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Garrett Kell finds a Pattern Among Fallen Pastors. He describes a study that looked at 246 pastors who had experienced moral failure and points to the common patterns. Erik Raymond is one of my favorite bloggers, and just yesterday he moved his blog over to The Gospel Coalition; adjust your bookmarks accordingly! This simple comic…
Warming Up Your Car – The current cold snap seems like a good context to share this article about the myth of warming up your car on a cold day. Three Relationship Rules – You may appreciate these three relationship rules from Ed Welch. A Three-Parent Baby – How do you make a baby from…
6 Rules of Cultural Engagement – Joe Thorn offers guidance on engaging the culture around us. Congratulating Wesleyan – Carl Trueman congratulates Wesleyan for a ridiculous new step forward in the sexual revolution. The Medium is the Message – Here’s a helpful 2-minute summary of Marshall McLuhan’s famous aphorism, “The medium is the message.” Don’t…
How Well Do You Know Your Bible? – The new issue of Credo magazine is now available for free online reading or download. This issue’s subject: How Well Do You Know Your Bible? That Malaysia Airlines Plane – This guy thinks he knows where that missing Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared to. It seems more than…
A Young Earth – Steve Ham: “I do believe the Bible gives ample justification for calculating the age of the earth at around 6,000 years and for seeing six normal 24-hour days in the week of creation.” A Plea for Sanity – Mike Wittmer offers a plea for sanity at a time when people’s lives…
A Plea For Gospel Sanity in Missions – I regard this as a very important article. Aubrey Sequeira writes about overseas pastors who are deceiving North Americans into supporting their work. Make sure you read to the end! Whose History Is It Anyways? – Does historical accuracy really matter when it comes to film? You…
Carl Trueman has wise words about Bondage to Pornography. “One would not allow alcoholics to have the last word on liquor licensing laws or crack addicts on drug policy. Yet when it comes to sexual morality, that is the kind of world in which we now live.” This is a good one: Spurgeon on Christians…
McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson – I enjoyed reading this longform article on [soon to be former] McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson. The Gospel in the Dominican Republic – I’m thankful for this series from TGC on how the gospel is going forth in different countries from around the world. The Hopes of Central High – Sports…
Connecting with the Conference – I’m at Ligonier Ministries’ National Conference this week; for those who can’t make it, here are some ways to connect during the event. When Bible Reading Feels Like a Chore – Here are 3 reasons your Bible reading may feel like a chore. Keep Your Greek – Sign up for…
Women, Stop Submitting to Men? – This is good stuff from Russell Moore: “Those of us who hold to so-called ‘traditional gender roles’ are often assumed to believe that women should submit to men. This isn’t true.” Not quite. Bible Translation and I.T. – I appreciate this–a quick look at how I.T. plays a crucial…
The Shape of Things to Come – I don’t think you have to be an Apple fanboy to enjoy this (very long!) profile of Apple’s lead designer Jony Ives. (Note: language warning.) The Murderer Who Became a Missionary – Here is a remarkable historical account. (Update: This story may not be true.) What ISIS Really…
Ash Wednesday: Picking and Choosing our Piety – This is a very strong bit of writing from Carl Trueman. “I suspect that the reasons evangelicals are rediscovering Lent is as much to do with the poverty of their own liturgical tradition as anything.” Why Are Christian Movies So Painfully Bad? – Here’s an interesting look…
R.C. Sproul Jr. pulls no punches: “As a rule, men are relational dolts. From an early age girls develop sophisticated communications arrays, whereby they are able to simultaneously translate what anyone says, whether with words, expression or body language, into what they actually mean.” I enjoy the site Redeemed Reader and appreciated this: Five Red…
Why It’s So Popular – This is one of the best things I’ve read on the topic: The real reason 50 Shades of Grey is so popular. While we’re on the subject, here’s an interesting idea from Moody: Send them your copy of the book, and they’ll send back a copy of Pulling Back the…
Using A Theological Dictionary for Word Studies – You may enjoy this article from Patrick Schreiner as he looks at how to use a theological dictionary. Why Is the Number of the Beast 666? – TGC asks the question of Greg Beale. And speaking of Beale, Westminster Books has his new, abbreviated commentary on Revelation…
Giving Toasters Sentience – This author lays out a few important concerns about the increasing connectivity in all our devices (Note: the article has a few unfortunate words choices in it.) You and Me Forever – Christian Audio is having a flash offer that may interest you. For the next 2 days You and Me…
The President at the Prayer Breakfast – Al Mohler: “Presidents of the United States are usually awful as theologians. In far too many cases, the closer they get to anything theological, the bigger the mess they make.” The One Ring Explained – If you’ve ever tried to figure out why the rings matter so much…
Is Your Marriage a Picture of the Gospel? – I really enjoyed this one from Hershael York; he writes about the evangelistic opportunity of a good marriage. Getting Medieval – “Medieval historians like myself can’t help wincing when the period that we study finds its way into modern political discourse.” Which is what President Obama…
It requires a bit of a time commitment, but you may enjoy this video on Why Bible Typography Matters. And, believe it or not, it actually does. I appreciate this pastor’s view that what is happening in the church today might be able to be compared to a baseball team Rebuilding in the Off-Season. “The…
Many Heroes, So Little Heroism – “As America lurches toward a fully same-sex-affirming public square, it is increasingly urged along by that most curious of cheerleaders: the ‘affirming pastor’.” Riding Light – You may not watch the entire video, but at least give it a look. “This animation illustrates, in realtime, the journey of a…