#mahaney

A La Carte (8/4)

Monergism Announces Redesign Monergism has redesigned their site. This is phase 1 of what they hope will be a 2-stage overhaul. It looks good! Bad Boys Turned Christian Owen Strachan: “A recent NYT article chronicled an encouraging if unexpected development: a bunch of professional skateboarders and bike riders are boldly witnessing to their faith in Christ.” A Hymn for Ordinary Christians Bob Kauflin writes about “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” “The story behind Great is Thy Faithfulness should encourage every Christian …

A La Carte (1/7)

On Our Watch Ray Ortlund has six valuable suggestions on how to combat the shocking biblical illiteracy that exists in the church today. God’s Problem This is a thoroughly enjoyable review of Bart Ehrman’s book God’s Problem written by William Willimon. Updates @ DR Yesterday we added quite a few new reviews to Discerning Reader (as we do most Tuesdays). Why not check in to see if there is something there that interests you? Atheists Play Their Hand: Probability Dr. …

Become a Patron

Seeking Correction

A couple of days ago I wrote a short article called Her Good or Mine. The purpose of the article was simple: to ask whether I really try to help my wife seek after godliness or whether instead I try to help her seek after my own selfish goals. Do I try to help her become ever more conformed to the image of Christ or do I selfishly try to help her become conformed to some standard I have set. …

Blessed are the Underappreciated

Our culture has an obsession with underappreciation. Everywhere you look there are discussions about this topic. I cannot think of many subjects that are discussed more in the sports world; there are always and forever discussions about which player is the most underappreciated or which position generates the lowest amount of recognition. Look around and you’ll soon find discussions of songs, films, actors, blogs and books that are underappreciated–that are not getting the attention they deserve. It seems that we …

A La Carte (11/03)

Friday November 3, 2006 Conference: Information for the 2007 Children Desiring God conference has been released. Speakers include Piper, Grudem and Mahaney. (HT: JT). Liveblogging: There will be liveblogging at this weekend’s Alpha & Omega National Conference which will include a debate between James White and John Shelby Spong. You can keep up with the conference here. Audio: Paul has posted links to “Haykin’s History of the Whole Church,” a series of lectures delivered by Dr. Michael Haykin. “We crammed …

A La Carte (11/02)

Thursday November 2, 2006 Children: Amy points out a phenomenon my wife and I also noticed: “Whoever invented Daylight Saving Time did not have a baby in the house.” Health: Jollyblogger points to a strange and interesting story about “Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert – how he lost his voice and got it back.” Audio: Earlier this week John MacArthur was guest on Al Mohler’s radio program. You can hear the discussion here. Church: Thabiti Anyabwile shares pictures from a …

A La Carte (09/26)

Tuesday September 26, 2006 Courses: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is offering several courses free online. There are a couple by David Wells that are sure to be especially good. People: Phil Johnson has begun a new series on TeamPyro and begins with an interesting “word of personal testimony” that describes how he was saved. Music: I am a few days behind the times here (how am I supposed to know Bob has posted on his site when his RSS feed has …

Two Much Good News

They say bad news comes in three’s. I don’t quite know who the “they” are that keep spreading such words of “wisdom,” but I’ve often heard people express this type of superstition. I don’t believe it. Yet it seems to me that good news often arrives in bunches. Today I am going to share with you two pieces of good great news. For your reading pleasure I present this news in a handy, tabular format. Together For The Gospel – …

A Marriage of Fiscal Convenience

In what is destined to be a failed marketing tactic, the Toronto Sun, a Toronto newspaper (remember newspapers – those odd book-like objects we used to read before we had high-speed Internet access) has been dropping their Sunday edition on my doorstep. This is one of those tabloid-esque newspapers that culminates on the final page with a nearly-naked woman (The Sunshine Girl). The final interior page is always a picture of a bikini-clad woman along with a little bio to …