Rock Stars or Rock Moons?

Apr 30, 2004

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A great little quote from David Crowder when asked in an interview on CNN if he considers himself a rock star. “I’ve got a really good pal that says ‘you guys are more like a moon than a star,’ because the moon, if it wasn’t for the sunshine, is just a ball of dirt. For us, the light of Christ, when it shines on us, it’s just a beautiful collision. We are more interested in attracting attention to God than ourselves.”

A La Carte (May 17)

A La Carte: Deep mercy for our dark insanity / The Rock / God will give us more than we can handle / When cynicism sets in / The judgment of getting exactly what we want / The life of Paul Kasonga / and more.

May 17

A La Carte

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A La Carte (June 17)

4 Ways to Reach a Child’s Heart – “Not just any fatherly involvement can reach the hearts of our children.” Rick Phillips describes the kind that can. Children of the Moon – This is fascinating: “Albinos make up between 5 and 10 percent of the roughly 80,000 indigenous Gunas who live on the mainland of…

Jun 17, 2015

A La Carte

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Can We Rock the Gospel?

The thesis of this book is made abundantly clear on the cover. A young man, jamming on an (unplugged) electric guitar, towers over a Bible which lies face-down, trampled and forgotten underfoot. Can We Rock the Gospel? According to the John Blanchard and Dan Lucarini, no, we cannot. “The authors make no secret of the…

Oct 27, 2006

Book Reviews

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A La Carte: How women combat comparison / Recognize your pastor this month / Gone are the dark clouds / Why does God say no to good things? / Ministers of loneliness / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

Oct 10

A La Carte

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Give Me Grace to Follow!

Knowing that we can be self-deceived, we must examine our lives to ensure we are living as Christians are called to live—that we are putting sin to death, that we are coming alive to righteousness, and that we are finding ever-greater joy in our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. And always we must pray…

Oct 9

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A La Carte: The normalization of slander / Doctrine and formation / Destructive relationships / Why Satan wants you to think you’re alone / Laughing at yourself is grace / and more.

Oct 9

A La Carte

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A La Carte (October 8)

A La Carte: A Christian response to polygamy, incest, and pedophilia / 10 diagnostic questions for you and your spouse / neither despair nor blind optimism / To confront or to cover / Did Jesus lie to his brothers? / Huge book and commentary sales!

Oct 8

A La Carte

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What Is “The End” of Religious Liberty?

This week, the blog is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This article is adapted from Jason G. Duesing’s chapel message, “A Portrait of the End of Religious Liberty,” given during the Spring 2024 semester at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. You can watch the full message here. The beautiful hymn in Philippians 2 tells of the humbling, sacrifice,…

Oct 7

Sponsored

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We All Want More of God

We all want more of God. Anyone who professes to be a Christian will acknowledge a sense of sorrow and disappointment when they consider how little they know of God and how little they experience of his presence. Every Christian or Christianesque tradition acknowledges this reality and offers a means to address it.

Oct 7

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The Sins of the Elderly and the Sins of Youth

The news about Steve Lawson hit hard. It’s not that Steve and I have ever been particularly close. In fact, I can’t think of a time he and I interacted outside the context of a conference. But he has been a steady presence at events for as long as I have been attending them. I…

Sep 30

Articles

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John Mark Comer and Practicing The Way

It has been a few years since I have had a substantial number of people reach out to ask my view on a particular author. Do you know anything about him? Have you read him? Would you consider reviewing some of his books? But after this break of a few years, it has recently begun…

Sep 25

Book Reviews

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Why I Am Not Paedobaptist

For the past few weeks I have been taking a day a week to tell how I have arrived at my various theological convictions. I’ve done this by telling you why I am not what I am not: I am not atheist, Roman Catholic, liberal, or Arminian. Today I want to tell you why I…

Jun 16, 2016

Why I Am Not

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Everyday Gospel

We are not lacking when it comes to daily devotionals. To the contrary, there are more options than we could possibly read in a lifetime. Yet not all daily devotionals are created equal, so it can be difficult to find a good one—one that is worthy of a full year’s attention.

Oct 4

Book Reviews

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The Cost of Surrounding Yourself with Negative People

I recently read Rachel Hollis’s runaway bestseller Girl, Wash Your Face, and in my review pointed out a number of concerns with the author’s understanding of what it means to live a good life. Her conviction is that the good life is a happy life, and every woman is responsible for pursuing happiness. What stands…

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