We come today to our third reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. You can click here to read more about this effort.. Summary While the first week of The Religious Affections felt a bit like drinking water from a fire hose, this week’s reading seemed quite a bit more manageable. In the first half…
Thursday July 31, 2008 Internet Addiction on the Rise“Internet addiction — an online-related compulsive behavior that interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and work — is a psychological and behavioral problem that is spreading around the world, experts say.” New at DRHere is a list of the newest…
This morning I read with joy an account of God’s abundant grace in the life of my friend Stacey. On her blog she wrote about God’s grace despite her long-lingering doubts about His goodness. “For the past couple of years, until not long ago actually, I was constantly plagued by doubts and uncertainty in the…
Wednesday July 30, 2008 New from Sovereign Grace MusicSovereign Grace Music has just released “Psalms.” You can listen to samples at this link or, if you click “Buy Now,” download a free song. Feminizing the American ManAt the CBMW blog, Randy Stinson writes about the feminization of American males. Wallpaper for your ComputerHere is a…
As of January 1, 2008, Al Mohler was the author of one book, and it was an edited volume to which he contributed only a single chapter. By the time January 1, 2009 rolls around, Mohler will be the author of five books. The first, Culture Shift (my review), was published by Multnomah and offered…
Tuesday July 29, 2008 New Third DayThird Day’s new album (Revelation) releases today. You can listen to it in its entirety at JesusfreakHideout. Free from John MacArthurTravis has news of a free MacArthur book that can be yours. Reduction or EliminationDenny Burk comments on a recent episode “The Albert Mohler Program” where Russell Moore moderates…
Have you ever noticed how, when a person is looking for a house, driving slowly down a darkened street straining to see the numbers on the fronts of the homes or on the mailboxes at the end of the driveways, he automatically turns down the car radio? He does so because he instinctively knows that…
Monday July 28, 2008 Googled“Googled,” a poem by Douglas Groothuis. An Answer for our HopeHere is a good account of a family relying on faith in the midst of tragedy. To Bring Light into the WorldThe Times of London rips on all the adulation being given to the next President of the United States. “The…
Today I continue posting memoirs (see here for more), little tidbits of my life experience. Chaffeys Locks is one of the most beautiful spots in all of Ontario. Perched between two small lakes that are part of the Rideau Lakes system, it is a historic town founded by William Chaffey in 1816. He established a…
A.J. Jacobs, an editor at Esquire, must have a lot of time on his hands. Several years ago he decided to read Encyclopedia Brittanica from cover to cover, apparently in a quest to become the smartest person in the world (though a subsequent attempt to prove his knowledge on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?”…
My children have been behaving a little bit strangely at bedtime in recent days. My son tends to be melancholy in the evenings at the best of times but recently has been getting worried as soon as we tuck him into bed. Two nights ago he was concerned that the Sith were going to attack…
Friday July 25, 2008 Todd BentleyAn article at Baptist Press has some good background information about “revivalist” Todd Bentley. Breaking Porn AddictionDavid Powlison, writing at the CCEF site, has a very good article about overcoming addiction to pornography. Media DonationsHere’s something to keep in mind while watching media coverage of politics. What Did Calvary Look…
Today we come to the second week of reading through The Religious Affections. You can click here to read more about this effort. This weeks’ reading really marked my first significant attempt at plowing through a substantial part of Edwards’ work. While I began with some trepidation, I have to say that it wasn’t as…
Thursday July 24, 2008 T4G SlideshowTogether for the Gospel has released a great slideshow from the T4G 08 Conference. It is set to “How Sweet and Awful Is the Place.” The Spirit of RevivalAt the Ligonier blog we’re serializing a great bit of writing from R.C. Sproul. He writes about revival and how we can…
Kirk Cameron totally stood me up. “Come to a screening of my new movie,” he says. “I’ll be there and it would be fun to meet up.” So off I went yesterday, along with Aileen and our friends Julian and Stacey (yes, I think all of my friends have their own blogs), to attend a…
Wednesday July 23, 2008 The Father of the FatherlessThe Desiring God blog features a guest post by Jason Kovacs who writes about glorifying the Father of the fatherless. What God Should Have Said?byFaith Magazine, the web magazine of the PCA, has a good review of The Shack. “Writing an unfavorable review of The Shack, then,…
Michael Yon has logged more time in combat situations in Iraq than any other reporter, and this despite twice being removed from Iraq for his critical statements about the U.S. military leadership. Remarkably, he has spent his time in Iraq largely as an independent reporter and blogger rather than an associate of a massive media…
Tuesday July 22, 2008 Danger Sermon Illustrations“A pastor brought out a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of unity. Now he’s demonstrating the concept of healing.” Distracting Ourselves to DeathJohn Mark Reynolds outlines five tips his family is trying to avoid being overly distracted by media. An Absentee GodDinesh D’Souza provides…
At four o’clock in the afternoon of August 2, 2005, I was just a few minutes into a long online training session with a software manufacturer. As we spoke, and as the technician showed me the features of this software, I suddenly noticed that it had gotten very dark in my office. I looked outside…
Monday July 21, 2008 The Most Colorful Creatures in the WorldColorLovers has a gallery of Nudibranchs, the most colorful creatures in the world. “Part of the mollusk phylum, Nudibranchs are the shell-less relatives of the snail and are known for their garish colors.” New for LogosNew in prepublication at Logos is An Exposition of the…