30 Days of Nothing
My wife pointed out this site to me this evening. I started reading it and was deeply challenged.Let me know what you think.Anyone up for it?
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Total Church
One of the most significant book I have read on the church is Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. It has helped shaped my thinking about how the Gospel functions as the center of the church. It truly…
John Updike
John Updike, one the most acclaimed American novelists of the 20th century died yesterday at the age of 76. Updike was a fascinating man. He was a lifelong church member. Having grown up Lutheran, he later became an Episcopalian. It…
Good Movies
Now for something a little less controversial.Justin Taylor links to a list of “The Ten Most Redeeming Films of 2008.” You can check out the list HERE.Any thoughts?Any you would add to or take off the list?
Blog 18: 1.11.7 – 1.11.12
This section of the Institutes includes one of the most helpful comments that Calvin ever made about the Christian life. “Man’s nature,” he said, “is a perpetual factory of idols.” In context, Calvin is referring to idols in their most…
Blog 17: 1.11.2 – 1.11.6
The Institutes is a positive presentation of Christian faith and doctrine. But it is also something more: a polemical response to the Roman Catholic Church, in which Calvin defends the theology and practice of the Reformation. Here we find the…
How to speak truth to power
I know that some will not like that I posted this video. But everything Dr. Piper says here is true. I know that some want me to shut up about abortion, particularly the political connections. I have been asked to…
Incarnational Preaching and Perspecuity
I am in New York teaching a D.Min module to our Korean brothers on the topic of Reformed Experiential Preaching. Well, someone has to go to New York! Today, among other things, we took a look at the “The Directory for…
Take and Read
I love this book. “The Great Work of the Gospel” by John Ensor is one of the best explanations and celebrations of the Gospel I have ever read. Ensor first establishes the need for the cross then goes on to…
Princeton Professor on Homosexuality
While it’s a few months old (and, who knows? God might have changed his mind in the interim if we follow the path of the professor. We wouldn’t want to impose the passing values of November 2008 imperialistically on the…