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• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Love Covers a Multitude of Sins May 16 2012

  In wisdom and love God does not leave his people to live this life alone, but rather calls us into community. One of the sad inevitabilities of living in community is that we will sin against one another. The invitation to Christian community is ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 16, 2012 May 16 2012

  Eight Warning Signs for Forced Terminations of Pastors—Thom Rainer Christianity Today summarized some fascinating information about forced pastor terminations. Using the combined research of the National Congregations Study and the Review ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Feed My Sheep — 99¢ eBook Sale May 16 2012

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/16) May 16 2012

  Google in Africa - One of Google’s growing successes is bringing Africa online. “This burgeoning connectivity is making Africa faster, cleverer and more transparent in almost everything that it does.” The implications of this ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Biblical Calvinism Should Evoke a Passion for Lost Souls May 16 2012

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  Audio May 15 2012

    I added an Audio tab to the site (parallel to Publications). I previously linked to some of these MP3s hosted on other sites, but after a few years, many of the URLs no longer work. So I uploaded 26 MP3s and link to them here.   ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.16.12 May 15 2012

  From one of my favorite Wesleyans, Timothy Tennent – Robust Christianity in a Post-Christendom World: The great project of our generation is to reclaim biblical Christianity as the Church. This will inevitably involve standing up and ...
  

• Whats Best Next
  Whats Best Next

  Why Do We Do Good Works? More on the Holistic Nature of the Reformed Tradition May 15 2012

  This is a great statement from the Heidelberg Catechism: Question 86: Since then we are delivered from our misery, merely of grace, through Christ, without any merit of ours, why must we still do good works? Answer: Because Christ, having ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Jesus Loses No One May 15 2012

  “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Australia Reflections, part 6: Pray for Australia May 15 2012

  I don’t think that the future of American faith practice looks like Europe. Europe had a whole different religious journey—there is much bitterness and resentment from state churches, persecution, and wars. I am not sure it looks like ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Is it Biblical to Ask Jesus Into Your Heart? May 15 2012

  The Southern Baptist blogosphere has erupted in conversation on whether it’s proper to use phrases like “asking Jesus into your heart,” “accepting Christ,” or methods like the “sinner’s prayer” when ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Links May 15 2012

  You may have noticed some slightly different posts over the last couple of days. We’re adding a fairly regular link section here, highlighting something of interest elsewhere.1 The title of the post will have an arrow (→) in it, and ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  A talk on gender → May 15 2012

  A thought-provoking talk from Andrew Errington on gender, given to the Christian group at Sydney University: In fact, what we see here, I think, is a practice that is in a profound sense one of freedom. This may seem ridiculous, but I believe it ...
  

• Whats Best Next
  Whats Best Next

  Managing Your Weaknesses May 15 2012

  A few thoughts: 1. Avoid working in your weaknesses if at all possible. 2. If you can’t, then seek to become competent in your areas of weakness. You won’t become extraordinary in areas of weakness, but competence is sufficient. 3. ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Why You Should Send Your Worship Pastor to Re:Train May 15 2012

  Just a Guy Playing a Guitar In my experience, I’ve often observed the preaching pastor to be more of the theological heavyweight of the church and the worship pastor usually can get by with just knowing the basics of the gospel as long as ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  4 Reasons People Backslide May 15 2012

  One of the more interesting sections of dialog in John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress has Christian and Hopeful discussing the danger of backsliding, of falling away from what had the appearance of spiritual life and growth. That ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  The Exchange: The Story of Scripture May 15 2012

  I encourage you to join us today—and each Tuesday—at 2:00 p.m. CDT, for The Exchange. On last week’s episode, I discussed my new book Subversive Kingdom. Here is a clip from that show. You can watch the entire… ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  God Made the Maternal Instinct to Magnify Himself May 15 2012

  “She’s eating her baby!” my 5-year-old shrieked as we were watching an episode on Animal Planet. The narrator coolly explained that when threatened, the mothers in this species of the animal kingdom eat their young. I comforted my ...
  

• Chris Castaldo
  Chris Castaldo

  May, Marian Month May 15 2012

  The Marian month is celebrated in a variety of ways. The highly sophisticated Mariology coincides with popular practices that are deeply rooted in folk Catholicism. From the bottom up, grassroots Marian movements organize vigils of prayer to Mary ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  R.C. Sproul on the Other Comforter [VIDEO] May 15 2012

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  Wisdom & Prayer Are Not Opposed May 15 2012

  “Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7). I think many evangelicals know that they should pray.  They rightly expect that God will lead them as they do so.  But they ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  Homosexuality and it’s quest to be the New Normal May 15 2012

  President Obama’s recent statement concerning his views of same sex marriage has generated no small amount of discussion and controversy. In what was doubtlessly a political calculation the President made that statement couched in political ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  A Family Update (and Why I Didn’t Show Up in Atlanta and Lynchburg) May 15 2012

  So, I was supposed to be in Atlanta at the National Conference on Preaching today. I was the guy holding Andy Stanley’s Bible. Then, I was headed to the ReFuel Conference in Lynchburg, VA, where I was going to have… ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Pray the Scriptures May 15 2012

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/15) May 15 2012

  Are You For Your Husband? - Rick Thomas lets women into a secret: “Men are needy. Your husband is not as independent and self-reliant as he may want you or others to think. If he can get over himself and this macho image thing he is wrapped ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  The Book of 1 Corinthians in 40 Tweets May 14 2012

  Crosses were dark in First Century Rome. Crucifixion was a horrific execution method reserved for the lowliest criminals. And yet, Paul writes his letter to the church in Corinth and organizes his theology and entire ministry around this object ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Understanding the Bible in Light of Its Storyline May 14 2012

  On The Exchange this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. CST, I will be joining Dr. George Guthrie and Philip Nation for a conversation about the importance of knowing the overarching story of the Bible. Dr. Guthrie is the author of  Read the Bible ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look: 5.15.12 May 14 2012

