Women’s Discipleship and the Mommy Blogosphere – Hannah Anderson has some valuable things to say about the mommy blogs—their strengths and their weaknesses. God’s Light in Our Darkness – “Being ‘saved’ doesn’t save us from facing sickness and sword, including depression. However, God does promise to give us the proper footing as we walk through…
I didn’t actually intend to review this book. It showed up at my door and a brief glance turned into a quick skim turned into a full read turned into a review. As a committed reader always looking for something new and interesting, I just love it when that happens. There is a new religious…
Zobrist’s Goodbye – I enjoyed reading what Ben Zobrist did as he left Tampa Bay (after being traded to the Oakland A’s). 20 Things for My Daughter – This is a great list: 20 things Melissa wants her daughter to understand about being a woman. This Will Revolutionize Education – “Many technologies have promised to…
By Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. You could see the panic rising in his eyes. As the collection plate moved ever closer to him, indecision tightened its grip on his heart. In his hand was a wad of cash, and, as he ruffled through the various bills, one could almost hear the question that echoed in…
Have you ever compared the front and back of a tapestry? The front of a tapestry is art. In the hands of a skilled weaver it displays incredible artistry and fine detail. The world’s best art museums collect the world’s best tapestries and display them there as examples of a rare but beautiful form of…
Gigapixels of Andromeda – NASA recently released an incredibly detailed photo of the Andromeda galaxy. This video shows it off. It’s amazing. A Story About a Bird – I enjoyed Elisha’s account of someone simply taking the time to encourage her. Developing Godly Qualities in Children – Randy Alcorn: “Teaching our children the truth is…
The best writing is writing that transcends times and ages. This morning I found myself reading some brief thoughts from J.C. Ryle on the importance of self-examination, and though his words were written in the late nineteenth century, they are perfectly appropriate to our day. They offer an important challenge. It is a hurrying, bustling…
Here are 5 Simple Ways to Teach Your Children Theology. It’s not nearly as complicated as we can sometimes imagine it. In light of the firing of Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, Russell Moore asks Is Glorifying God a Hate Crime Now? Nancy Leigh DeMoss shares some reflections on Ministering in a Maximum-Security Women’s Prison.…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by our friends at Crossway. Crossway is giving away 5 prizes this week, which means there will be 5 winners. Each of the winners will receive the following 2 books: These are two excellent resources to help you know and apply God’s Word every day. Enter the Draw…
If I could mandate that at least one leader from every church had to read a single book, I don’t think there are too many I would choose ahead of On Guard: Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse at Church. It’s not that it is the best book I have ever read (though it is…
Change For Struggling Marriages – This is a helpful article written by a couple who were both Christians when they were married, but who had significant relationship struggles in the first few years. The Boy Who Didn’t Come Back From Heaven – This is big news: One of the bestselling heaven tourism books has been…
I have written about Logos Bible Software a number of times over the years, and would like to return to it today. I do so after making the rather momentous decision to commit to it–to stop collecting printed commentaries and theological works and to focus on collecting these in Logos instead. After years of dabbling…
How I Almost Lost the Bible – I enjoyed reading this from Gregory Alan Thornbury: “Had it not been for the first editor of CT, I likely would have gone the way of liberal scholar Bart Ehrman.” Why Christians Don’t Seek to Avenge Insults against God – “We forget how entirely unexpected and shocking the…
On February 6, 2006, Stephen Harper stood before the Governor General of Canada and recited the oath of office: “I, Stephen Harper, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will truly and faithfully, and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trust reposed in me as Prime Minister,…
A few months ago I was in Australia, and a friend was driving me to a nearby university so I could speak to a campus group. We were driving the city streets in the stop-and-go rush hour traffic and beside us was a guy driving a bright yellow sports car—a Lotus. Now a Lotus is…
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward – This article (language warning) describes just some of the difficulties of dealing with serious mental illness. It is sad, but also very revealing. Books on Sale – Westminster Books has some new, noteworthy, and slightly off-the-beaten-path titles on sale this week. Lonely Jack Nicholson – This article…
The Bible is a long and at-times complicated book centered upon a short and simple truth: Jesus Christ died to save sinners. The Bible tells the great narrative that is unfolding in this world: the story of God creating, man falling, Christ redeeming, and the end coming to all sin and evil. The Bible serves…
Fisherman That Don’t Fish – It’s a helpful illustration. Religious Liberty vs. Erotic Liberty – Al Mohler comments on a very troubling piece of news. Home for the Holidays – TGC: “In the aftermath of the holidays, we offer this two-part article as a window into how to respond to family strife in a godly…
by Tony Payne. Perhaps it’s a kind of laid-back Aussie skepticism about the possibility of anything ever being very successful, but I have been genuinely surprised by the reaction to The Trellis and the Vine over the past five years. To me it always felt like a very ordinary and unremarkable statement of the patently…
One of the more popular blog posts I’ve written, and one that seemed to resonate with many of those who read it, is the one in which I declared the goodness of the ordinary, or really, the goodness of being ordinary. Ordinary has since been a popular theme in Christian publishing, with two books now…