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Well, I’ve covered country and classic music for reposts this week from my “Songs” category. I guess it won’t damage my reputation any further than it already is by including a rap song. Care for early ’90s anyone? Have you…
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An authentic preacher or a collection of echoes?
From John Piper’s deeply moving address on the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon who was himself the target of unremitting criticism… The question for us is not, How do you live through unremitting criticism and distrust and accusation and…
Should We Seek Revival?
Kevin DeYoung, Bryan Chapell, and I filmed a video discussion on the topic of revival during this year’s Gospel Coalition National Conference. It just came up on their website and I hope it is a help to those thinking about…
Homosexuality and the Christian Life
From Rosaria Champagne Butterfield – Her testimony, then a helpful Q&A: [youtube ][youtube ]Her book, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert was my top book of 2012.
Chapter 27.4
iv. There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, baptism, and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any, but by a minister of the Word…
Chapter 27.3
iii. The grace which is exhibited in or by the sacraments rightly used, is not conferred by any power in them; neither doth the efficacy of a sacrament depend upon the piety or intention of him that doth administer it:…
iPod, YouTube, Wii Play
D. Brent Layham, iPod, YouTube, Wii Play: Theological Engagements with Entertainment (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012), x + 220 pp., $24.00 D. Brent Laytham, a professor of theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, has written a very…
Chapter 27.2
ii. There is, in every sacrament, a spiritual relation, or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified: whence it comes to pass, that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other. This section has…
The Afterlife
What happens when a believer dies? It’s a good question which, sadly, many Christians are confused about. It’s not that the Bible is not clear about the matter, but getting all of the details straight can be difficult. Thankfully, Rick…
TechnoLuther
At the moment, I am imagining that Luther has a smartphone and a Twitter account. Of course, being Luther, he might find a far more effective means of communicating his response to this, but it does rather demonstrate a little…