  9 Tips for Eating Christianly: Nine tips/suggestions for how me might approach our consumption of food more thoughtfully and Christianly… Consternation over Ben Carson, Evolution, and Morality: If Emory University professors want to argue ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  God’s Refrigerator Art May 14 2012

  Try Harder My father loved me as best he knew how. I know he did. But he had a way of communicating to me about most everything I did: “Not quite good enough. You’ve got to try harder.” Grades and sports were where I most ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Alain de Botton interviewed → May 14 2012

  As I’ve said before, I’m simultaneously fascinated and unconvinced by Alain de Botton’s Religion for Atheists. Brian Rosner recently interviewed de Botton for the Centre for Public Christianity:   (more…) ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Alain de Botton interviewed May 14 2012

  As I’ve said before, I’m simultaneously fascinated and unconvinced by Alain de Botton’s Religion for Atheists. Brian Rosner recently interviewed de Botton for the Centre for Public Christianity:   (more…) ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Monday is for Missiology: Beginnings at Babel—A Thread of Hope for God’s Mission, part 2 May 14 2012

  Today I continue my series on the ethnolinguistic thread we find in Scripture (you can find part one here). My intent is that everyday Christians would view God’s sacred mission as being bigger than their ministry comforts or preferences ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  The Gospel Is Big Enough to Fight for Itself May 14 2012

  Russell Moore: Sometimes believers will throw up their hands in frustration with non-Christian people they know. “I have said everything I know to say to her about the gospel,” one might say. “She already knows it all and ...
  

• Whats Best Next
  Whats Best Next

  Every Member … Mercy Ministry? May 14 2012

  A good observation by Tim Keller in his book Ministries of Mercy: We have done a good job of teaching that every believer is a minister and to be a witness. But we haven’t done a good job of teaching that every Christian is to be engaged ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Gospel Homework May 14 2012

  <iframe src=“http://player.vimeo.com/video/40453960?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff” frameborder=“0” width=“720” height=“405”></iframe> Pastor Matt Chandler interviews ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  New & Notable Book Reviews May 14 2012

  I love writing book reviews and I love reading them. Since I cannot possibly read and review all of the interesting books out there, I publish occasional round-ups of reviews written by other writers. Here are a few notable links I’ve ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Workloads, Busyness, and Time-Hoarding May 14 2012

  From Lydia Brownback’s new book, A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything (Crossway, 2012), pages 170–171:   The way we use our time is always going to be shaped by how we view our time. Do we see it as a ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Resources for Upcoming Graduates May 14 2012

  With the graduation season quickly approaching, you might consider purchasing a case of Don’t Waste Your Life (52 copies) for a graduating class. Available for a donation of $150. Shipping is free within the Continental United States. To ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  Should you quit going to church when your pastor goes on sabbatical? May 14 2012

  Come on, this is 9Marks. What do you think we're going to say to that question? Too-obvious setup aside, our good friend Jeramie Rinne shared some helpful thoughts on the subject with his church in view of his own upcoming sabbatical. ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A Father’s Delight May 14 2012

  Many a father has held an infant son in his arms, looked at that child and declared his delight. Yet, sadly, many years later the delight has turned to disgust, the joy to mourning. The son has done something, he has become something, that has ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 14, 2012 May 14 2012

  I’ve been thinking often about this subject lately. I do not get much feedback except when I teach at a seminary—then I can see the evaluations of my students. I greatly value that. My church and my speaking engagements… ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/14) May 14 2012

  Here are a few notable Kindle deals; all of these books are $3.99 or less: Wordsmithy by Douglas Wilson, a great read for the writer or aspiring writer; Note to Self by Joe Thorn and Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray. ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Some Standing Here Will Not Taste Death — The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology May 14 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Are You Cynical About Prayer? May 13 2012

  Paul Miller, author of A Praying Life, explains cynicism and its danger in our day: <iframe src=“http://player.vimeo.com/video/38249962?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff” width=“530” ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  A Critical Mind vs. A Critical Spirit May 13 2012

  In our circles, it’s common to hear pastors and scholars bemoan the lack of critical thinking in many evangelical churches today. From the books and magazines gobbled up by the evangelical populace to the sheer gullibility on display ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.14.12 May 13 2012

  Must Baptism Precede Church Membership? Of course! I hope it’s clear why I would say that baptism should precede church membership. Baptism is a public identification with the Trinity. That’s what Jesus means when he speaks of being ...
  

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  D. A. Carson on William Webb May 13 2012

    In January, Bob Yarbrough and Don Carson spoke at the EFCA’s theology conference: “Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications and Exploring Practices in the Home and the Local Church” (TGC report). The ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Admit It. You’re Stuck. May 13 2012

  Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23–24   Have you ever had ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Just Do It May 13 2012

  Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23–24   Have you ever had ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Mothers for Whom Jesus Died May 13 2012

  As Mother’s Day comes to an end, the tides of shame recede for millions of women. Being a mother (or father) doesn’t depend on whether your children are living. And that includes adults behind the nearly 55 million abortions ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Twitter Highlights (5/13/12) May 13 2012

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Keep the faith May 13 2012

  When the evangelist Graham Daniels wrote a little book about the gospel for non-Christians, he insightfully called it My Mate’s Gone Mad. For a new Christian, making changes to their life that their friends find mystifying, the book’s title ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  We Are Not God May 13 2012

  We are not God. That seems obvious when we consider it and yet so often we act as if we actually are God, or gods, at least. John Piper talks about this and many of its implications in one of his meditations from Pierced by the Word. Here is what ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  “My Mama Told Me It Was So” May 12 2012

