Scott Ott — Times Sells Page One Ads, Still No Charge for DNC — Although the financially-troubled New York Times today broke with tradition and began running paid advertising on its front page, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said “the grey lady” would continue to run messages from the Democrat National Committee (DNC) on page one, above the fold, at no charge “as a public service.”
Ligon Duncan — Praying for Your Pastor — Pray - 1. That [your pastor] would know and love the living God, would have a saving interest in Christ, being purchased by His blood, and thus would be bound to the Lord by the indissoluble bond of the Holy Spirit.
David Gunderson — Some Things I Learned in 2008 — This is a remarkable list. If half of these things had even occured to me at this authors age, I can’t imagine how brilliant I’d be today.
John MacArthur — Why doesn’t John MacArthur add much application to his sermons? — [The Bible] doesn’t say, “And here’s how to do this if you’re 32 years old, and you live in North Hollywood.” . . . And if I made my message mostly a whole lot of those little illustrations, I would be missing 90 percent of you who don’t live in that experience. . . . Application belongs to the Spirit of God.
Stand to Reason — Lacking Judgment — Truth claims and morality require making judgments for good reasons. And the mistaken modern notion of religious pluralism and tolerance makes people equally incapable of making the proper kinds of judgments.
NPR — Handel's 'Messiah' from Philadelphia — From the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, WHYY and NPR present Handel's holiday masterpiece performed by the "Fabulous Philadelphians" — one of the world's great orchestras, joined by the nationally-renowned Philadelphia Singers Chorale.
R. Scott Clark — On Churchless EvangelicalsPart 1, Part 2, Part 3 — The biblical and confessional doctrine of the church challenges two cultural assumptions of North American evangelicals and two of the most sacred idols of the culture: autonomy, i.e. the notion that one is a law unto oneself, and the evangelical (and liberal) love for a disembodied Jesus.
Derek Thomas — Understanding the Times — The first question we need to ask in Bible study is not, “What is this text saying to me?” but “What is this text saying to me about God?” God-centered living puts God first, second and last. Those in love will understand full well: we just can’t get enough of those we love and if we truly love God we will be equally dissatisfied with anything (or anyone) else.
MacArthur's Millennial Manifesto - Rejoinder #1 Replacement theology, or what is also termed supersessionism, is the view that the Christian Church has replaced, or transcends, the nation of Israel in God's redemptive purposes so that the Church has become Abraham's spiritual seed and fulfills the covenant promises God made to Israel.
MacArthur's Millennial Manifesto - Rejoinder #3 Like all faithful Covenant Theological, Reformed Baptists, a good part of [Waldron's] agenda is to make sure when his readers finish his book they go away knowing Sam believes the NT Church is simply the "New" Israel.
MacArthur's Millennial Manifesto - Rejoinder #5 As much as I commend Sam's efforts in an attempt to present his view on the NT Church being a New Israel here from Ephesians 2, I don't believe it holds up under examination.
Hank Balch — Birth Control: The Idol of Pleasure — To pursue a God-given blessing of sex (pleasure) rather than it’s God-given purpose, is nothing short of worship of Self.
Steve Weaver — “Running the Race in 2009″ Hebrews 12:1-2 — Pastor Steve Weaver exhorts Farmdale Baptist Church to run the race of the Christian life with endurance in 2009.
Tim Challies — The Right Measure and The Best Measure — Am I seeking to grow in humility? I need to look to Christ! Am I wondering if I've been growing in my love for my brothers and sisters in Christ? I must look to Christ! Do I seek to grow in my ability to lead my family? I must follow the example of Christ!
Dan Phillips — If Melissa Etheridge is to be believed . . . . . . Melissa Etheridge is yet another performer who sees herself as heroic for having yielded herself to degrading passions . . .
Eric "Gunny" Hartman — Heck, I'm not even mad, that's amazing! — I thought about the multitude of things we teach our kids at home and at church, particularly of a spiritual nature, the fullness of which they may not realize for years to come.
Russell D. Moore — How Hellish Is “Time Out”? — If “time out” in your house is a tool to prompt thinking, while the child waits for swift discipline and restoration, then have at it. If “time out” is a means of punishing the child by removing him from the fellowship of his family, then you’re removing him from the very means of discipleship he (and we) so desperately needs.
2 Comments:
Steve Weaver
So, what happened?
David
I’m sure it was a conspiracy of the Big Three to quash it. It couldn’t be that it just didn’t work as well as expected.