Phil Johnson has gone on a rampage against Calvinists in the kick-off post for his new Pyrospectacular blog. Kind of. He suggests that since bashing Calvinism is the latest fad in the blogdom, he ought to have a chance at it. He believes there are problems inherent in Internet Calvinism. “In my judgment, the problem…
And now for something completely different. A couple of months ago I was approached by a potential client and asked if I could develop a site for him. This person leads a Sunday school class and wanted a site where he could post his daily reflections on the Scriptures. The catch? Well, it’s not really…
Last Friday I encouraged people to post a list of book that currently resided on their desks. Strangely enough, that request turned into something of a meme and ended up being posted on sites through out the blogosphere. It was very odd. I labored all week to write about about putting God in a box,…
I am trying to recover from a long weekend. While the weekend was relaxing, someone forgot to forward the memo about Victoria Day to all of my American friends and clients. Thus work piled up yesterday and I am at least a day behind. I was hoping to post the next installment of the “Boxing…
Here’s something new. How would you like to add a daily Question and Answer from the Westminster Shorter Catechism and Heidelberg Catechism to your site? Or how about having them sent to your RSS Reader? This feed will take you through both catechisms twice per year. RSS To add a daily catechism question and answer…
A few weeks ago we had some Friday Frivolity and I asked people to grab the closest book, flip to a certain page and post a sentence from that page. It was moderately interesting (at best) to see what books people were reading. Today I thought it would be moderately fun (at best) to ask…
Well look what the cat dragged into the blogosphere. Phil Johnson has a snazzy new blog all primed and ready to go. A quick prelaunch check shows that all the necessary elements are in place. Obligatory blogroll? Check. Obligatory reader quote? Check. Photograph of the blogger? Check. Biography? Check. Content? Well, not yet. But he…
In your travels around the blogosphere today you may have noticed a few reviews of The Feminist Mistake by Mary Kassian. Chances are these books are part of a program I have put in place through the Diet of Bookworms. I have scoured the blogosphere to find blogs that meet two criteria: First, the blogger…
Every now and then a news story takes me by surprise. This morning the Telegraph has an interesting article about a French study which examined the link between abortions and subsequent premature births. The study found that a woman who has had at least one abortion is forty percent more likely to have an extremely…
My wife and I just got home from running around doing our morning chores. As we pulled into the driveway I noticed a group of well-dressed gentlemen clutching Bibles and briefcases just a few doors down. I heard them say, “No one’s around. Let’s try again tomorrow.” So I guess I have a visit to…
Yesterday I wrote a post about poetry and quite a few people followed-up by posting some of their favorite poems. After writing that article I continued to think about poetry and music and their power, especially when combined. A reader asked if I consider songs to be poetry, and I certainly do, except that songs…
Poetry is a form of communication that is largely lost on me, and in fact, seems to be lost on our society as a whole (unless it is printed within the pages of a CD cover and is sung to us). Most of us do not read much poetry after we have finished with our…
“Contrary to popular opinion, the most important characteristic of a godly mother is her relationship, not with her children, but with her husband. What you communicate to your children through your marital relationship will stay with them for the rest of their lives. By watching you and your husband, they are learning the most fundamental…
I am not entirely sure who this Paul Proctor fellow is (despite a few emails back and forth between us), but he sends me notifications when he has posted a new column to News with Views, and he always has interestings things to say. His most recent column takes on an issue I have addressed…
We are a week into May and the calendar tells me that it is once more time to have another giveaway. Instead of giving away the usual pair of books or a book with a DVD I thought I would break with tradition this month and giveaway two DVDs. First, I’d like to thank Monergism…
Today I present a brief reflection on Sunday, providing some historic viewpoints on the Lord’s Day as summarized in various creeds and confessions. I do not think my commentary would be helpful or necessary: The London Baptist Confession says: As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God’s…
Over the past week my wife and I have both been absorbed in nonfiction books. I have been reading The Feminist Mistake: The Radical Impact of Feminism on Church and Culture by Mary A. Kassian. In this book Kassian details the rise of modern feminism and points to its impact on the church. The basic…
Last Sunday I posted a review of Famine in the Land by Steven Lawson, a great little book that discussed the importance of expository (or expositional) preaching. It is his thesis that “a return to preaching – true preaching, biblical preaching, expository preaching – is the greatest need in this critical hour” and through the…
I’ve got a few public service announcements to share today. You can be sure that they are all of the utmost importance. First, I wanted to remind you about the Diet of Bookworms. This is a site (Update: the site is no longer active as a book review site) I created that collects links to…
This week’s Minstry Toolbox, a weekly publication written by Rick Warren (and/or his staff) is entitled “11 characteristics of a PD church.” I thought this would be an interesting document to examine. You can read each of the characteristics below. Each one is followed by a few words of commentary. I will speak of the…