  Why does John Piper believe the Bible is true? When recently asked this question he responded that it is first because his mother had taught him it was so. Grateful for his mother’s influence, Pastor John gave a message last month at ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  I Want to Make Much of You, Jesus May 12 2012

  My new favorite song. (Yes, I know it’s been out a while. Just now catching up.) How could I stand here And watch the sun rise Follow the mountains Where they touch the sky Ponder the vastness And the depths of the sea And think for a ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Why Every Leader Needs a Coach May 12 2012

  I made a terrible decision over ten years ago when I suddenly resigned from a church as its lead pastor after a six-month-long, emotionally intense battle with another elder. It is not always wrong to resign, but it always wrong to resign in ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  Must Baptism Precede Membership? Of course! May 12 2012

  Must someone be baptized before he or she can join a church? Of course! The fact that I hear more and more people asking this question these days suggests that people have lost track of what a local church is, what church membership is, as well ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  Mother’s Day Packs the Pews May 12 2012

  There was an interesting article in the weekend edition of USA Today. The article highlighted the fact that Mother’s Day is one if the highest attendance days of the year for churches. With research compiled by Ed Stetzer the article showed ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Motherhood Is Victory May 12 2012

  Jewish women waited for a messiah. They hungered to be the mother of the Savior. They bore children in the hope of a messiah. They raised, nourished, taught, and sheltered their children in anticipation. Anticipation of salvation. Hope for a ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Mother’s Day, USAToday, and Church Attendance May 12 2012

  Yesterday, I mentioned the Mother’s Day story on the front page of USAToday. You can read all the research information there—including a graph with details. Today, the full story is online. The intro was great: Hold the ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Weekend A La Carte (5/12) May 12 2012

  The Hunger Games - Mark Meynell introduces an interesting two-part review of The Hunger Games. “What got me really fired up about the books was the surprise of how political they are. There are cultural and mythological references ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  The Eternal Significance of The Infinitely Insignificant May 12 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  O Mother, Great Is Thy Power May 11 2012

  Charles Spurgeon, The Sword and Trowel (September, 1873):   The devil never reckons a man to be lost so long as he has a good mother alive. O woman, great is thy power! (Design submitted by Jennifer Knight. Follow DG on Pinterest ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Stick With Your Work May 11 2012

  Stick with your work. Do not flinch because the lion roars. Do not stop to stone the devil’s dogs. Do not fool away your time chasing the devil’s rabbits. Do your work. Let liars lie. Let sectarians quarrel. Let critics malign. Let ...
  

• Chris Castaldo
  Chris Castaldo

  Thirst of the Soul May 11 2012

  No matter how many such things one has, he is always lusting after what he has not; never at peace, he sighs for new possessions. Discontented, he spends himself in fruitless toil, and finds only weariness in the evanescent and unreal pleasures ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  A Romanian Version of Our Website May 11 2012

  Last Friday was the first public announcement of the Romanian version of the Desiring God website. But it didn’t happen here. Cristi Chivu, our translation partner, presented it to the Romanian crowd who had just heard John Piper give his ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  6 Bullet Points on Preaching May 11 2012

  The Apostle Paul had a lot to say about preaching, but I think the majority of it can be grouped under six main headings or ideas. You could, of course, extract specific teaching points from each one, but I think there’s value in looking at ...
  

• Practical Theology for Women
  Practical Theology for Women

  A Mother’s Day for All Women May 11 2012

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Brand New Research: Mother’s Day Is Top Non-Religious Holiday for Church Attendance May 11 2012

  If you saw the front page of of USAToday this morning, you saw a new study by LifeWay Research shows that other than Easter and Christmas, Mother’s Day may be the most likely day people will attend church. In the… ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  What Is Church Membership? May 11 2012

  In the last post, I answered the question, What Is the Local Church? That brings us to the next question: what is church membership? Answer: It’s a declaration of citizenship in Christ’s kingdom. It’s a passport. It’s ...
  

• For His Renown
  For His Renown

  How Revelation 19:20 Supports Historic Premillennialism May 11 2012

  Is there a chronological progression that unfolds in the book of Revelation? Amillennialists basically say No, there’s an ongoing recapitulation, a retelling of the same story over and over. So they would say that the millennium is ...
  

• Worship Matters
  Worship Matters

  One More Reason We Make Kids’ Albums May 11 2012

  Every so often I’ll run into someone who reminds me that long after we record an album, God continues to use it in people’s lives. In late January, I was in Orange County, CA for a Gathering event. On Sunday morning I spoke at the ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Weekly Wrap & Church Signs of the Week: Traffic May 11 2012

  Earlier this week at EdStetzer.com  Breaking New Research: Americans Split on Whether Homosexual Behavior Is Sin President Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Future of Evangelical Response Thankful for Richard Land’s Apology ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/11) May 11 2012

  Josh Hamilton - “I sometimes get nervous when I listen to Christian athletes talk about their faith on the big stage. While I appreciate their desire explicitly give glory to Jesus during interviews, they can come off as glib, token, or ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  All Truth is God’s Truth — A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture May 11 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  A Daily Disabled Life May 10 2012

  Intro: Letter from John PiperPart 1: Why We Got Married Part 2: Learning Contentment in Suffering   “Ian, you really need to pick your nose,” I said, as I started doing it for him. He pulled his head away.   “Thatʼs weird ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Friday Funny: Theology Student Bloopers May 10 2012

  Mike Wittmer has been posting some hilarious bloopers he’s come across in papers from his students. Click here, here, and here for all them. I’ve posted a few of my favorites below: “Before the tree, Adam enjoyed sex ...
  

