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Friday November 10, 2006 Humor: I’m having a bit of trouble picturing this but I assume Thabiti isn’t just making it up. Then again, maybe he’s been outside too much in that hot Grand Cayman sun… Church: Rocky Mountain News reports on New Life Church’s guidelines on how parents should explain the “Pastor Ted” situation…
Thursday November 9, 2006 Books: Tony Reinke of The Shepherd’s Scrapbook has finagled a 35% discount on any or all 16 volumes of the Works Of John Owen from Banner of Truth until December 15. Click here for details. Pastors: Paul has completed a practical and helpful series of posts on pastoral visitation. Church: Bob…
Wednesday November 8, 2006 Music: “Christianity Today” has a roundup of this year’s Christmas music. Abortion: A friend passed along this story. “A Pennsylvania school is receiving heavy criticism from pro-life advocates for taking a group of students on a field trip to a local Planned Parenthood abortion business. More than a dozen teenagers from…
Tuesday November 7, 2006 Books: Zach Nielson posts a frustrated 5-part review of “Can We Rock The Gospel?” He didn’t like it a whole lot more than I did. Humor: This morning’s Foxtrot asks a question I’ve wrestled with too. Church: Carl Trueman shares wisdom on the Ted Haggard scandal. An on the topic, Slice…
Monday November 6, 2006 Humor?: Um, I don’t even know what to say about this. Weird: An interesting story from Yahoo about a load of letters that ended up in the ocean: “Some of the letters are comical (a man asking God to let him win the lottery, twice), others are heartbreaking (a distraught teen…
Friday November 3, 2006 Conference: Information for the 2007 Children Desiring God conference has been released. Speakers include Piper, Grudem and Mahaney. (HT: JT). Liveblogging: There will be liveblogging at this weekend’s Alpha & Omega National Conference which will include a debate between James White and John Shelby Spong. You can keep up with the…
Thursday November 2, 2006 Children: Amy points out a phenomenon my wife and I also noticed: “Whoever invented Daylight Saving Time did not have a baby in the house.” Health: Jollyblogger points to a strange and interesting story about “Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert – how he lost his voice and got it back.” Audio:…
Wednesday November 1, 2006 Purpose: An article in the O.C. Register sheds some light on how Rick Warren’s PEACE plan will work, including the infrastructure lying behind it. Conference: Here is a conference I hadn’t heard of until yesterday. The reFocus conference will be held in Vancouver, B.C. and the speakers include Piper, Ware, Driscoll…
Tuesday October 31, 2006 Books: BookMooch is a “community for exchanging used books.” It looks like a good way of swapping books you don’t read for those you’d like to read. Humor: The Sacred Sandwich has released the latest edition. They have also unveiled their new motto: “While the World Zigs, We Zag.” Be sure…
Monday October 30, 2006 Reformation Day: If you are a blogger, don’t forget about the Reformation Day Symposium. Entries are due by tomorrow. Get details here. Music: The wonderfully eclectic Sufjan Stevens has a series of Christmas albums coming out and they are available for pre-order beginning tomorrow from this site. “Having an inherent aversion…
Friday October 27, 2006 Music: If you’re into rap music, you may like to know that Voice’s latest album “The Crucible” has been released. It may have been out for ages but I only just noticed. You can hear samples here and buy it (CD or download) here. Halloween: A writer at the Boundless blog…
Thursday October 26, 2006 Technology: Following on the heels of Internet Explorer 7.0, comes Firefox 2.0. I am waiting to download it until I can see if my browser extensions will work with it. For those interested, you can get it here. Books: Matt Perry is requesting help in supplying books to Trinidadian pastors. “You…
Wednesday October 25, 2006 Humor: Phil Johnson shares a humorous story about getting in trouble after a Starbucks craving. Law: In a rather disgusting abuse of the law, an American judge has chosen to punish a pervert by banishing him to Canada. The “Toronto Sun” reports. Halloween: Lots of people are discussing Halloween, including Darrin…
Tuesday October 24, 2006 Islam: FoxNews has a spooky article dealing with a huge increase of crimes committed against police officers and firemen in France. There is “increasingly violent conflict between police and gangs in tough, largely immigrant French neighborhoods that were the scene of a three-week paroxysm of rioting last year.” Music: “Christianity Today”…
Monday October 23, 2006 Conference: The Fifth Annual Evangelical Forum Meeting (Virginia Beach, VA), is coming up on November 8, 2006. Speakers include Tom Nettles and Andrew Davis. Details are available here. Quote: Mark Dever shares a convicting quote from David Wells about the centrality of the Word in the weekly congregational setting. Conference: Tom…
Friday October 20, 2006 Conference: Jacob Hantla will be liveblogging the God is the Gospel Desiring God Regional Conference this weekend. John Piper will be speaking. Check in for updates. Reformation: The Synod of Dordt poster from Reformation Art is now ready and looking good. “It is an impressive 24″ x 36″, printed on 100…
Thursday October 19, 2006 Technology: Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7. It is a quantum leap over the outdated IE6 and is well worth the download. You can get it here. Masons: Tim Irvin is writing an interesting series about the Masons. You can find a link to the six installments in the sidebar on…
Wednesday October 18, 2006 Du Jour: Mark Dever shares some wise and humble words about pride as impatience. Impatience “is a disguise for the sin of pride, the ugliest of all sins, and the most direct rejection of God’s authority and of a humble joy in His provision for me in the Gospel of Jesus…
Tuesday October 17, 2006 Health: Dr. Mohler discusses a new study which seems to have found a “‘statistically significant relationship’ between autism and early television viewing in children.” Conference: Adrian Warnock has a roundup of the liveblogging done at the recent International Baptist Conference here in Toronto. Blogging: I forgot to post this last week.…
Monday October 16, 2006 Blogging: An article published by the Restored Church of God says that blogging is sinful. “Let me emphasize that NO ONE–including adults–should have a blog or personal website (unless it is for legitimate business purposes).” Politics: This is an interesting article, getting quite candid with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Interview:…