I have added links to a few new sites. In the "blogs" section are links to Mark Moore and Tim Chester. Both are worth reading. In the "ministries" section is a link to "Crowded House" which is a church in the UK. They are a fascinating bunch. I am taken by their twin commitments to doctrinal...

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D.A. Carson is one of the most important evangelical scholars in the world. He is a prolific writer and a co-founder (with Tim Keller) of the Gospel Coalition. Carson writes widely from scholarly commentaries to social criticism to pastoral ministry and evangelism. Justin Taylor has posted a series...

Tom Ascol at Founders has posted an interesting article on the diminishing readership of state Baptist papers ( Decline of State Baptist Papers ). Okay, so it is not a subject that is interesting to a wide range of people. However, if you have ever read the paper for the Kansas Nebraska Convention...

http://youtube.com/v/nVP_qJf6_ow This is a tidbit from Newspring Church in Anderson, South Carolina. Newspring is part of the new breed of mega-church which entices people to come with all the trappings of entertainment. Perry Noble, the pastor of Newspring was in a series called "American Idol"...

Triablogue has a link to the excellent paper on election and calling presented at the Building Bridges Conference by Dr. Greg Welty ( Election & Calling ).

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Justin Taylor has posted this helpful article on The Golden Compass ( Mohler on the Golden Compass ).

Tom Ascol over at Founders has some concluding thoughts about the Building Bridges Conference ( Building Bridges Conference--final thoughts ). Dr. Ascol was a co-sponsor with Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Seminary. You may also link to the conference audio from the Founders blog...

Justin Taylor links to an interview and audio of C. J. Mahaney giving advice to men on being a husband and father ( C.J. Mahaney on Biblical Masculinity ) Good stuff.

Pure Church has a link to the audio from the Sovereign Grace Leadership Conference ( Around the Blog in 80 Seconds ). There are some great messages here!

The evening sessions on Monday featured James Merrit, pastor of Cross Point Church and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention and Al Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Merritt did a fine job but the evening belonged to Mohler. His message was deeply moving. I...

The Building Bridges conference kicked off well today. Unfortunately, I arrived in Asheville just late enough to miss David Dockery's sesssion. I look forward to getting the CD. However, I was able to hear Tom Nettles' address on the historic union of Calvinism and Baptists. I would love every...

I am safely in Asheville. Man! That's a long drive. But it was beautiful trip. The Smokey Mountains are beautiful. I am thankful to be here. It's late (11:35 eastern). The opening sessions were outstanding. I will post more about those in the morning. Please take advantage of the audio provided by...

Recently, New Testament scholar Ben Witherington has criticized John Piper and the forthcoming "New Testament Theology" by Tom Schriener. Justin Taylor provides a link to a brief but helpful response to Witherington by Piper ( Piper Responds to Witherington ). Inexplicably, Dr. Witherington...

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Denny Burk has an interesting post on Ben Witherington's recent comments about a forthcoming book on New Testament theology ( dennyburk.com/?p=958 ). What is of interest about this discussion is the matter of God and His concern for His glory. Check out the post and the comments section.

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Justin Taylor has posted some great insight from D.A. Carson on Paul's parting words to the Ephesian elders ( "The Whole Counsel of God" ). Every preacher must share this burden. We are not commissioned to teach the wisdom of man. We are not called to suit the whims of man. God calls men to preach...

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http://youtube.com/v/fiNQzx76BvU This, and the next two videos were posted over at Fide-O. Good stuff.

God willing, I will be attending this historic conference in North Carolina ( Bridges ) at the end of the month. I am thankful for the vision of Drs. Akin and Ascol to bring Baptists together where so many have sought division.

David Kirkpatrick contributed an interesting article for the October 28th issue of The New York Times . The article is entitled “The Evangelical Crackup.” (The article can be accessed at http://www.nytimes.com/ ). Kirkpatrick explores the seeming decline of political unity and influence of American...

"Truth or Consequences" points out the absurdity of the books that are peddled to Christians in the Christian ghetto book stores ( Family Christian Book Stores ). Surveying the books featured in this brochure answers a lot of questions about the doctrinal confusion and shallowness in the church...