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  Deconstruct the Dream Driving Your Marriage May 10 2012

    Justin Buzzard, Date Your Wife: A Husband’s Guide (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012), 23–25 (numbering added): A dream is what drives a man. As a boy grows up, he gradually forms a dream for his future marriage. . . . Some men dream about ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Divine Interruptions at Bedtime May 10 2012

  Impatience Is Not a “Lesser” Sin I’m often astonished by my lack of patience. I’m also convicted by it, as Paul establishes patience as a fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22).  By implication, my lack of patience is ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  $5 Friday: Postmodernism, the Arts, & Prayer May 10 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  La historia de Ian y Larissa May 10 2012

  Estimados amigos,   Deseando a Dios existe para ayudar a gente de todas partes a comprender y aceptar la verdad de que Dios es más glorificado en nosotros cuando estamos más satisfechos en él. Y yo agregaría, sobre todo en el ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Back to the Beginning (2) May 10 2012

  Following on from my previous post, I am still thinking of beginnings. This time it is in a different way. I am in Wheaton, Illinois this week. I’m attending a Charles Simeon Trust workshop for people who teach the Bible.… (more…) ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Breaking New Research: Americans Split on Whether Homosexual Behavior Is Sin May 10 2012

  “The presidential election will tell if Americans view support for gay marriage as a political sin but the vote is in on whether it is theologically sinful—and it’s a close call” writes Cathy Lynn Grossman of USAToday ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  11 Pieces of Advice for Assistants May 10 2012

  In my world as a pastor’s assistant, the need for hard-working, high-capacity, tough-as-nails assistants is growing. As people continue to meet Jesus and churches continue to be planted in various cities around the nation, it’s clear ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Flee to the Cross May 10 2012

  Sometimes I like to think of myself as a refuge for my kids, a safe place they can run to from the storm of the world. I can hold them while they cry for friends back in Africa, or back in Minnesota, depending. I can kiss skinned knees and pray ...
  

• For His Renown
  For His Renown

  Why Do Christians Get Martyred? May 10 2012

  In Revelation 17:6 the whore John has described in 17:1–5, “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations,” is described as “drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Success that Exceeds Sanctification May 10 2012

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote a short series of articles on The Lost Sin of Envy, saying that envy is a sin that few of us still have a category for and, therefore, a sin that many of us have unwittingly fallen prey to. As I studied envy, I saw ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  “Why was that Big Man Hugging You and Mom?” May 10 2012

  “Why was that big guy hugging you and Mom in the middle of the road?” That was the big question from our kids before bed last night. The story that answers it tells us something about us as image bearers. After picking our son up from ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  President Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Future of Evangelical Response May 10 2012

  After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same-sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one ...
  

• For His Renown
  For His Renown

  What Is Marriage? May 10 2012

  You shouldn’t even bother reading the excerpts I’m pasting below, just click this: Marriage and the Presidency, by Ryan T. Anderson, Robert P. George, and Sherif Girgis and read the whole thing. Here are the excerpts: The Historic ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/10) May 10 2012

  Evolution’s End? - Dr. Mohler writes about President Obama’s evolution toward this new “historic and tragic milestone.” “An incumbent President of the United States has now called for a transformation of ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Heavenly Mindedness May 10 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Learning Contentment in Suffering May 09 2012

  Intro: Letter from John Piper Part 1: Why We Got Married   We were riding in our car, the quick two-hour trip to my sisterʼs house. I, in particular, was struggling with our lot that morning, a fairly common struggle for me. I asked Ian ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  What is the Purpose of Small Groups and Sunday School? May 09 2012

  Sunday School. Small groups. Home community groups. How we weigh the strengths and weaknesses of these models depends on what their primary purpose is. The traditional Sunday school model seeks to use the hour before or after a worship service ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.10.12 May 09 2012

  Perhaps because of President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage yesterday, this post of mine from last fall has jumped to the top of my page views again. “How I Wish the Homosexuality Debate Would Go” Just once, I’d ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Love Your Enemies, Huh? May 09 2012

  <object width=“400” height=“275”><param name=“movie” value=“http://theresurgence.com/v/9zv4s82zuyvt”><embed src=“http://theresurgence.com/v/9zv4s82zuyvt” ...
  

• Albert Mohler Blog
  Albert Mohler Blog

  Evolution’s End? President Obama Calls for Same-Sex Marriage May 09 2012

  Is President Obama’s “evolution” on same sex marriage finally complete? His call for the legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday is an historic and tragic milestone. An incumbent President of the United States has now called ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  How Do I Know if I Should Be a Preacher? May 09 2012

  Good word from Proclamation Trust, a great UK ministry promoting excellent preaching, on determining your preaching call: There is little in scripture explicitly about the feelings or desires of the people set apart for word ministry. When Paul ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Thankful for Richard Land’s Apology May 09 2012

  A couple of weeks ago, I was critical of some of Richard Land’s comments. My comments were reported rather widely, not because of any great influence, but because of my employment. I was the only Anglo agency member in my… ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Four Filters for Praying in Jesus’ Name May 09 2012

  Praying "in Jesus’ name" is more than attaching the phrase to the end of each prayer. So what types of prayers are prayed "in Jesus’ name"? In this three-minute clip from his latest sermon, Pastor John says it has ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion May 09 2012

  It’s hard to think of anyone better equipped than Tim Challies to write a book about the impact of technology on the Christian life. He’s a husband, father, and pastor; a web designer by trade; and a popular evangelical blogger (at ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  An Update on Reformation Bible College May 09 2012

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Random Thoughts on Communications May 09 2012

  This content is for those that have signed up for Leadership Coaching with Pastor Mark. Please sign in at http://theresurgence.com/. ...
  

• Worship Matters
  Worship Matters

  Looking Forward to NEXT 2012:You and Your Church May 09 2012

  In just a couple weeks I’ll be down in Orlando, FL helping to lead corporate worship at the very last NEXT. The theme of this year’s conference is You and Your Church. I’ve been involved with the music at NEXT ever since Josh ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  The Curious Case of the Unnamed Prophet May 09 2012

  There's an amazing story recorded for us in I Kings 13. If you remember the context, Jeroboam has built an altar in Bethel to compete with the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. Then suddenly, an unnamed prophet let loose a blast against the ...
  

