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Baseball Is Life – An oldie but a goodie from Tim Siedell. “Just like life itself, baseball is boring. Amazingly, stupendously boring.” Which is why we love it so… What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? – You’d do well to read this new book from Kevin DeYoung. And, as it happens, it’s on…
How It All Started – “My parents are passionate about prayer, and the prayers of my parents have shaped my life. Sometimes even when they didn’t realize that the subject of their prayers was me.” That’s a promising start to a neat article. What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? – You may be…
Love and Hate in a Foreign Country – There are some good lines in Carl Trueman’s latest article as he focuses on the RFRA protests of last week. Married Men – Here’s an interesting one from The Washington Post: “Marriage has a transformative effect on adult behavior, emotional health, and financial well-being—particularly for men.” Hassles…
The Fallout of Failed Marriages – John MacArthur: “The best way to defend and uphold God’s design for marriage and family is not through political or legal action—it’s through the living testimony of a faithful, righteous adherence to God’s design.” What Happens If All The Bees Die? – Answer? Lots of bad stuff. And isn’t…
Did Jesus suffer God’s wrath for all, or only the elect? R.C. Jr: “Just for the elect. This truth is hard for some people for a what seems like a good reason—It shows God treating people unequally.” On a similar note, I appreciate the way Douglas Wilson approaches Roger Olson’s diatribe against Calvinism. What is…
Revival on the Pennsylvania Frontier – “While George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards have come to be considered the primary human instruments used by God in America’s First Great Awakening, numerous other ministers were privileged to have a significant role in that widespread revival as well.” Curse Motif – Here’s R.C. Sproul speaking on the curse…
A Fixation with a Sky Pixie – “In a culture that prizes sophistication, non-judgmentalism, irony and detachment, [Christianity] is to declare yourself intolerant, naive, superstitious and backward.” Peddlers vs. Pastors – Are you a peddler of God’s word or a pastor of the Word? Here’s how you can tell. Men for God Conference – If…
In other deals, Logos has Brevard Childs’ commentary on Isaiah as their free book of the month while Christian Audio is giving away Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand. Journey – Here’s the best blog-related news I’ve heard in a while: Tim Keesee has begun a blog. You’ll want to bookmark it, I’m sure. Oh,…
Indiana: A Religious Liberty Bellweather – Rod: Dreher seems to get it right when he says, “This total political and media freakout over the Indiana law is the real story.” What Dawkins, Hawking, and Harris Know About God – It’s the truth: “As we evangelize, we are not evangelizing blank slates. We are not starting…
Can Canada Teach the Rest of Us to Be Nicer? – “Canada is to niceness as Saudi Arabia is to oil. It’s awash in the stuff, and it’s about time, I say, the rest of the world imported some.” Amen! Fake Maple Syrup – First an article about Canadian niceness and then one about Americans’…
How Can Hummingbirds Hover So Well? That’s a questions scientists have wrestled with for a long time. Gene Veith writes about Who the Unchurched Really Are. “Can it be that American Christianity, with roots in this culture, has become so prosperous and middle class that it would rather not deal with people from this social…
30 Years of Ministry – Mark Altrogge shares some of the lessons he has learned in 30+ years of pastoral ministry. I think the 2nd lesson is my favorite. 10 Chapter Books for Dads to Read to Their Kids – Looking for books to read out loud? Here are some options. (If your kids love…
Dating a Non-Virgin – Richard Phillips offers wise counsel in dealing with the dark side of the chastity industry. How Many Stars Are There? – Enough that every couple of weeks there is a new YouTube video that tries to wrap our minds around it. Christians, You Will Suffer – “If suffering disproves your Christianity,…
When I Don’t Desire God – Ligonier and Desiring God have partnered to create a course called “When I Don’t Desire God” featuring John Piper. It’s free for the taking! (Also, Ligonier is having an #AskRC Live Twitter event today.) Q&A with Sam Allberry – Denny Burk recently moderated a Q&A with Sam Allberry where…
Shelf-Life Of Worship Songs – Jamie Brown: “Things are not as simple for worship leaders/church music directors as they used to be. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s certainly a more complicated thing.” Closing Accounts – This is a sad and sobering account of elder care today. Blaine Boyer And His Personal Entourage…
The Archive of an Interesting Life – It’s not a junk drawer — it’s the archive of an interesting life. The Grace in Going to Church – I like this one: The simple grace of committing to a church and going there week in and week out. Al Mohler on Keeping the Southern Baptist Faith…
Mental Floss explains How a Brilliant Intelligence Officer Used ‘Monopoly’ to Free WWII POWs. It’s an interesting story. BBC has great footage of the recent total solar eclipse. An unlikely friendship joins Christian efforts to battle high-interest loans: How a Twitter Feud over Same-Sex Marriage May Doom Payday Lending. Here’s the Christian’s call: Come and…
Magna Carta – “One of two beautifully illustrated animations telling the story of Magna Carta, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of it’s creation, and the re-union of two of the original parchments at the British Library in London – with the added bonus of being voiced by Monty Python’s Terry Jones!” Things I Would Do…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – This is an amazing interactive graphic about what happens when you go down, down, down… It’s Not You, It’s Me – “God has a multitude of arrows in his quiver that enable him to hit his mark. Sometimes he does so in surprising, even humbling ways.” Yes…
Why Doesn’t God Just Remove that Sin? – “Every Christian I know has had the experience of coming up against the same sin—again—and wondering, ‘Will this struggle ever end? Why doesn’t God just remove this?’” Man Does Not Live By Man Skills Alone – Paul Tripp takes a look at some of the cultural conversation…