02.Mar.2010 Redeeming the Realities of Marriage
From Mike Pohlman via the Gospel Coalition blog:
Paul Tripp has a new book on marriage coming out May 1. There’s irony in this because as you’ll hear in the video below, Tripp “hates marriage books.”
Based on what I’m learning about What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage, this is not a [...]
07.May.2009 The Difference Between Adult and Youth Ministry
My wife passed this along to me earlier today. I am glad that she did. As a former (and possibly future) Youth Pastor, I appreciated this clarification from Paul Trip on the (non)difference between adult and youth ministry. Here is the synopsis posted by Abraham Piper.
Recently, Tyler Kenney and I were able to get a [...]
10.Apr.2009 The Curse of Good Friday
Kevin DeYoung has shared with us this powerful video on the subject of the curse, the cross, and the atoning work of Christ.
08.Apr.2009 The Point of the Gospel: Jesus Wants the Rose!
Trevin Wax recently drew our attention to this illustration from Matt Chandler’s DG address. I was moved by this illustration and I am glad to see that the DG folks have isolated it for us.
(HT: Between Two Worlds)
Miscellaneous
The End of Christian AmericaThis week’s edition of Newsweek features a cover story entitled “The End of Christian America,” in which Newsweek editor Jon Meacham discusses the decline of self-identified Christians over the past two decades. Dr. Albert Mohler, who is quoted frequently in the article, has posted a response on his blog.
Interview with Dr. [...]
19.Mar.2009 Ligonier National Conference Webcast
Ligonier Ministries are offering live webcasting of their 2009 National Conference which is taking place in Orlando, FL today through Saturday, March 21st. For more information and to sign up, visit http://www.ligonier.org/conferences_national_webcast.php. In addition to the live webcasting, Chris Challies is attending the conference and is offering blog updates. You can follow along here. Because of this, [...]
18.Mar.2009 Resurgence Interview with Matt Chandler
Here is an interview between Mark Driscoll and Matt Chandler which took place during the recent Acts 29 Boot Camp in Seattle, WA. I found the interview most enjoyable. I appreciated much of what Chandler had to say, especially in regards to his honesty in allowing us to walk through his thought process as he [...]
The "New Calvinism" and the Media
Thabiti shares a list of seven concerns of his in the wake of Time magazine’s trumpeting of the “New Calvinism.” Here is point #5 as well as Thabiti’s conclusion:
5. Goal displacement. Put simply: so much of the talk about the “new Calvinism” “winning the culture” ends up taking too many eyes off the cross, off [...]
17.Mar.2009 Miscellaneous: Cheap Reading
Trevin Wax shares some good ideas for those of us who are trying to read as much as we can on a tight budget. He has some very practical suggestions. I have a few website resources I would like to suggest in addition to those made by Trevin. First, my wife and I have had [...]
16.Mar.2009 Responses to Driscoll’s Old vs. New Calvinism
As to be expected, this morning I came across a few posts responding to Mark Driscoll’s comments regarding the New Calvinism vs. the Old Calvinism. I am sure a few more are likely to surface before day’s end. Many of the authors make some excellent points. I too was a little alarmed by the way [...]
