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Tuesday June 13, 2006 Debate: Al Mohler and Paige Patterson had a not-debate yesterday morning on the subject of Calvinism. Pure Church has a good blow-by-blow account of what sounds like an edifying discussion. Conference: The big Southern Baptist Convention is happening this week and my buddy Scott Lamb has decided to liveblog it. You…

Friday June 9, 2006 Book: Don Whitney has just published a new booklet entitled “Family Worship.” It is endorsed by Al Mohler and Tedd Tripp. “‘Family Worship’ surveys the biblical teaching on family worship, demonstrates how our heroes throughout church history have practiced it, and then gives fathers/husbands the simple, specific, practical how-to’s of family…

Thursday June 8, 2006 Quote: Overheard tonight in a conversation between my kids. “No! My imaginary eagle can lay 50,000 eggs a day. Yours can only lay 40,000!” “I’m Telling! Daaaaaaad!” Quote Bonus: David Daniell explaining why William Tyndale could not have had his Bible printed in England: “The thought of Caxton printing a version…

Wednesday June 7, 2006 Humor: Sam Storms has some fun when thinking about the fact that yesterday was 06/06/06. Conference: Bob Kauflin has announced the WorshipGod06 blog. Yours truly will be liveblogging this conference which takes place in August. Terrorism: Ian Clary answers the question of “Why Muslims Must Hate Us.” “I have to admit,…

Tuesday June 6, 2006 Quotes: Darrin Booker has collected a series of death-bed sayings from well-known believers. A favorite: “F.B. Meyer – ‘Read me something from the Bible, something brave and triumphant.’” Terrorism: “The Toronto Star” featured a good editorial on the planned terrorist attacks in Canada. “But modern global jihad is a different animal.…

Monday June 5, 2006 Music: Switchfoot is offering a new, unreleased song for download on their site. They are currently in the studio working on a new album which is scheduled for release this fall. And there was great rejoicing. Weird: On June 1st, 2006, Secret Service agents showed up at the office of Great…

Friday June 2, 2006 Family: Russell Moore has a moving post celebrating his son’s birthday. “Five years ago today my oldest son, Benjamin, was born. Five years ago on June 19th my middle son, Timothy, was born. I missed both days…” Du Jour: Rebecca has an update on a tragic story and yet a story…

Thursday June 1, 2006 Theology: Mark Dever writes about “undermining the tolerance of egalitarianism. “The core of this blog entry is simply this–>it is my observation that those older than me who are complementarian generally want to downplay this issue, and those younger than me want to lead with it, or at least be very…

Wednesday May 31, 2006 Conference: Adrian has collected a good number of choice quotes from the New Attitude Conference. A personal favorite: “Dwell where the cries of Calvary can be heard.” Conference Bonus: And while we’re on the topic of the New Attitude Conference, Sovereign Grace Ministries has the audio recordings of all of the…

Tuesday May 30, 2006 Emergent: Steve Camp chimes in on the Mark Driscoll controversy. His comments and critiques are measured and biblical. LiveBlog: Carolyn McCulley is doing a great job of liveblogging the New Attitude Conference. She is apparently learning a new respect for the art of live-blogging. Quote: “Advice is like castor oil, easy…

Monday May 29, 2006 Books: “Christianity Today” has released their list of Book Award recipients for 2006. I read 120 books last year and did not manage to read a single one of the titles they awarded! So the question is, what have I been reading all this time? Humor: Allan, a commenter at this…

Friday May 26, 2006 Modesty: Toby has been writing about a touchy subject. “Well, summer is on it’s way, or perhaps it is here for some parts of the country. And along with the warmer weather comes an issue that has been of concern to me for some time. The issue is… MODESTY.” Mailbag: Yesterday…

Thursday May 25, 2006 Weird: Dignan has learned that Pat Robertson can leg press 2000 pounds. “On Robertson’s website, he is plugging his “Age-Defying” protein shake. And the best part is that his shake enables him to leg press 2,000 lbs!!!” Humor: Joe Carter took on the blogosphere in a long, rambling, humorous post entitled…

Wednesday May 24, 2006 Technology: Apple and Nike have joined forces to make a shoe that will tell a runner how far and how fast he has run. Theology: Steve Camp has posted part two of Lars Larson’s excellent article dealing with spiritual discernment. Du Jour: Dan Phillips takes a look at an article in…

Tuesday May 23, 2006 Blogspotting: Following our recent conversation here, Dr Mike, Carla Rolfe, and Phil Johnson have a few choice words for those who like to use a few choice words. Commenter joythruchrist points out why it’s not Pharisaic to say so. Her cat agrees. News: Boy, 7, completes swim from Alcatraz. Asked what…

Monday May 22, 2006 Weird: FoxNews has the story of a man who collected some 80,000 empty beer cans in his rented house over the course of 8 years. That means he drank 24 beers every day. Judging by the pictures, he was fond of Coors. The cans were returned and the deposits totalled $800.…

Friday May 19, 2006 Award: Apparently I’ve been awarded something called a “Bologna Badge.” I can’t say I’ve ever heard of this particular award, but I’m sure it’s prestigious. More here. Gospel: Ligon Duncan posted a roundup of quotes about the gospel that are sure to bless you. Here is a favorite: “When we preach…

Thursday May 18, 2006 Technology: ESV Blog brings news of an ESV plugin for Microsoft Word. It uses “the ESV Web Service to insert a passage into a Word document.” Sounds useful enough… A La Carte: This is the 200th edition of A La Carte (according to the statistics in Movabletype). That’s not half bad!…

Wednesday May 17, 2006 Video: In case you missed Katie Couric’s interview with Joel Osteen on The Today Show (and you probably did), Keith has a link to it. Film: “AgapePress” has a good article, written by Ed Vitagliano which reflects on the “End of the Spear” controversy. “Sadly, the result has been a blunted…