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Mar 10, 2008

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Monday March 10, 2008

Colson Continues to Defend ECT
R. Scott Clark has a good discussion about Church Colson’s answer to my question about ecumenism (as part of Colson’s recent blog tour).

The Vow
The Washington Post has a really nice story dealing with Dave Kendall, a man who has committed his life to caring for his disabled wife.

Plastic Bags–the Global Villain
The Times shows how plastic bags became a global villain through bad research and pure fabrication.

Together 4 the Madness
Jesse Phillips is putting together a Together for the Gospel March Madness bracket…for those who care about such things!

Chuck Colson Blog Tour

Chuck Colson has begun a blog tour to support his new book, The Faith (and interestingly, this blog tour is actually modeled on the one I put together with the publicity team at Crossway after the release of my book). I was asked to participate in this tour and agreed to do so because I…

Mar 7, 2008

Articles

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The Legacy of Charles Colson

I don’t mean to be a curmudgeon and I don’t mean to be insensitive, truly. Perhaps there are rules that govern these things, and I am violating them, or maybe I am just missing some vital piece of information. I don’t know. But I have been to a wide variety of Christian blogs and news…

Apr 24, 2012

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7 min read
Is Emergent the New Christian Left?

Tony Jones, one of the more prominent leaders within the Emergent church movement has recently posted a pair of articles at the “Out of Ur” blog responding to the charge that Emergent is the new Christian left. “[I]s Emergent a new camp for Christian liberalism? In this post Tony Jones, the national coordinator for Emergent,…

May 29, 2006

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (October 18)

A La Carte: The trans train / 3 kinds of forgiveness / It’s better to die / A helper corresponding to him / A former social-mediaholic / Honest church leadership / and more.

Oct 18

A La Carte

3 min read
Free Stuff Fridays (P&R Publishing)

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Oct 17

Articles

2 min read
You Were Made To Tremble

Christians have an unusual relationship with trials. While we do not wish to go through trials, and while we generally try to avoid them, we also know that God uses them to accomplish his good purposes in the world and in our lives.

Oct 17

Book Reviews

5 min read
A La Carte (October 17)

A La Carte: How to end MAiD / Your Muslim neighbor / Ethnicity, nationality, and Christ / Not mainly about when the world will end / Was Jesus tempted by evil desires? / Kindle deals / and more.

Oct 17

A La Carte

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A La Carte (October 16)

A La Carte: Speak with a Christian accent / The land of many meetings / Hedges of protection / The pastor and AI / What happens at home / What complaining does / and more.

Oct 16

A La Carte

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10 Ways To Keep Your Reading Fresh

Most of us want to read more than we do. Many factors can interfere, whether the busyness of life, the allure of our devices, or the limitations of our budget. But I find that as often as not, we stop reading becauseF our habits have grown stale.

Oct 15

Articles

6 min read

Not Old, Not Young, Not Done

I am about to turn 49, and a few months later, Aileen will turn 50. But these are just numbers, and already we have a deep awareness that we have entered into this afternoon of life. Already, we are seeing how different our lives have become, and already we are grappling with new challenges and…

Oct 10

Book Reviews

5 min read
10 Ways To Keep Your Reading Fresh

Most of us want to read more than we do. Many factors can interfere, whether the busyness of life, the allure of our devices, or the limitations of our budget. But I find that as often as not, we stop reading becauseF our habits have grown stale.

Oct 15

Articles

6 min read
You Were Made To Tremble

Christians have an unusual relationship with trials. While we do not wish to go through trials, and while we generally try to avoid them, we also know that God uses them to accomplish his good purposes in the world and in our lives.

Oct 17

Book Reviews

5 min read
On the Far Side of Obedience

To be human is to be finite—to be limited in our knowledge of past, present, and future. We exist within strict boundaries of time and space, so that we cannot see beyond our present location or beyond our present moment. This is a feature of our humanity and not a bug…

Oct 13

Articles

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Praying for the Impossible and the Simple

It is good to pray that God would save the ones we love. As Christians, we believe that God loves to save the lost and that it gives him special pleasure to do so in response to the prayers of his people. It is good to pray, but sometimes also difficult, especially when we have…

Oct 8

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