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March 06, 2010

Johnson on Churchill: History Sublime

On the recommendation of commentators like John Meacham, The American Spectator, and Al Mohler, I...

January 2010

January 26, 2010

Keller’s Relaunched Redeemer Church Planting Center

Just heard word of this.  Sounds cool. Redeemer Church Planting Center is now Redeemer City...

December 2009

December 11, 2009

The Link 12.11.09: Dockers on Manhood, Centered-Set Churches, and the New Scientocracy

1. A buddy of mine tipped me off to this crazy Docker's "Man-ifesto".  It's actually...

November 2009

November 17, 2009

Carl Trueman on How to Keep One’s Soul in the Academy

A powerful exhortation by Carl Trueman to theological students to cling to the local church...

November 16, 2009

Al Mohler and Walter Price on the Young Guns

One of the most encouraging trends in evangelical church life that I've seen recently is...

November 11, 2009

Christianity and Money: Two Recent Stories from The Atlantic

The Atlantic has recently published two stories that touch on Christianity and money.  The first,...

November 09, 2009

New England Ministry: An AP Report on Encouraging Developments and Discouraging Trends

From an Associated Press story linked on John Starke's blog: Trinity College's American Religious Identification...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

Hunter Baker on Sex, Science, and the Left

Hunter Baker is a sharp dude out of Houston Baptist University who just published a...

October 15, 2009

Kantzer Lectures with Stephen Williams Are Up

As an employee of the Henry Center at TEDS, I'm glad to pass on that...

October 05, 2009

Together for Adoption: Live-Blogs from All Six Sessions

Just saw that the Together for Adoption conference, held this past weekend in Franklin, TN,...

September 2009

September 29, 2009

David Brooks: We Need a Moral Economic Awakening

NYT columnist David Brooks has a thoughtful column out today called "The Next Culture War"...

September 15, 2009

David Brooks on Kanye West, Michael Jordan, and Cultural Narcissism

In a noteworthy piece in the NYT called "High-Five Nation," David Brooks highlights how today's...

September 03, 2009

“We’re in the Middle of a Literacy Revolution”: Wired Magazine on the New Literacy

I've got more great stuff for you on how social media is affecting our lives. ...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Newsweek on Abortion: The Culture of Death and Societal “Progression”

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift just wrote a column on how the battle over national health care...

August 20, 2009

Important Event: CBMW Panel on the Trinity

I've just heard from CBMW's John Starke about a discussion at Southern Seminary in a...

August 13, 2009

Shooting Sacred Evangelical Cows: Coffee, Again

A few quick words of reply to the conversation that has surfaced over my post...

August 10, 2009

“We’re Conservative Until it Costs Us”: Ross Douthat on Americans and Marriage

From Ross Douthat's most recent op-ed in the NYT (HT: Russ Moore): "More than most...

August 05, 2009

Democracy Fights for its Life: Profile of Hamid Karzai

Elizabeth Rubin of the New York Times magazine has an engrossing story on Afghanistan President...

August 03, 2009

X Games Bad Boys Turned Christians

A recent NYT article chronicled an encouraging if unexpected development: a bunch of professional skateboarders...

August 01, 2009

The Link 8.1.09: Horrible Athlete Rappers, Good Christian Rappers, and Kindles

1. From ESPN Page 2's DJ Gallo, a hilarious rundown of some of the worst...

July 2009

July 23, 2009

Preaching on Sex: How?

Atlanta pastor Aaron Menikoff has some wise thoughts over at the 9Marks blog on a...

July 20, 2009

Cinnabons, “Conditioned Hypereating”, and Christian Faith

New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert has just published "Why Are Americans Fat?", a fun and...

July 06, 2009

Must-See: Mind-Blowing Basketball Trick Shots

I don't care if you like basketball or not--you must watch this YouTube clip. The...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

The Link 6.26.09: Danny Akin, Mark Dever, and the SBC’s Future

1. Just one link in this busy week.  For those who have not heard of...

June 23, 2009

Rumbling in the SBC: 2009 Convention Dispatches

I'm in the River City (Louisville, KY) for vacation.  My trip has coincided with a number...

June 22, 2009

Robert Schuller’s Son: “Nobody Listens to Preaching”

From an interview done with Christianity Today: "I'll probably have 5- to 10-minute messages throughout...

June 19, 2009

The Link 6.19.2009

1. Mark Driscoll and Rick Melson discuss the new Resurgence training center.  Cool training model. ...

June 18, 2009

A Special Recommendation of Bruce Ware’s “Big Truths”

I really have resisted posting photos of my family on this blog.  This is a...

June 12, 2009

The Link 6.12.09: NPR on Sex, Inner-City Transformation, and Patrick Henry College

1. My TEDS buddy Andrew Lisi recently wrote a thoughtful blog on a report by...

June 10, 2009

Obvious Things: Harmful Mountain Climbing

This one goes in the "Things That Are Obvious to People Who Prize Common Sense"...

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