• Chris Castaldo
  Chris Castaldo

  The Catholic Church in its Essence, Reality and Mission May 09 2012

  Kasper has keen insight into Catholic and non-Catholic theology, that is, assuming one supplements his treatment with evangelical Protestant thought, without which I’m unsure whether it is properly “catholic.” ...
  

• For His Renown
  For His Renown

  EVOLUTIONARY HYMN by C.S. Lewis May 09 2012

  EVOLUTIONARY HYMN by C.S. Lewis Lead us, Evolution, lead us Up the future’s endless stair; Chop us, change us, prod us, weed us. For stagnation is despair: Groping, guessing, yet progressing, Lead us nobody knows where. Wrong or justice, ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  The Desiring God App May 09 2012

  Update 5/9: We’ve just released a new update into the app store, addressing crash reports and miscellaneous bugs. The latest version also includes a new feature of Evernote integration. We value your feedback!     Watch, ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Gospel-Centered Discipleship: An Interview with Jonathan Dodson, Part Two May 09 2012

  In part one of the interview with Jonathan Dodson, we primarily discussed his new book Gospel-Centered Discipleship. In part two, I asked him to discuss the recent emphasis on gospel centrality which we are seeing in many streams of ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  A FAITHFUL WITNESS WHOSE TESTIMONY CHALLENGES MUSLIM INSIDER MOVEMENTS May 09 2012

  The Written Defense of the Rev. Mehdi Dibaj Delivered to the Sari Court of Justice - Sari, Iran December 3, 1993 A born Muslim who decided to follow and serve Jesus and paid the price with his life   "In the Holy Name of God who is ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  A FAITHFUL WITNESS WHOSE TESTIMONY CALLS INTO QUESTION MUSLIM INSIDER MOVEMENTS May 09 2012

  The Written Defense of the Rev. Mehdi Dibaj Delivered to the Sari Court of Justice - Sari, Iran December 3, 1993 A born Muslim who decided to follow and serve Jesus and paid the price with his life   "In the Holy Name of God who is ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  Encountering Those Who Have Wounded You May 09 2012

  This from an elegant piece entitled “Looking for Release” in the Image Journal, a compendium of faith-driven writing and reflection.  How do you handle encounters in adulthood with people who hurt you in your childhood?  Allison ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  How Can Leaders Gauge Progress? May 09 2012

  Runners love their watches. This is because runners love to measure their progress. As a runner myself I am always looking down at my watch measuring my splits and trying to stay on pace with my goal. We like to achieve our goals therefore we ...
  

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  Serving Your Wife Before Serving as a Pastor May 09 2012

  The following is a guest post from Brian Croft. Brian serves as the senior pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to contributing to the 9Marks blog, Brian also writes regularly on his own blog called Practical ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Twelve Legions May 09 2012

  It is among the most emotional—certainly one of the most stirring—scenes in The Lord of the Rings. The enemy forces have pressed hard against Helm’s Deep, they have approached in overwhelming numbers, they have raised the siege ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 9, 2012 May 09 2012

  My friend Eric Geiger shared a powerful caution about the dangers of moralism. Read this—your children (and your church’s children) will thank you. Leo Tolstoy: Youth Group President—Eric Geiger [Leo] Tolstoy pursued perfection ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/9) May 09 2012

  Her Primary Ministry - I’ve been enjoying Gloria Furman’s series on the pastor’s wife. Looking to the New Testament she asks, “But where is the list of qualifications to be an elder’s wife? Scripture-based ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  4 Reasons to Remember Your Creator in Your Youth May 09 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Why We Got Married May 08 2012

  Intro: Letter from John Piper   “You will never regret loving this much.”   John was there, watching our wedding, just a few months after his dear wife had passed. She lived with cancer for too many years, and for each day in ...
  

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  Ten Books Schnabel Recommends on the End Times May 08 2012

    Eckhard Schnabel, 40 Questions About the End Times (40 Questions; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011), 321 (numbering added): Archer, Gleason L., ed. Three Views on the Rapture: Pre-, Mid-, or Post-Tribulation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.  ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Patience, Patience May 08 2012

  Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also be patient. - James 5:7-8 I struggle ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.9.12 May 08 2012

  Leo Tolstoy: Youth Group President? Tolstoy pursued perfection in his own strength and energy apart from the grace of God. He constantly lived under guilt and shame, and he died a miserable vagrant. He never enjoyed the Christian life because he ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Are You Pinning to the Glory of God? May 08 2012

  The Good Pinterest Life The world of Pinterest is an art heaven. Ideas, photos, projects, and creations galore invite you to enter and explore. We peruse the art, drool over the recipes, marvel at handmade gifts, and get inspired by mid-century ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Back to the Beginning (1) May 08 2012

  It has been some time since I posted last. I am supposed to be posting a short piece every week. Further, I am to be writing one longer piece every month. I haven’t lived up to either commitment yet. I… (more…) ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Feedback Is Scary—But You Need It May 08 2012

  Leaders, you need feedback. But most of us aren’t getting it. Why? Because feedback is scary. Let me tell you the story on where this post is coming from. Learning to Prune Last year I moved to Silicon Valley to start Garden City Church. ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  The Sermon I Would Have Preached at my Wife’s Memorial Service May 08 2012

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Interviews with Christian Artists May 08 2012

  I have been able to conduct quite a few interviews in the many years I’ve been running this blog. Recently I ran through those interviews and noted how many of them featured Christian artists, ranging from musicians to photographers to ...
  

• Moore to the Point
  Moore to the Point

  What Maurice Sendak Can Teach the Church May 08 2012

  Maurice Sendak, who just died, doesn’t seem, at first glance, to have much to teach Christians. After all, he was an atheist with a cynical outlook and a foul mouth. But underneath all of that, I think, Sendak saw something of the fallen ...
  

