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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 It is a quantum leap over the outdated IE6 and is well worth the download.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:…
Friday October 13, 2006 Technology: Haven’t you always wanted to play “Space Invaders” using nothing but your brain for a controller? Well now it has been done. Humor: Guess what you can download from www.ie7.com… Conference: Pastor Paul will be blogging from the International Baptist Conference right here in Toronto. Among the speakers are Joe…
Thursday October 12, 2006 Interview: Oaktreeidea.com has an interview with…me? You can read it here. Du Jour: Mark Dever has posted a powerful quote from Richard Sibbes. “We cannot live long in this world. We owe God a death. We owe nature a death. The sentence of death is passed upon us…” Blogging: USA Today…
Wednesday October 11, 2006 Web: Dr. Don Kistler (the founder of Soli Deo Gloria Publications) has a new web site. “Here we hope you will find teaching that will influence and guide your decisions, choices, and behavior. Since theology is about God, it is immininently practical by its very nature. The more we know God,…
Tuesday October 10, 2006 Weird: Biologists in the French alps found an uncracked duck egg that had several live minnows in it. They are appealing to the public to help them figure out how this could happen! Theology: The “Open debate on Calvinism” that was to happen a week from now has, sadly, been cancelled.…
Monday October 9, 2006 Church: “The Times” has an article about Terry Waite, one of the world’s best-known Anglicans, who has begun attending Quaker services instead of Anglican ones. “The contemporary Church of England has made everybody so busy jumping up and down all the time in its services. In the days before all the…
Friday October 6, 2006 Conference: I don’t know what the Bonfire Conference is, but I have to admit a certain level of discomfort with a conference that gives away a door prize of a Hummer H3. Maybe it’s something Together for the Gospel should investigate next time. Testimony: Thabiti Anyabwile (I never get tired of…
Thursday October 5, 2006 Weird: Canada will be broadcasting a new show called “Little Mosque on the Prairie.” “Instead of raising pitchforks, tumbling down hills and selling eggs at the general store, this fictional Muslim family struggles to find its place in Canada’s vast western prairies in a post-September 11, 2001 world.” Humor: Mumbled Musings…
Wednesday October 4, 2006 Personal: Things are slowly returning to normal around here, so A La Carte is returning. Sorry that I was forced to miss a couple of days! Review: “The Resurgence” has featured an excellent review of John and Stasi Eldredge’s “Captivating.” “The Eldredges seem to assume that if God does not need…
Thursday September 28, 2006 Bible: The ESV has reached a five-year milestone. The ESV blog has details. “Today, the ESV is available in more than one hundred formats, has seen nearly 3 million copies distributed worldwide, and is reaching the world in creative and strategic ways.” Preaching: Tony Reinke has completed a series on using…
Wednesday September 27, 2006 Katrina: Lakeview Christian Center has released a new (very professional) video providing information about their efforts in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Music: If you are in the U.S., you can download a new song by Switchfoot. “Dirty Second Hands” will be on their new album, “Oh! Gravity,”…
Tuesday September 26, 2006 Courses: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is offering several courses free online. There are a couple by David Wells that are sure to be especially good. People: Phil Johnson has begun a new series on TeamPyro and begins with an interesting “word of personal testimony” that describes how he was saved. Music: I…
Monday September 25, 2006 Blogging: On Saturday I went to a blogger’s lunch not too far from here. Someone there mistook me for Frank Turk which seemed to delight James White. Anyways, Carla Rolfe has details and a bunch of pictures. I’d like to point out that, though I’m not smiling in the picture of…