Assorted Variety: 08/18/2009


From the Crossway Blog:

Using the ESV API, Michael Scott has developed a handy tool to help you with scripture memorization. His website takes a list of references and automatically fetches the texts, formatting them into business card sized cards for easy printing.

(HT: Between Two Worlds)


New Podcast from Westminster Seminary California
Here is a brief description from the WSC website:

Season One of Office Hours introduces you to the faculty of WSC through personal, 30-minute interviews, discussing biblical and exegetical questions, historical and theological questions, pastoral matters, and Christian living.

Office Hours invites you to join the faculty in their offices for a discussion of issues that are important to you and the church.


Church Planters: Stop Wasting God’s Money
Bob Thune offers some wise words of caution to young church planters concerning the way money is spent on less-than-nessesary items. He asks some very important questions to aid in our evaluation of how we are stewarding God’s money:

If you had to shut things down, would you feel okay about how you’d spent the Lord’s money? Would any of your donors have reason to question your expenses as frivolous? Can you stand eye-to-eye with the family in your church who’s struggling financially and tell them with integrity that you’re spending only what’s necessary?


Two Kingdom Theology and Neo-Kupyerianism
Kevin DeYoung discusses some of the strengths and addresses some of the weakness of both Two Kingdom Theology and Neo-Kupyerianism.

Assorted Variety: 08/06/2009

Adventures in Church Planting
I enjoyed reading this short portrayal of church planting which was shared on the Acts 29 blog yesterday. The author, David Whitehead, is a church planter in New York City. You can find more information about his church plant, Grace, here.


D.A. Carson on Inerrancy
D.A. Carson answers two questions regarding the doctrine of inerrancy: What does inerrancy mean? Is it essential to Christian belief?


New White Horse Inn Website
The White Horse Inn launched their newly updated website today. Stop by and check it out. Better yet, be sure to take a listen each week. (I highly recommend you subscribe to the Podcast.)