinsel and presents, carols and candy really bring happiness? Not often, and not…
Biography: An account of a person’s life written, composed, or produced by another. Hagiography: A worshipful or idealizing biography. I suppose it is not always easy to determine where biography ends and hagiography begins. But in the case of The Rise of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen, I am quite certain Richard Young has crossed…
Monday December 18, 2006 Du Jour: Bible Belt Blogger tells us that a TV evangelist actually sent him some money. Music: For the Petra fan in your life, the classic “Captured in Time and Space” concert has been released on DVD. You can get it here. Medicine: A reader expresses surprise that I am not…
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 (in theory) I select a blog, link to it from my site, and add that site’s most recent headlines to my left sidebar. While this…
I do not read a lot of fiction. Of the titles I receive, I read only a small number since most do not interest me. Still, when a book looks as good as Germ looks (the cover is really catchy!), when the description mentions that the author’s previous book (Comes a Horseman) is being made…
William Wilberforce In February of 2007 a film titled Amazing Grace will hit theatres, though only in limited release (and I’d be surprised if it makes it to Canada at all). The movie deals with the life of “the world’s greatest reformer,” William Wilberforce. Ioan Gruffudd plays Wilberforce, who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated…
Friday December 15, 2006 Music: Matthew Smith is now streaming his new album (the whole album!) at purevolume. It’s good album, so give it a listen. You can now buy it from his site or from iTunes. Weird: Here is a good reason to avoid playing too many video games. Even Weirder: Is your son…
This is the second part of a series I am writing dealing with the doctrines of grace (otherwise known as the five points of Calvinism). I am writing these articles not primarily to rehash the theology of each of the points or to provide an exhaustive apologetic of Calvinism, but to draw some fresh application…
Thursday December 14, 2006 Prayer: A reader made me aware of this organization that looks like a worthwhile time investment for any Christian woman. Christmas: Still don’t know what to get that special someone for Christmas? I guarantee you can find something here. You know, like the world’s largest underpants. Music: As I mentioned previously,…
Yesterday I began explaining why my wife and I have decided not to homeschool our children (and, hence, why we have decided to place them in public schools). I guess this article struck a nerve since, at last check, there were over 100 comments posted by readers. I received quite a few emails as well.…
Wednesday December 13, 2006 Conference: Next year’s Shepherd’s Conference is past 85% capacity. If you want to go, be sure to register now! Technology: Travis Carden has created Bible Language Spell-Check Dictionaries for email or office documents. These can save a lot of headaches when spell-checking documents with biblical words. Christmas: If you are doing…
For some time now I have been pondering the value of writing about the reasons that wife and I have chosen to have our children educated through the public school system. Public schools are not the only option available to us. We are capable of homeschooling our children–we are both well-educated and each have a…
Tuesday December 12, 2006 Video: Here is a short video about Mormonism and Mitt Romney, asking whether a Mormon can or should be President. Audio: Travis Carden has created a complete list of Grace to You podcasts (both audio and transcripts) for 2006. Bible: The New Yorker becomes the latest in a long line of…
Yesterday at church we met up with some friends who, having just moved to a new community, are looking for a new church family. They have visited at least a half dozen churches in the area seeking one that honors God and, preferably, is close to home. Their search led them to Grace Fellowship Church…
Monday December 11, 2006 Christmas: GirlTalk blog posts a list of suggested gift ideas courtesy of C.J. Mahaney. I especially recommended his top suggestion. Conference: The reFocus Conference, which features a great list of speakers (Piper, Ware, Driscoll, Packer, etc), has begun a blog. Du Jour: GospelDrivenLife has an interesting article dealing with Censorious Thoughts/…
I’ve run across the name “Bishop Jordan” a few times recently, so decided to look into this man a little bit to see what he is all about. So if you are interested, here is a quick rundown. Bishop E. (Elijah) Bernard Jordan is a self-appointed “Master Prophet” who is founder and Senior Pastor of…
Shaun Alexander is undoubtedly one of the best football players in the game today. Though he plays for the Seattle Seahawks, a team that does not get the attention of some of the franchises in the major markets, his name is known to any football fan. Last year he set a new single season touchdown…
I feel I should apologize about the relatively low quality of the articles I’ve posted this week. I decided to take a week’s “sabbatical” to focus on writing the book. I thought of calling this a vacation, but that didn’t seem quite right. In the end I settled on sabbatical since I like the sound…