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new page
I took a post from last August and elevated it to its own page. Check it out sometime.
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Tagged connecting with the culture, culture, post-christian, post-modern, postmodernism, relevance
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learning someone else's lessons
John Mark went to the Advance 2009 conference where the topic of hero worship of celebrity pastors came up. John Piper and Kevin DeYoung have some thoughts about “celebrity pastors” in our current environment. There is a very interesting and … Continue reading
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Tagged adulation, austin stone, celebrity pastors, emulation, human worship, imitation, jeff mangum, John Piper, Kevin DeYoung, self-feeding
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moral decision making in America
Dr. Albert Mohler takes a look at President Obama’s declaration of June as gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual month. Along the way Dr. Mohler states his background assumption with regard to moral decision making by most people in this country: Most … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Al Mohler, homosexuality, LGBT month, pride in sin, universal sinfulness
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Piper's journey
Here is a sermon where John Piper talks about his journey as a scholar and pastor. Fascinating. Here is a small snippet, but the whole thing is very interesting indeed. The synthesis of mind and heart was embodied in C. … Continue reading
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speaking of music
The contemporary christian music business is suffering. An extraordinary number of things have worked against the Christian music in recent years, even before the recession—starting with illegal downloads. (Yes, even Christians steal music.) There was some relief when Christian music … Continue reading
oh, I'm much worse than that
I love this bit of self-deprecation and reliance on grace from Martin Luther as updated by Carl Trueman. This is some good stuff. …..it has been brought to my attention over the last years that I am the hapless lackey … Continue reading
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Tagged attacks, carl trueman, evil, lunacy, martin luther, personal attacks, temptation, vitamin z, web bandits
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why I collect the cell phones at night
Al Mohler is reporting on a New York Times story about texting taking a toll. ….Katie Hafner offers a view into the lives of American teens. They are fanatical texters. As Hafner reports, “They do it late at night when … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Al Mohler, katie hafner, new york times, outrageous texting, sleep deprivation, texting
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New Atheists are boring victims
Charlotte Allen tweaks the new atheists, Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens et al. Nicely tweaked too. Here are the first five paragraphs to get you started, but go read it all. I can’t stand atheists — but it’s not because they … Continue reading
biblical illiteracy
Randy Alcorn is concerned about the level of Biblical illiteracy in the church today, even among its leaders. It is a very real concern. Biblical illiteracy among Christians is arguably at an all time high, with chilling implications that can … Continue reading
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Tagged bible knowledge, bible memorization, Bible reading, bible study, biblical illiteracy, randy alcorn
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piper on driscoll
Here is a blog post containing six minutes of audio of John Piper discussing the controversy between John MacArthur and Mark Driscoll. Very interesting indeed. If you want a more complete narrative of the fuss, Jonathan Christman has a nine … Continue reading
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Tagged john macarthur, John Piper, jonathan christman, mark driscoll, phil johnson
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why American believers don't give
one thing we have noticed in visiting churches this year is that budgets are in deep trouble. It is to be expected in a recession like this that church receipts would be down significantly, but we have seen several churches … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, church, church budgets, debt, finances, giving, tithe
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Memorial Day
Pete Hegseth: ….Americans across this great country will join together in remembering those American warriors—throughout our storied history—who gave their lives in defense of freedom. From the blood-soaked beaches of France to the bombed-out back-alleys of Fallujah, the American G.I. … Continue reading
Zach is thankful for Mark Driscoll
Zach of Vitamin Z is thankful for Mark Driscoll. Most people know that Mark is known for his strong push for men to act like Biblical men. Sometimes I feel that this crosses the line and could give people the … Continue reading
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Tagged feminine, leadership, mark driscoll, masculine, vitamin z
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Piper on Obama on abortion
Take a look and listen to this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O68MByaMVdM&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] transcript here.
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the pursuit of happiness
Julie Neidlinger has a great post up about the pursuit of happiness resulting only in increased sadness. Check it out. here is the last line of an excellent post: And yet I still go after the carrot. The pursuit of … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Derrick Kidner, happiness, Jacob, julie neidlinger, Leah, misery, pursuit of happiness, Rachel, the Lie, tim keller
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new polling on abortion
these are some very interesting numbers. A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice.” This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, culture, Gallup, politics, polling, pro-choice, pro-life
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R.C. Sproul on the dangers the church faces
R.C. Sproul has written an article about the dangers that the modern evangelical church faces. The first two are pretty obvious and are obviously true: Among what I see as the three most critical perils the church faces today are, … Continue reading
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Tagged ecclesia, evangelical church, ligonier, r. c. sproul, the church
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a conversion and then doubt
this is an interesting article about a man who underwent a blinding conversion experience, but then began to have doubts and eventually rejected his new faith. Very interesting indeed. It is not what you are thinking. By nature a doubting … Continue reading
miley on happiness
Julie Neidlinger points to Miley’s theological tweet. Mily Cyrus responded to the Miss California gay marriage brouhaha (and to Hilton) with a Twitter message of staggering ineptitude: Jesus loves you AND your partner and wants you to know how much … Continue reading
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Tagged gay marriage, God's love, happiness, miley cyrus, miss california, theology, theology of happiness
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Horton on the Prosperity Gospel
Michael S. Horton confronts the modern iteration of the prosperity gospel here with a particular emphasis on Joel Osteen. Oh my goodness, it is magnificent. here are some clips, but go check it out in full when you have some … Continue reading
Emerging Church: RIP?
C. Michael Patton has written an obituary for the emerging church after 15 years. It got some cries out, made some very good points, called for changed [sic], and then died. Its leaders are disappearing or have disassociated themselves from … Continue reading
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Tagged C. Michael Patton, emerging church, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, heresy, original sin, tony jones, vitamin z
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God's love
Todd Burus is reading a book by David Powlison called Seeing with New Eyes. Following this Powlison argues for how God’s love in better than unconditional, how it embraces and yet goes further than some aspects of unconditionality, and how … Continue reading
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Tagged God's love, God's power, love of God, Todd Burus, transforming love, unconditional love
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Government control
I really don’t want to be or to come across like one of those black helicopter conspiracy theory nuts, but we have been down this road of unfettered Federal government control before. It was not pretty then and it will … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, control, corporatism, embryonic stem cell research, eugenics, fascism, Fernald School, government, jonah goldberg, liberalism, socialism, utopia, utopians
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