Havel & Jong-Il – Joe Carter penned an article for Gospel Coalition reflecting on the deaths of these two men. “The history books, judging by the standards of men, will record that Havel was a noble hero and Jong-il a wretched villain. They will be remembered on earth for the legacies they left behind. But both men now stand before the supreme magistrate who will measure them against the only truly righteous standard: Jesus Christ.”
Worship Music Criticism – “I am coming to the understanding that nit-picking at music and especially music that encourages us to offer praise and thanksgiving to God and reflect on his greatness can actually discourage the praise we are commended to offer. This motivates me to ask a few questions with regard to why we find it necessary to be over-critical of worship music, to the extent that it can appear to have no redeeming value.”
The Year in Pictures – Here is the year in pictures from The Big Picture. It was quite a year.
Trends that Will Impact Your Ministry – Drew Goodmanson has an interesting list of 3.0 trends that will impact your ministry in the near future.
Put no confidence in the mere fact that you hold to an orthodox faith, for a dead orthodoxy soon corrupts.
—C.H. Spurgeon
