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What’s the Big Story? – The newest issue of Credo magazine looks at biblical theology and includes contributions from Justin Taylor, Darian Lockett, Edwards Klink III, David Murray, Stephen Dempster, James Hamilton, T. Desmond Alexander, Stephen Wellum, Peter Gentry, G. K. Beale, Graham Cole, and many others.

John Piper on Strange Fire – John Piper has begun to answer some questions about John MacArthur’s Strange Fire conference. (Here is a second Q&A)

Resolving Supposed Contradictions in Scripture – Derek Thomas offers a couple of examples of how to resolve supposed contradictions in Scripture.

Soak the Next Generation in God’s Word – Jani Ortlund asks and answers this question: How can we raise Bible soaked and saturated children, teenagers, and young adults?

The Operating System of Life – This is pretty amazing and gets me just one step closer to learning what I never figured out in tenth grade.

Osteen Uses God’s Bandwidth – Erik found that a bunch of students were using the bandwidth from his wifi signal and thinks Joel Osteen is doing something similar: “He just kind of hangs out on the stoop of Christianity with his God-talk giving hat-tips to Jesus and a Bible story every now and then. But you know what? He is dragging down our bandwith. He is convoluting the message. He is hindering communication.”

Christian Soldiers

No soldiers of Christ are ever lost, missing or left dead on the battlefield.

—J.C. Ryle

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  • Building Churches

    Building Churches Out of Other Churches

    What is your church really made of? Or perhaps better said, who is your church really made of? This is something we all do well to ponder from time to time, for there are good ways and bad ways, better ways and worse ways to fill a church.

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    A La Carte: Very cool birds / The way to combat anxiety / Do not hinder yourself / The sacred mundane / Thriving in women’s ministry leadership / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte: Wisdom for online dating / Anything can be an idol / The great danger / Unconfessed sin / Sins we love to ignore / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Quality Time

    Quality Time

    People of all faiths pray. Some pray to gods, some to ancestors, some to nature, and some to the universe, but all speak out words, all utter desires, all hope to be heard. But Christians pray differently and Christians pray confidently, for we pray to a Father. We alone “have received the Spirit of adoption…