• For His Renown
  For His Renown

  Robert Gundry on N. T. Wright’s Translation of the New Testament May 08 2012

  Calling it “Tom’s Targum,” Bob Gundry makes some important points about translation theory and much else in an entertaining and spirited review of N. T. Wright’s translation of the New Testament. Some highlights: Time was ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Gospel-Centered Discipleship: An Interview with Jonathan Dodson May 08 2012

  It is interesting to me that Austin, Texas has become one of the hotbeds of gospel conversation over the past few years.  A few years ago, LifeWay Research did a city study in Austin and looked at how churches can… ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  Warren Buffett and Gospel Community May 08 2012

  Every May about 30,000 people come to visit us in Omaha. The people are great; they’re friendly, happy, and help the local economy. We like them. However, we may not even notice them if it were not for their lanyards and large badges. So ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 8, 2012 May 08 2012

  David Brooks always makes me think. I believe his comments on online education will have major ramifications in seminary training: The Campus Tsunami—David Brooks How are they going to blend online information with face-to-face discussion, ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  The Challenge of Christian Journalism May 08 2012

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/8) May 08 2012

  Honor the Vanilla Men - Carl Truemen on the apostle Paul: “What he advocates is the appointment of rather bland, non-descript, respectable men as elders.  These vanilla men, basically competent and with no skeletons in the cupboard, ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  The Story of Ian & Larissa May 07 2012

  Dear Friends,   Desiring God exists to help people everywhere understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. And I would add, especially in suffering.   Being satisfied in God ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  A Truce in the Culture Wars: A Review of Jonathan Merritt’s “A Faith of Our Own” May 07 2012

  Recent polls show younger evangelicals leaning to the left of their parents and grandparents, politically at least. Bloggers and authors have discussed and debated the meaning of the shift and its possible causes. Jonathan ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.8.12 May 07 2012

  Leadership Training Doesn’t Work: At best classes convey concepts, but those same concepts are available in books around the world. Small group leaders don’t come from small group leader classes, campus pastors don’t come from ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Film & Theology: ‘The Avengers’ | Is Bowing Natural? May 07 2012

  <iframe src=“http://www.youtube.com/embed/LRWg45DgBOg” frameborder=“0” width=“720” height=“435”></iframe> “KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It’s the ...
  

• Practical Theology for Women
  Practical Theology for Women

  The Gospel, My Health, and My Weight May 07 2012

• 9 Marks Ministries
  9 Marks Ministries

  What Is a Local Church? May 07 2012

  A local church is a group of Christians who regularly gather in Christ’s name to officially affirm and oversee one another’s membership in Jesus Christ and his kingdom through gospel preaching and gospel ordinances. That's a bit ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  The Exchange: Subversive Kingdom May 07 2012

  I encourage you to join us each Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. CDT, for The Exchange. This week, I’ll be discussing my new book Subversive Kingdom and giving away a book a minute in the chat room. You can watch the… ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  He Sings Over Us Til We See Beauty May 07 2012

  The Lord directs us to look in his face and to enjoy his favor. That is what it means to seek his face (Psalm 27:8–9). That is what it means to have his face “shine upon us” (Numbers 6:25). But the link between the face of God and the ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Why I Love Re:Train May 07 2012

  I love Re:Train and am excited about this upcoming year. Here’s why. I love the mission of Re:Train, which is to train leaders for Jesus-centered, gospel-saturated ministry to serve their churches in a biblically faithful, culturally ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  When You Identify a Sin in Your Life… May 07 2012

  This is my once-monthly post on the Puritan John Owen. In this series of posts I am sharing some of what John Owen says about putting sin to death, or what he calls mortification. I have been going through his book Overcoming Sin and ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Why We Need More Focus on Tongues: The Linguistic Thread of Scripture and God’s Plan for the Nations May 07 2012

  When Jerry Rankin and I wrote Spiritual Warfare and Missions: The Battle for God’s Glory Among the Nations, we discussed a “linguistic thread” in Scripture. When traced throughout scripture, this thread reveals God’s ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  The Merits of Jonathan Merritt’s USA Today Op-ed May 07 2012

  Just read through the USA Today op-ed piece by Jonathan Merritt, a young evangelical leader.  A talented writer, Merritt started an evangelical climate change initiative that drew the signatures of many movers and shakers a few years back. In ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  Everyone Discriminates May 07 2012

  People operate with inconsistencies and even contradictions in their world views. This is perhaps no more apparent then when sports writers and reporters attempt to weigh in on moral issues. I experienced this first-hand the other day as I ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 7, 2012 May 07 2012

  I thought this was helpful from Len. Be sure to read the entire thing to get what some of them mean (like the first one). 10 Ways to Get Fired from Your Ministry—Len Evans Is your job secure? Here’s… ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Is Your Gospel Big Enough? May 07 2012

  There are not too many stories from the life of Jesus that made their way into all four of the biblical accounts of his life. Each of the authors writes for a different purpose or to a different audience and this leads them to different emphases. ...
  

• Moore to the Point
  Moore to the Point

  Mothers Day and the Infertile May 07 2012

  Mother’s Day is a particularly sensitive time in many congregations, and pastors and church leaders often don’t even know it. This is true even in congregations that don’t focus the entire service around the event as if it were a feast day ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/7) May 07 2012

  Things Introverts Dread in Church - I can identify with all of these, though I’ve learned to enjoy at least a couple of them. This is a list of The Top 5 Things Introverts Dread about Church (written so extroverts ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  The Infancy Narratives: Part Two — The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology May 07 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Greater Works Than Jesus May 06 2012

  In John 14:12 Jesus tells his disciples that believers will do "greater works" than Jesus himself did on earth. Whoa, wait, what? So how are believers’ works "greater" than Jesus’ works on earth? John Piper explains ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  6 Pastors Who Have Influenced Me May 06 2012

  Late last year, I wrote a blog post titled “Your Podcast Is Not Your Pastor,” prompted by this comment from Russell Moore: When I am talking to young evangelicals, often who are in ministry, and I say, “Who has been ...
  

