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Thursday June 28, 2007 Video: American Vision has an amusing video dealing with Sam Harris and other atheists. Marriage: An article at Slate discusses the trouble with engagement rings. Sure it’s a kind of silly tradition, but I don’t think it’s a bad one! Theology: Mark Dever has begun a series asking where all these…
Wednesday June 27, 2007 Books: As promised, all the books at the Desiring God store are a mere $5 today. Even John Piper thinks this is crazy. So go and lose yourself in a frenzy of consumerism. You won’t be sorry! Photo: Though the text accompanying it is a little over the top, this photo…
Thursday June 21, 2007 Bible: BibleMapper is a really interesting program “that helps you quickly and easily create customized maps of the Holy Lands or study a particular period and aspect of Bible history.” It is available for free. Contest: I have announced the winners of the Discerning Reader contest over at DR. Blogs: 9Marks…
Thursday June 14, 2007 Books: At Desiring God you can find an excerpt from the conclusion of John Piper’s upcoming book on justification. Music: Bob Kauflin has a long post about “New Songs, New CD’s, and a New Website.” Music: Also in the world of music, you may be interested in Sing The Word, a…
Thursday June 7, 2007 Interview: Adrian talks to the guys who wrote “Pierced for our Transgressions.” Church: “Christianity Today” has an interesting slideshow that “shows hymnals from around the world, from a medieval codex to a not-yet-written Ghanian composition.” Conference: The New Attitude blog has the content of a “spoken word meditation” done by Curtis…
Friday June 1, 2007 Church: Paul points to a foundation that looks to be doing amazing work. Blogs: SaidatSouthern is a site featuring bloggers (students, faculty and alumni) connected to Southern Seminary. Bible: BibleMemory.us, a great little Bible memorization aid, is now free. Media: An interesting look at how magazine covers stretch the truth. Du…
Thursday May 31, 2007 Music: Mark Roberts has some interesting questions and reflections on the sheer convenience of downloading music from iTunes. Music: While on the subject of music, the good folks at Sovereign Grace are offering a free song from an interesting new project called “Asleep in a Storm” which presents remixes of some…
Thursday May 24, 2007 Conference: Various people, including this guy and this guy are bringing blog updates from the Gospel Coalition conference. Justice: Sweet justice. “A Lakewood, Ohio, landlord has been ordered by a judge to house arrest in one of his derelict buildings until he makes the proper repairs.” Theology: Julian is laying out…
Thursday May 17, 2007 Personal: I’m looking for some assistance from someone with good knowledge of PHP and from someone who has worked with Apache (and .htaccess in particular). If this is you, please hit the contact button up top and send me an email! Humor: Summer reading. Books: “TIME” has an excerpt from Al…
Wednesday May 16, 2007 Interview: At “Against Heresies” Martin has begun an interview with R. Scott Clark, Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary, California. Film: The kid in me was thrilled to read this: “Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have teamed to produce a trilogy of Tintin feature films, with each…
Thursday May 10, 2007 Video: In case you have a morbid sense of curiosity, this is what one of the infamous clown communions looks like. Du Jour: Don Elbourne weighs in on Virginia Tech and Hurricane Katrina. Activism: Activists in Austria want to have a chimp legally declared a person. We continue to await the…
Thursday May 3, 2007 Politics: This is the kind of guy Christians should vote for in the upcoming US election. Audio: Jacob has news of this month’s free audio download from ChristianAudio. This month it is “The Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter. Law: A case like this one simply highlights the absurdities of the US…
Thursday April 26, 2007 Interview: Travis, a student at Texas A&M has a really neat interview with a Christian professor at the school. Eschatology: Sam Waldron is writing a series of articles answering John MacArthur’s objections to Amillennialism. Sports: Here is the NFL draft’s biggest secret. “Big Walt, as he is known, is a 6-foot-5…
Thursday April 19, 2007 Prayer: Christians are not the only ones hoping to minister in Virginia. It seems that Scientologists are heading there in some force, according to this article. Pray that God would bless the work of the Christians! Abortion: Al Mohler writes about the Supreme Court upholding the ban on partial birth abortion…
Tuesday April 17, 2007 Books: Al Mohler recommends ten great biographies. I have read (or am reading) many of them and agree with his recommendations. Conference: Reformed Virginian reflects on the recent Twin Lakes Fellowship. Books: All of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. Looks like I’ve got some more reading to do!…
Monday April 9, 2007 Church: Here is a church for men only. I guess the seeker friendly low effort church as you want it trend isn’t dead yet. Audio: This site has audio recordings corresponding to some of the chapters in Iain Murray’s “A Scottish Christian Heritage.” Sports: This commercial for the Blue Jays has…
Friday April 6, 2006 Technology: Google Maps allows interesting new personalization capabilities with their maps. The applications for this must be endless. Emergent: Phil Johnson has even more to say about the emerging church. Conference: This looks like a worthwhile conference for those in the vicinity of Coventry, Connecticut. Sports: Here are some photos of…
Thursday April 5, 2007 Audio: Christian audio is offering “On Christian Doctrine” by Saint Augustine as a free download this month. Global Warming: Here is a good article on the topic of global warming. Preaching: Unashamed Workman asks Tim Keller ten questions for expositors. Interview: Justin Buzzard interviews Gerrit Scott Dawson who authored “Jesus Ascended:…
Wednesday April 4, 2007 Books: Rick Pearcey has an interesting article on plagiarism and ghostwriting in colleges and in the Christian book industry. Humor: The Puritan Message. Television: Here is a show that may interest my fellow Canadians. Du Jour: Paul Helm has a good article dealing with what definitions do and don’t do. Crime:…
Tuesday April 3, 2007 Podcast: Grace To You now has a video podcast. Travis is collecting links. Education: Mark Dever shares some wisdom on choosing a seminary. People: This blogger shares what happens when famous people get rich in an article entitled “Lifestyles of the Rich and Stupid.” Quote: Lydia shares a great quote on…