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Wednesday November 22, 2006 Theology: Peter Bogert has been preaching about the spiritual gifts. A recent post highlights four important principles regarding the gifts. History: “The 18th century evangelist George Whitefield had a gift for dramatic oratory and was known to reenact Bible stories during his sermons. So it was fitting when Whitefield came to…
Tuesday November 21, 2006 People: Paul points to an article that appeared in a major Canadian newspaper. It is “an interesting story on Jonathan [Wellum, an elder at a nearby church] that demonstrates one man’s living out the faith in the public eye.” Church: Thabiti says that “Most television preachers and their programs are a…
Monday November 20, 2006 Books: Lisa wants you to join her in the GirlTalk book study (but only, presumably, if you are a girl). Sports: Is Paper, Rock, Scissors a sport? Apparently it is, and the world championships were held recently in Toronto. BBC reports. Missions: The 2006 Sovereign Grace missions presentation is very interesting…
Friday November 17, 2006 Humor: Catherine Claire of “The Point,” Breakpoint’s blog, was inspired when she learned about the Joel Osteen board game. She came up with a list of “Top Ten Bad-Taste Christian Spin-Off Games I Hope I Never See.” My favorite: “Clue-How did the Apostle Paul die? Was it in King Agrippa’s drawing…
Thursday November 16, 2006 Books: My Thirsty friend describes something I know all too well: the look his wife gives him when he orders yet more books. Christmas: Jason Furtak writes that “Merry Christmas” is back at WalMart and other major retailers this year, replacing “Happy Holidays.” Theology: And finally, Alex Chediak points to a…
Wednesday November 15, 2006 Politics: Joe Carter provides seven reasons Rudy Giuliani is Unelectable. Here’s a good one: “Rudy is a philandering jerk — Giuliani began dating his third (and current) wife, Judith Nathan, while still married to his second wife, Donna Hanover. Ms. Hanover found out her marriage was ending when her soon to…
Tuesday November 14, 2006 Music: at Reformed Blacks of America Miguel Davilla writes an interesting article about Holy Hip Hop. “It can be real easy to look at (or listen to) the unregenerate, unconverted Hip Hop culture and music and know that it is unclean and wicked. The mistake that we need to avoid is…
Monday November 13, 2006 Church: This blog, which focuses on Canadian politics, takes an interesting look at Katharine Jefferts Schori, the new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Church: And while we’re on the subject of Katharine Jefferts-Schori, Mark Driscoll writes about her in an article. “All of this has led this blogger to speculate…
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…