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Wednesday February 14, 2007 Music: Want a free song? Shane Barnard is offering “Saved by Grace.” Here are the lyrics and here is the MP3. Du Jour: A letter from Alan Groves (professor at Westminster Seminary) that was printed in the bulletin at his funeral. Travel: More and more pilots are now packing heat. Who…
Tuesday February 13, 2007 Theology: Douglas Baker wrote an interesting editorial for Baptist Press. Church: Paul has some good advice about how to teach little ones to sit in church with the family. People: Timmy Brister reflects on the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith. Music: WORLD covers Reformed rappers. Books: Lydia quotes from…
Monday February 12, 2007 Death: In the off-chance that you’re interesting, here is a chart showing the odds of dying from various causes. Bible: Here’s a new one: a Manga Bible. You can see spreads from the Bible here. Church: Dr Mohler has a good article about “a pink reformation.” Humor: I don’t quite know…
Friday February 9, 2007 Women: Lydia Brownback laments lost modesty. Weird: This guy made a bad bet and now has to suffer the consequences. Books: Desiring God is offering cases of “Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die” for $1 per book if you will give them away. Conference: And while we’re on the topic…
Thursday February 8, 2007 Video: Andrew Lindsay shares some wise advice on the subject of homeschooling: Beware the Homeschoolers! Church: Amazing Grace Sunday is coming on February 18. Travel: This is a good site to consult before you book your next plane ticket. Books: I stumbled across this yesterday: the title of Joel Osteen’s next…
Wednesday February 7, 2007 Du Jour: The family of Al Groves celebrates his homecoming in a beautiful, faith-filled way. Missions: Paul wants your assistance with a project our church is undertaking. Politics: Americans complain about Bush’s lack of mastery over the English language. It could be worse. The man who wants to be Canada’s next…
Tuesday February 6, 2007 Science: National Geographic interviews creationist and Christian Francis Collins. Technology: This guy nicely sums up my feelings about Macs. “Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.” Pastors: Paul finishes…
Monday February 5, 2007 Blog: Desiring God now has a blog. Du Jour: Mel Duncan writes about an evening he spent with Joel Osteen. Religion: After a break of 16 centuries, Greek pagans are worshipping the ancient gods again – despite furious opposition from the Orthodox church. Humor: Net Finney guards families against the harmful…
Friday February 2, 2007 Prayer: This one slipped by me until today. Alistair Begg has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and though it is considered curable, he covets our prayer. You can read a note from him here. Conference: For those who are going to the Ligonier conference, Brian has a list of things to…
Thursday February 1, 2007 Islam: Australia’s Herald Sun brings a story about “Muslim-only washrooms at La Trobe University.” Conference: The Shepherd’s Conference is now offering a live video stream from the conference which will be held next month. Details here. Marriage: Justin Buzzard wonders about a Christian minister’s involvement in a non-Christian wedding. Du Jour:…
Wednesday January 21, 2007 Technology: Jollyblogger thinks that pastors should begin to use LinkedIn, software that builds contact networks. Cool: Memorizable is a flashcard wiki. Anyone can use the site to build interactive flashcards on any topic. So get to it! Bible: Travis Carden has released an ESV Bible language spell-check dictionary for the ESV.…
Tuesday January 30, 2007 Du Jour: Julian reflects on the “inadequacy” of language to describe God. Music: Derek Webb releases a new album today composed of acoustic versions of some of his hits (which, in my opinion, were already plenty acoustic). You can read a review here. Sounds like this one may be for only…
Monday January 29, 2007 Church: From Fayetteville comes news of a church whose ads are too steamy for local newspapers. Technology: Ever wondered what slows Windows down? Here is a list of culprits. At the top of the list is Norton, to no one’s great surprise. Weird: A small town in Alberta is rocked by…
Friday January 26, 2007 Sermons: Josh Harris has preached a three-part series on the topic of purity. Travel: Passengers who were stranded in a plane on a tarmac for ten hours are attempting to create a passenger’s bill of rights. Creation: Here are ten amazing things you may not know about animals (feel free to…
Thursday January 25, 2007 Theology: Darrin has collected The Complete Life and Works of Horatius Bonar on a CD. Now he needs you to buy it. Sports: This Superbowl represents a meeting between two black, Christian coaches. Art: Amazing hand art. Weird: This is the internet at its best and its most bizarre.
Wednesday January 24, 2007 Travel: New rules are finally in place and anyone traveling by air between the US and Canada must now have a passport. You have been warned! Theology: Bob DeWaay writes about God’s revealed will. Health: How do you feel about an STD vaccine that would be required for all girls? Evolution:…
Tuesday January 23, 2007 Business: Forbes lists the 10 riskiest businesses to start. I’m guessing starting a church would prove more difficult than any of these! Interview: Timmy Brister has begun posting a five part interview with David Dockery, President of Union University in Jackson, TN. Blogspotting: Fill Up shares in movie format what he…
Monday January 22, 2007 Du Jour: Al Mohler reflects on Lessons Learned in a Crisis. Abortion: And it’s good to have Dr. Mohler back (he will be back at the helm of his radio program today). His most recent article deals with a topic I wrote about recently as well: a search and destroy mission…
Friday January 19, 2007 Conference: The Ligonier conference has reached capacity (which I believe is in the neighborhood of 5000 people!) Church: Outreach magazine has announced that LifeChurch.tv is the most innovative church in the country “primarily for its ability to leverage the latest technology available for its nine multi-state campuses, 18,000 members and thousands…
Thursday January 18, 2007 Climate: The Weather Channel’s most prominent climatologist is advocating that broadcast meteorologists be stripped of their scientific certification if they express skepticism about predictions of manmade catastrophic global warming. Theology: Carl Trueman breaks his usual habit of posting things I can’t even begin to figure out (inside jokes reign at Reformation21)…