West Coast ConferenceLigonier had their West Coast Conference this past weekend and have posted a round-up of each of the conference sessions. Can You Not Sin?Mondays with Mounce are fast becoming a favorite blog feature of mine. Check out this week’s entry at Zondervan’s blog. The NY Times on “Fireproof”What’s this? The New York Times…
Death by Love is Mark Driscoll’s fourth book (or eighth if you count the “A Book You’ll Actually Read” series of booklets released earlier this year by Crossway) and the second to be released in the 2008 calendar year. It follows Vintage Jesus, Confessions of a Reformission Rev. and The Radical Reformission. Along with Vintage…
One of the joyful challenges I face in maintaining this blog is answering the questions of Christians who are wrestling with issues related to Reformed theology. I receive many questions from people who are new to the doctrines of grace or who are fighting through them for the first time. I try to answer as…
Read Books, Not BlogsStephen Altrogge explains why. But what about blogs about books? Desiring God Conference VideoDesiring God has posted videos of each of the sessions from last weekend’s conference. Overturning Roe v. WadeDr. Mohler: “The question posed at “On Faith,” the project of Newsweek magazine and The Washington Post, had to do with whether…
Here is another prayer drawn from The Valley of Vision. It is a prayer of penitence. What particularly appealed to me in this prayer was the first section which sets much of a days’ sin in the neglect of private prayers. “My first sin of the day leads into others…” I think every Christian can…
Last week’s poll (where do you buy books?) continues to fascinate me. After almost 1200 votes Amazon is the clear winner, holding steady with over half of the total vote. This week I thought I’d lighten things up a bit and ask a question that is really pure curiosity. It’s simply this: How old are…
It’s Friday and that’s a good day to ramble. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to share just a couple of items of “miscellania.” Personal Updates I’ve had a couple of people ask for updates as to what I’m up to these days. So here goes. My fall travel schedule is very light, for…
A Baby’s Growth TimelineGE, who developed 4D ultrasound technology, has a website of images that follow the timeline of the unborn’s development from six weeks to birth. (HT: STR) Winter is ComingMoney Magazine gives tips that can help you knock hundreds or thousands off your utility bills even in just one winter. 800 People Read…
Last week I added a poll to this site and asked where you buy the majority of your books. The results really surprised me. As of this moment Amazon has a clear lead with 55% of the votes. That means that half of us buy the majority of our books from Amazon instead of the…
Thursdays are the day I dedicate to reading and writing about the classic books of the Christian faith. We’re well into Jonathan Edwards’ Religious Affections and have been moving at about a chapter (or heading) per week. This week I did not live up to my end of the bargain. It was one of those…
T-Wax Interviews JTTrevin Wax posts the second part of an interview he conducted with Justin Taylor. They talk about the forthcoming ESV Study Bible. The Blind Spot in Spiritual FormationCraig Brian Larson addresses a blind spot in the spiritual formation movement. “Read books on spiritual formation and you will be hard-pressed to find listening to…
I woke up early this morning, a long time before my alarm was set to start buzzing. I woke up with a phrase bouncing through my mind–a phrase I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Some time ago I was thinking about children who have the privilege of growing up in Christian homes but…
I’ll Only Kiss My Wife“In Kirk Cameron’s new movie, ‘Fireproof,’ he has to kiss the actress playing his wife. That was a problem. Cameron will not kiss any woman who is not his wife. To get around the conflict, the filmmakers employed a bit of movie magic…” A Christian View of the Economic CrisisDr. Mohler:…
Preaching is not just for preachers. Every Christian can, and, I’m increasingly convinced, should be educated about the task and calling of the preacher. I am convinced that there is great benefit in all Christians becoming students of preaching. This applies even to those who will never stand behind the pulpit and bring the Word…
More About Harsh LanguageIf you read last week’s exchange between Nathan Busenitz and Doug Wilson, you’ll want to read this follow-up by Busenitz. Can’t You Take a Joke?Wired writes about the man who invented the emoticon. 🙂 The Cross: Can We Have More?Darryl Dash reflects on Brian McLaren’s understanding of the gospel and pleads for…
I have often expressed my love of biographies. I consider them to be among the most helpful of resources in helping equip Christians in their lifelong quest for Christ-likeness. We can learn much from the examples of those who have run the race before us. We can learn from what God taught them, learn from…
What is the Gospel, Brian?Michael Krahn was at a conference this weekend and heard Brian McLaren provide a kind-of-answer to that question. Does Prayer Change Things?Over at the Ligonier blog we’re serializing R.C. Sproul’s book Does Prayer Change Things? It’s a good little book and well worth reading through. Why Did we Publish That?Michael Hyatt…
Today is going to be a busy day. Our church is having a members’ meeting in the mid-afternoon, which means that we’ll have only a couple of hours after morning worship before heading back to church first for the meeting and then for evening worship. And then, after it all, we have a small group…
It has taken years but I think I’ve finally managed to find a way of incorporating polls into blog posts. Those who visit the main page of the site will have already noticed a poll in the sidebar there. But I think I can now work it into a post as well. The most recent…
There is a profound truth that every Christian must face: the Bible is an inexhaustible treasure. Talk to a pastor who has spent a lifetime reading, studying and explaining the Bible and he will tell you, I’m sure, that the more he comes to understand, the more he realizes he does not understand. I have…