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A Father’s Funeral AddressYou’ve read a few times here about Terry Stauffer, whose daughter was murdered a few weeks ago. He just posted the address he delivered at Emily’s funeral. “When Emily’s death was confirmed on Saturday night, I was shocked and bewildered. All I could pray was, ‘O Lord, Help! Help! Help!’ As I…
Deep Truths of the Bible for ChildrenThe Ligonier blog looks at several books for children written by R.C. Sproul and Susan Hunt. Socialists EverywhereThis article looks at Obama’s proposed tax cuts. “Presently, the bottom 40% of income earners pay zero income taxes. The top 20% pay 80% of all the federal income taxes. Therefore, it…
A Different Homecoming Queen“Kristin Pass, an 18-year-old senior with Down syndrome, became Aledo High School’s homecoming queen Friday to a joyous standing ovation and the flutter of a thousand tissues on a remarkable night for an amazing young woman.” (HT:Z) Helping Students Evalute Media“The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding has put together some excellent tool for…
My Soul Finds RestBob Kauflin pointed to this song by Aaron Keyes & Stuart Townend. It’s a good one! Obama’s Abortion ExtremismThe blogosphere is abuzz with this article by Robert George. “Sen. Barack Obama’s views on life issues ranging from abortion to embryonic stem cell research mark him as not merely a pro-choice politician, but…
Hazen on Religulous“Well, if it’s not very funny, then what does it have to offer? Nothing, really, except a chance for Maher and Charles to make a fast buck (glad I got my ticket for free). Maher is pitching this film as mavericky–telling the truth about religion that everyone else is afraid to address. But…
Where Did the Money Go?This local blog looks at the economic crisis and all the falling portfolios and asks “Where did the money go?” The short answer is…it didn’t go anywhere because it didn’t ever exist. True Woman ReflectionsAfter blogging side-by-side with Carolyn McCulley, I was interested to read her reflections on last weekend’s True…
The End of Evolution“Speaking on his chosen topic, ‘Evolution is Over,’ Jones argued that human evolution has reached an end because of changes in human health and human behavior.” Getting the BluesThabiti, finally returning to blogging, offers a review of Stephen Nichols’ Getting the Blues: What Blues Music Teaches Us About Suffering and Salvation. Silver…
Lloyd-Jones on the KindleGreat Doctrines of the Bible is available for the Kindle for a measly $7.99. You’re not going to find the printed edition for anywhere near that! Behold the TempleJustin Taylor writes an article for Boundless about the temple. “Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to step inside Herod’s…
He Has Not Hidden His FaceHere’s a video of Ryan Ferguson reciting Psalm 22 (Ryan does dramatic recitations of a variety of Scripture passages). House: The MovieHouse is a new film based on a novel written by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. With The Passion of the Christ it has become just the second Christian…
The Truth About Christian BookstoresDan Edelen has a good post explaining why Christian bookstores sell what they sell and why so many of them are disappearing. Geert Wilders: Wisdom and CourageIn this speech Geert Wilders, chairman Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, gave some interesting information about the Islamicization of Europe. “The Europe you know…
Moldova ReportT-Wax reports in after leading a small mission team to the Republic of Moldova for eleven days. NBC Crew Stranded in ArcticI just love this story. A NBC film crew went to the Arctic to report on the lack of ice but have been stranded on an icebreaker for three weeks. Why? Because of…
Bankruptcy, not Bailout, is the AnswerJosh Sowin quotes Jeffrey A. Miron: “The fact that government bears such a huge responsibility for the current mess means any response should eliminate the conditions that created this situation in the first place, not attempt to fix bad government with more government.” Phillip Jensen on Mark DriscollPhillip Jensen is…
West Coast ConferenceLigonier had their West Coast Conference this past weekend and have posted a round-up of each of the conference sessions. Can You Not Sin?Mondays with Mounce are fast becoming a favorite blog feature of mine. Check out this week’s entry at Zondervan’s blog. The NY Times on “Fireproof”What’s this? The New York Times…
Read Books, Not BlogsStephen Altrogge explains why. But what about blogs about books? Desiring God Conference VideoDesiring God has posted videos of each of the sessions from last weekend’s conference. Overturning Roe v. WadeDr. Mohler: “The question posed at “On Faith,” the project of Newsweek magazine and The Washington Post, had to do with whether…
A Baby’s Growth TimelineGE, who developed 4D ultrasound technology, has a website of images that follow the timeline of the unborn’s development from six weeks to birth. (HT: STR) Winter is ComingMoney Magazine gives tips that can help you knock hundreds or thousands off your utility bills even in just one winter. 800 People Read…
T-Wax Interviews JTTrevin Wax posts the second part of an interview he conducted with Justin Taylor. They talk about the forthcoming ESV Study Bible. The Blind Spot in Spiritual FormationCraig Brian Larson addresses a blind spot in the spiritual formation movement. “Read books on spiritual formation and you will be hard-pressed to find listening to…
I’ll Only Kiss My Wife“In Kirk Cameron’s new movie, ‘Fireproof,’ he has to kiss the actress playing his wife. That was a problem. Cameron will not kiss any woman who is not his wife. To get around the conflict, the filmmakers employed a bit of movie magic…” A Christian View of the Economic CrisisDr. Mohler:…
More About Harsh LanguageIf you read last week’s exchange between Nathan Busenitz and Doug Wilson, you’ll want to read this follow-up by Busenitz. Can’t You Take a Joke?Wired writes about the man who invented the emoticon. 🙂 The Cross: Can We Have More?Darryl Dash reflects on Brian McLaren’s understanding of the gospel and pleads for…
What is the Gospel, Brian?Michael Krahn was at a conference this weekend and heard Brian McLaren provide a kind-of-answer to that question. Does Prayer Change Things?Over at the Ligonier blog we’re serializing R.C. Sproul’s book Does Prayer Change Things? It’s a good little book and well worth reading through. Why Did we Publish That?Michael Hyatt…
Attacks against Christians in India“India is in a scary situation,” says Gospel for Asia President K.P. Yohannan. “While violence continues in Orissa, on India’s east coast, anti-Christian extremists have unleashed another wave of attacks on Christians in Karnataka, a state on India’s west coast. (HT: JW) Something About Sarah“There is continuing amazement over the sheer…