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Mercy on the Baseball Diamond – Irish Calvinist has some good things to say about the Jim Joyce/Armando Galarraga situation. “Every once in awhile a news story comes along that really helps us to understand how we as a culture think. These are stories that blend in a bunch of social themes which represent our heartbeat. Today the baseball world brings such a story.”

No Compromise Radio – Recently I did an interview with Mike Abendroth for his program No Compromise Radio. “Mike and Tim discuss the early beginnings of challies.com, his book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Sexual Detox, and his upcoming book The Next Story (Spring 2011). In an “Always Provocative” No Co speed round you will hear Tim’s thoughts on some of the latest issues in evangelicalism Piper/Warren, Francis Chan, Christian celebrities & more.”

Interview with Jonathan Catherwood – Here is an interview with a grandson of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I particularly enjoyed hearing him reminisce about his grandfather.

Andrea Bocelli tells a little story about abortion (HT:Randy Alcorn):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QfKCGTfn3o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999

$5 Fridays – Ligonier has another set of good deals for the $5 Fridays.


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    Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week.  Yesterday was Reformation Day, when many Protestants celebrate the sixteenth-century recovery of the biblical gospel. It was while Martin Luther was studying the book of Romans that he rediscovered the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So, today…

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    A La Carte (November 1)

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  • New and Notable Christian Books for October 2024

    New and Notable Christian Books for October 2024

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