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Mercy on the Baseball Diamond – Irish Calvinist has some good things to say about the Jim Joyce/Armando Galarraga situation. “Every once in awhile a news story comes along that really helps us to understand how we as a culture think. These are stories that blend in a bunch of social themes which represent our heartbeat. Today the baseball world brings such a story.”

No Compromise Radio – Recently I did an interview with Mike Abendroth for his program No Compromise Radio. “Mike and Tim discuss the early beginnings of challies.com, his book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Sexual Detox, and his upcoming book The Next Story (Spring 2011). In an “Always Provocative” No Co speed round you will hear Tim’s thoughts on some of the latest issues in evangelicalism Piper/Warren, Francis Chan, Christian celebrities & more.”

Interview with Jonathan Catherwood – Here is an interview with a grandson of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I particularly enjoyed hearing him reminisce about his grandfather.

Andrea Bocelli tells a little story about abortion (HT:Randy Alcorn):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QfKCGTfn3o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999

$5 Fridays – Ligonier has another set of good deals for the $5 Fridays.


  • Talent

    Great Gifts but Little Faithfulness

    God does not distribute his gifts equally among all his children. Rather, to some he gives much and to others he gives little. Some are given great opportunities while others are given minimal opportunities, and some are given massive wealth while others are given paltry wealth or even straight-out poverty. Some have towering intellects while…

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    A La Carte (October 14)

    A La Carte: Yesterday and today and forevermore / Elisabeth Elliot, the valiant / Deconstructing one’s faith / Is theology really that important / I talk with Paul Tripp / Kindle and commentary deals / and more.

  • Meditation

    Coming Away Cold

    We live at a time in which we are constantly inundated with information. We live much of our lives within the glow of digital devices that are constantly beeping, buzzing, and flashing to tell us there is new information available to be had—text messages, emails, tweets, headlines.

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    Weekend A La Carte (October 12)

    A La Carte: When the trees fall / No little people, no little places / Empty nesting / Revisionist history / I asked the Lord that I might grow / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (MBTS)

    This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For the Church Institute is a free online platform from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary designed to provide free and accessible theological training to equip, encourage, and edify local churches. Courses may be taken as a self-paced individual or as a group within your…

  • Daily Doctrine

    A Daily Diet of Doctrine

    A while back I realized I needed to brush up on some of these and began to organize a system of spaced repetition—a way to encounter these doctrines on a regular basis, thus reinforcing them and keeping them fresh in my mind. And it was right then…