This sponsored post was prepared by Rosaria Butterfield on behalf of Crown and Covenant. I came to Christ with more bad habits than good, and the Lord’s sanctifying touch at first left me lonely and out of sorts. Frankensteinian. An amputee. Despised by my girlfriend but beloved by my God. As a postmodern professor, I…
’Tis the season to begin to consider those annual New Year’s resolutions. ’Tis the season to first evaluate whether such resolutions are a good idea or a bad one. Speaking personally, I am a believer in New Year’s resolutions. I believe our lives benefit when we take time to think, evaluate, and dream a little,…
Can Hobby Lobby Buy the Bible? The Atlantic covers Hobby Lobby and their Museum of the Bible. “In just the past six years, the evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby have amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of biblical antiquities. Why?” Fervent Aimee Byrd is going through some bestselling women’s books, and this time…
This week’s letters to the editor dealt almost entirely with the article I wrote about date nights. Now, I thought the article quite clearly communicated that date nights are fine and dandy, but simply not necessary. Hence the title You Don’t Need a Date Night. Unfortunately, some people took me as saying “Date nights are…
Today’s Kindle deals include This Day in 336. 1,679 years ago today was the earliest known year that Jesus’ nativity was celebrated on this day. Merry Christmas! * Jesus’ coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares. —William Barclay
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? Al Moher: “Hard times come with hard questions, and our cultural context exerts enormous pressure on Christians to affirm common ground at the expense of theological differences. But the cost of getting this question wrong is the loss of the Gospel.” Must Christians Believe in the Virgin…
It is time for another Free Stuff Fridays, and this week’s edition is brought to you by Rain for Roots. Rain for Roots is a collaboration between Sandra McCracken, Flo Paris, Katy Bowser, and Ellie Holcomb and together they make new songs about the old Story, and they make them for children. There will be…
For a long time now I have had a burden to help parents do something–anything!–to train, protect, and oversee their families online. This burden grows every time I speak on the subject of pornography and am approached by another group of young people who want to talk about how they came across pornography at a…
This is the rare day when I was not able to track down any interesting Kindle deals. There have been lots of good ones over the past days, though, so if you haven’t seen them, check the A La Carte archives. And now, some links: A Date Night Fool’s Gold J.A. Medders has a helpful…
I rarely publish articles by guest writers, but do make occasional exceptions. One exception I am always glad to make is when Tim Keesee, one of my favorite writers, offers to send one of his dispatches my way. Here is one he prepared just a few days ago. Temple SquareSalt Lake CityDecember 6 Took a…
Email and Time Management This article (actually, a letter) contains a really important principle about the battle between email and creativity. How to Love God by Getting More Sleep Joe Carter writes about something I’m really bad at: Sleep. “My poor sleep hygiene was affecting my family, my work, and my physical health. And it…
A few years ago I began rolling out a series of infographics I called Visual Theology. I was attempting to not only describe truth, but also to display it in visual form. Over the past few months I have been working with Josh Byers to create a whole new series of Visual Theology graphics. Some…
I have read most of the popular books on marriage and romance. I know what they say. They say that you need to have a regular date night—weekly, preferably—and that this is a key, maybe even the key, to a healthy marriage. Some of them go farther still and say that you don’t only need…
I’m really thankful for Andy Naselli’s encouraging review of Do More Better. While he was already well-organized and productive, he lays out some specific ways he found it helpful. Also, the book is now available in Audiobook format. Pray Here’s a new page and video from John Piper and Desiring God. Piper models how to…
I try to vary my reading enough to include books that are targeted at different demographics from me. I generally enjoy reading them, but try as I might, I can’t really evaluate them as well as I would like. After all, I inevitably bring my perspective. Whether it’s reading a book for women, a book…
Just Another Day in America Here’s a fascinating article on modern news media. Looking at recent televised tragedies, Arthur Hunt says news has become “daily theater, which must be enhanced by a sense of urgency and crisis.” Writing for an Audience of One Yes to this! I post a lot online, but there is at…
Being a pastor is not easy. It often doesn’t pay all that well, it’s emotionally taxing, and many times we fail to appreciate or even thank our pastors for their tireless work on our behalf. So, What SHOULD You Give Your Pastor? Obviously the best and most helpful thing that you can do for your…
I am a quitter. In some ways I am, at least. There are parts and places in life where I will maintain a stubborn determination to the end (like, say, this whole blog every day thing I’ve been doing). But there are others where I give up, where I can too easily quit. And one…
I. Howard Marshall Ray Van Neste: “I received word this morning that I. Howard Marshall, professor emeritus professor of New Testament at the University of Aberdeen, had passed away, a month before his 82nd birthday.” He pens a sweet tribute. Gospel for Asia Christianity Today covers the recent revelations about Gospel for Asia, what went…
Blogs were never meant to be one-way communication. Because of the increasing difficulty in maintaining a helpful commenting section, I have recently added a Letters to the Editor feature. Today I share some recent letters to the editor. This week’s Letters to the Editors were almost entirely focused on three articles. Comments on Homemaking In…