This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by CBD Reformed and, as they always do, they are giving away five prize packages. Each of five winners will receive the following three books: In addition, CBD Reformed is offering a 4-day sale (August 3 – 6) on the following three products: Giveaway Rules: You may only…
A friend of mine has been leading a class based on my book The Next Story. He emailed me a couple of days ago to say that he was preparing to teach on “Privacy and Visibility,” two areas where the digital world has brought a great transformation to our lives. Right before he went to…
What Happened to My CCM? – “The 1990s saw an unprecedented explosion of Christian rock. Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, P.O.D., and Switchfoot were hot on Christian radio and on MTV. Christian rock festivals multiplied and expanded. CCM labels sold millions of records. It was a pretty great time to be a Christian…
What makes you angry? We all have triggers, don’t we? We all have certain contexts and situations, certain affronts to our dignity or pride that stoke the anger within. I know a lot about anger, as Aileen can no doubt attest. When she and I talk about God’s grace in our lives, and evidence of…
How to Witness to Mormons – A reader of the site sent along this excellent article after my post yesterday (which dealt with Mormonism). The author tells how and how not to witness to Mormons. Contraceptive-Abortifacient Mandate – Gospel Coalitions The FAQs series provides an updated look at the contraceptive- abortifacient mandate, what it means…
I’ve been at this blogging thing for quite a long time now—it’s coming up on ten years. I’ve been at the daily blogging thing for almost as long. This means that I’ve got an extensive backlist of articles from years gone by. I thought it might be fun to pull out some of the articles…
When on vacation last week I ambled into a wonderful little used book store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There were hundreds of books that caught my eye there, but I left with only one—Faith and Betrayal, by Sally Denton, a biography that traces the life of Jean Rio, the author’s great-great-grandmother. One of England’s earliest and…
A Father’s Conversion – Randy Alcorn shares the story of his father’s conversion at the age of 84. Prayers of a Worship Leader – I appreciated Matt Boswell’s article on the prayers of a worship leader. Wayfarer – I’m really enjoying this new album by Wayfarer. It includes five re-imagined hymns that seem to have…