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  Ray Ortlund on Proverbs May 06 2012

    In 2010, Ray Ortlund preached a series on Proverbs, and it’s now available in Kent Hughes’s Preaching the Word series: Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. Proverbs: Wisdom That Works. Preaching the Word. Wheaton: Crossway, 2012. 216 pp. ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Worth a Look 5.7.12 May 06 2012

  Why Men Should Read More Fiction: Perhaps fiction’s greatest creativity boost is what literary critic Viktor Shklovsky said is the purpose of fiction: to make the familiar strange, so that we look at things in a new light. Fiction ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  8 Principles for Churches That Want to Grow May 06 2012

  When it comes to numbers, churches tend to err in one of two ways: they either discount them as unimportant or they put to much emphasis on them.  The reality is that numbers are important, and though they aren’t the only sign of a ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Twitter Highlights (5/6/12) May 06 2012

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  What is distinctive about the ministries of women? May 06 2012

  As I said in The Briefing #398, these are some of my reflections on what God has taught me about the ministries of women. Following on from the importance of women in ministry considering themselves to be Bible teachers and of cultivating joy in ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  Happy Birthday, New Bible Dictionary May 06 2012

  This month marks the 50th anniversary of The New Bible Dictionary [Amazon], first published by IVP back in May 1962. Initially edited by James D. Douglas, it featured contributions from a host of evangelical scholars, including Australians like ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Church Journeys: Progressive Primitive Baptist Church, a More “Normal” Church May 06 2012

  Last year, I tweeted that I had a free Sunday and wanted to preach at a “normal” church. I described “normal” in this way: “A normal church has under 100 in attendance each week, might have a bivocational pastor, ...
  

• Chris Castaldo
  Chris Castaldo

  How Dry Bones Live May 06 2012

  Like Ezekiel, we step into the pain and death of humanity with eyes wide open, but we must not stop there. We believe that bones can live. Crazy as it sounds, indeed, “foolish,” according to Paul, it is true. Why is this so? Because Jesus ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Such Is the God of the Bible May 06 2012

  What do we mean when we say that God is sovereign? A.W. Pink tackles this question right out of the gate in his book The Sovereignty of God. He explains what the Bible means when it claims that God is sovereign and he then compares this to ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  When Grace Goes Violent May 05 2012

  Matt Chandler: Grace-driven effort is violent. It is aggressive. The person who understands the gospel understands that, as a new creation, his spiritual nature is in opposition to sin now, and he seeks not just to weaken sin in his life but to ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Turn My Necessities into Virtue May 05 2012

  O Eternal God, Sanctify my body and soul, my thought and my intentions, my words and actions, that whatsoever I shall think or speak or do, may be by me designed for the glorification of Your name, and by Your blessing, it may be effective and ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Why Every Church Leader Needs the Gospel May 05 2012

  Stress of Ministry In a 2010 feature, “Taking a Break From the Lord’s Work,” the New York Times reported that, “members of the clergy suffer from obesity, hypertension, and depression at rates higher than most ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Some Cheap Ministry E-Books… May 05 2012

  Two of my books are on sale in ebook form. I am not sure how long this will last, but if you have a Kindle, you can grab them at Amazon.com at the links below: Comeback Churches on Kindle. Lost… ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Weekend A La Carte (5/5) May 05 2012

  You Belong to Christ - I appreciate what Luma gets at in this article about motherhood. “I am NOT anti-motherhood, I am for Christ-centered motherhood! It is because I have lived at the two extremes of neglecting family, and making family ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Needed Need May 05 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  The Goal of Missions May 04 2012

  John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life (Crossway, 2003), page 162:   Missions exists because worship doesn’t. (Design submitted by Jonathan Simcoe. Follow DG on Pinterest here.) <form ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  The Whole World Needs Jesus May 04 2012

  In our sickness, we need a Savior, in our wanderings a guide, in our blindness someone to show us the light, in our thirst the fountain of living water that quenches forever the thirst of those who drink from it. We dead people need life, we ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  Leading Up May 04 2012

  This content is for those that have signed up for Leadership Coaching with Pastor Mark. Please sign in at http://theresurgence.com/. ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  R. C. Sproul Jr. on the Death of His Wife May 04 2012

  Reflecting on the recent death of his wife, R. C. Sproul, Jr. wrote this on Twitter: “I wish I had held her hand more” That’s all he said.  That one got to me.  Husbands, hold your wife’s hand more.  Love … ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Reaching the Muslim World — On the Web May 04 2012

  The mission of Desiring God is that people everywhere would understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. Earlier this week, we provided an update that in the last 12-months we’ve seen ...
  

