We’re going to try something new around here. For the next few weeks, at least, I’m going to make Fridays a giveaway day. Check in Friday mornings and there will be something to win. Today I’m giving away five copies of a great little book on John Calvin (courtesy of Reformation Heritage Books). “In this…
I’ve been reading through Gregory Koukl’s new book Tactics (check back on Tuesday for a review) and came to a brief section dealing with theistic evolution. Theistic evolution is all the rage within Christian circles today and I thought it may be worth discussing the logic he uses to refute it. I’d be interested in…
Band of Bloggers 2009Band of Bloggers 2009 will be held at the Gospel Coalition Conference. Timmy Brister gives all the details. What You Could Buy with a Trillion BucksThat trillion dollar figure is almost impossible to wrap your mind around. This article offers at least a little bit of perspective. Flight 1549 TapesThe FAA has…
I mark this review as Finding God in The Shack I because this month will see the release of two books by two authors but with only one title between them. Both books look to the overwhelming success of William Young’s The Shack, evaluate it, and seek to answer its critics. As one of those…
’09 Persecution List Here is a list of the ten nations where Christians face the most severe persecution. Not surprisingly, more than half of them are predominantly Muslim. The FrayI thought this was an excellent review. I can’t speak to the album as I haven’t heard of, but I thought the review displayed some fantastic…
On Monday I wrote about freedom and offered a pretty weak effort, I think. It’s been a tough few days around here with everyone except me being sick at one time or another (and mostly all at the same time) and I fear that my article on Monday reflected a lack of attention. There is…
Archaeology: What It Can and Can’t Do for Old Testament StudiesHere is an interesting article by Kenneth C. Way. “Today’s Christian has a responsibility of closing the gap between himself and the ancient text by considering archaeological and textual sources that demonstrate relevance to the Bible in order to more accurately interpret the Word of…
I have spent the last thirteen years of my life trying to forget my teenage years. It’s not that these years were really so bad and it’s not like I went through a period of utter rebellion as do so many teens (for which I give thanks to God). It’s more that I had little…
Retrospective on 40 YearsRick Holland interviews John MacArthur about his first forty years of ministry at Grace Community Church. Unwavering CommitmentHolland also wrote an article about MacArthur’s unwavering commitment to preaching. “It is the proclamation of the truth from our pulpit that makes it special. Like Ezra, who read the Scripture and explained its meaning…
Ray Comfort is setting out on a blog tour to support his new book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence but You Can’t Make him Think. Knowing that many of the readers of this site are admirer’s of Comfort, I decided to participate. I solicited questions from readers and here is one that Comfort…
At my church last night I preached a message that was part of a series we are doing on various points of theology. The topic I had to address was biblical manhood and womanhood. It’s something of an uncomfortable topic to have to preach and one we, as Christians, are too often intimidated by. I…
The Shack – Four Walls, Four ReviewsThe Scriptorium offers four reviews of The Shack. Of particular interest, I think, is the one written by a literary snob as he deals well with one of the book’s most obvious shortcomings. “Papa, the woman who portrays God the Father, reflects on her tendency to love everybody by…
This morning I stumbled across the first few pages of Alexander Strauch’s Leading with Love. He begins this book by telling a story from the life of Dwight L. Moody. He tells of a time that the evangelist Henry Moorhouse was asked to preach at Moody’s church every night for a week. To everyone’s surprise,…