• Chris Castaldo
  Chris Castaldo

  A Christ-Centered Life May 04 2012

  It was the very joy and delight of her heart to labour for that blessed Jesus who had bought her by His precious blood, in the full assurance of the blessed fulfillment of this word, “Forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  The Essential: Creation May 04 2012

  Simply stated, creation refers to everything that exists that has not always existed. It refers to all that God has brought into existence, which is everything apart from God himself—including angels and, eventually, Satan and his ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  Behind the Blog: Fourth Man in the Furnace May 04 2012

  Tyler Kenney joins this Friday’s edition of Behind the Blog with updates from the frontlines of Desiring God’s translation efforts, including how to access the ten different language options of our site. Among other things mentioned ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Pastoral Apprentice Program: Your Input Solicited May 04 2012

  Normal.dotm 0 0 1 530 3022 LifeWay Christian Resources 25 6 3711 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:“Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  Friday Awesomeness: The Dark Knight Rises Trailer May 04 2012

  Sometimes you have to step away from all the serious blogging.  Sometimes you have to watch an awesome movie trailer. That’s just what you have to do. ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Weekly Wrap & Church Signs of the Week: A Trip to the Farmer’s Market May 04 2012

  Earlier this week at EdStetzer.com Emily Freeman - Thursday is for Thinkers Subversive Kingdom: Now Available Church Discipline: A Closer Look Thursday is for Thinkers: Jimmy Roh (Special Tuesday Edition) Monday is for Missiology: Engaging Well, ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  As the Son of God was Successful in his Work, so too the Spirit of God is in His May 04 2012

  As glorious as the accomplishment of the redemption of Christ is the gospel would not be “good news” if we had to do something to merit or achieve it. Like a skinny, boney-kneed, white kid trying to dunk a basketball we would just never get ...
  

• Moore to the Point
  Moore to the Point

  “The Engineer’s Dying Child” by Johnny Cash May 04 2012

  Rascal Flatts probably won’t ever sing a song about baby death. I chose this week’s song when I read Roseanne Cash mention how out of kilter it is in today’s music culture to hear the kinds of songs one heard all the time in ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/4) May 04 2012

  Muscular Christianity - Michael Horton has penned a good and interesting article in which he takes issue with the idea that Christianity needs to be masculine and muscular. It’s a bit dense and the font is pretty small, but make your way ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  Introduction — A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture May 04 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  You Don’t Have to Obey May 03 2012

  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions (Romans 6:12). It bears repeating: if you want life, deny yourself (Matthew 16:24–25). The narcissistic nihilist will kill you if you do not. This truth left ...
  

• Thoughts on Theology
  Thoughts on Theology

  Diagnostic Questions for Aspiring Pastors May 03 2012

    Dave Harvey, Am I Called? The Summons to Pastoral Ministry  (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012), 63–64: [E]verything we’ll talk about presupposes that your sense of call is focused more on serving the church than on fulfilling a dream. Here ...
  

• Kingdom People
  Kingdom People

  Friday Funny: Taxi Driver and a Little Russian Pothole May 03 2012

  Anyone who has ever lived east of Vienna can relate to this video. HT ...
  

• The Resurgence
  The Resurgence

  From Without, From Within, From Beyond: Does It Matter Where Your Worship Songs Come From? May 03 2012

  In the 1980s and ’90s, “worship wars” sprung up around the world, with some churches drawing lines in the sand around classic hymnody. Others threw out the hymnal and restructured services around contemporary praise and worship ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  $5 Friday: Calvinism, Providence, & God’s Love May 03 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  John Piper Discusses the Pleasures of God (Part 3) May 03 2012

  In the final session of The Pleasures of God Discussion, John Piper interacts with questions on chapters 7–9:   The Pleasure of God in Doing Good to All Who Hope in Him   The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright   The ...
  

• The Briefing
  The Briefing

  The future of complementarianism (5): caring about your path and not just your answer, and showing charity May 03 2012

  We conclude this series by looking at the other reason why I think egalitarians and complementarians react differently to ‘in house’ differences and the need for charity in how we address these ‘in house’ differences within ...
  

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  20 Quotes from The Explicit Gospel May 03 2012

  What follows are 20 quotes that caught my attention as I read Matt Chandler’s new book, The Explicit Gospel (Crossway, 2012): “More often than not, we want him to have fairy wings and spread fairy dust and shine like a precious little ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  Fiction & Literature: An Interview with Russell Moore May 03 2012

  When I was in Louisville for Together for the Gospel I bumped into Russell Moore and had a few minutes to speak about reading fiction. I quickly saw that he has done a lot of thinking about fiction, about the morality and responsibility of ...
  

• Owen Strachan
  Owen Strachan

  The Death of Junior Seau & Head Injuries: 10 Essential Resources May 03 2012

  Junior Seau, football hall-of-famer and former New England Patriot, is dead.  It appears that he committed suicide.  Seau was 43 and had an ex-wife and three children. This is the latest in a growing line of NFL suicides, and Seau … ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Emily Freeman - Thursday is for Thinkers May 03 2012

  PREVIOUSLY Halim Suh, Pastor of Equipping at Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas, and coauthor of Creation Unraveled: The Gospel According to Genesis, shared how we must examine our love of God through the lens of the head, ...
  

• Ordinary Pastor
  Ordinary Pastor

  The Pastor’s “To-Do” and “Not To-Do” List May 03 2012

  I have always been a list guy. If I can get it down on paper then I may actually get it done. The downside to such lists is that you may develop such a lengthy list that even Methuselah couldn’t live long enough to get it done. This ...
  

• Tim Challies
  Tim Challies

  A La Carte (5/3) May 03 2012

  Lloyd-Jones on Prophecy - Martyn Lloyd-Jones is often used as an example of an advocate of continuationist theology, but here is an article that argues against it. “Although charismatics and Pentecostals have both claimed him as an ...
  

• The Lifeway
  The Lifeway

  Morning Roundup - May 3, 2012 May 03 2012

  The 10 Warning Signs of an Inwardly Obsessed Church—Thom Rainer Any healthy church must have some level of inward focus. Those in the church should be discipled. Hurting members need genuine concern and ministry. Healthy fellowship among ...
  

• Ligonier Ministries
  Ligonier Ministries

  The Bible, the Whole Bible, and Nothing but the Bible: An Interview with Eric J. Alexander May 03 2012

• Desiring God
  Desiring God

  15 Tips on Blogging From John Newton May 02 2012

  John Newton, the slave-trade ship captain turned pastor and hymn-writer, wasn’t exactly a blogger. Many of his writings, however, fit in the category of we today would call blogging. He wrote mostly letters — small, topically oriented and ...