Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Link 10.30.09: The Swell Season, the World’s Best Dunker, and Anti-Heroes
A number of fun things for your Internet consumption today. 1. Have you heard of The Swell Season? It’s the duo that produced the film “Once.” Excellent music. You can stream most of the cd online. 2. You read this … Continue reading
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Hunter Baker on Sex, Science, and the Left
Hunter Baker is a sharp dude out of Houston Baptist University who just published a piece on the Salvo magazine website entitled “Facts Evasion: When it Comes to Sex, the Left Hates Science.” I commend the piece to you–it’s apologetically … Continue reading
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Russ Moore’s Eloquent Take on Joseph as Father
I recently read a March 2009 piece by Russ Moore in Touchstone entitled “Abba, Joseph” that is one of the more moving pieces on Joseph and the significance of his husbanding of Mary and his fatherhood of Jesus I have … Continue reading
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BibleMesh Beta Testing Update: Emails Received, and Testers Can Still Apply
Thanks to the huge pack of you who signed up to test the new BibleMesh site. Way too many folks replied for us to respond individually to you, but rest assured that we have received your emails and are now … Continue reading
The Link 10.24.09: Evangel, Warren Buffett’s Money, and Vanhoozer on Pastor-Theologians
1. First Things is now hosting a cool blog of evangelicals talking about public square issues in an accessible way. It’s called evangel, and it features folks like Justin Taylor, Russ Moore, and more. 2. A NYT profile of Warren Buffett’s … Continue reading
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Charles Krauthammer on American Decline
The always provocative Charles Krauthammer recently published a piece entitled “Decline Is a Choice” in The Weekly Standard that chronicles how liberal political thought is causing the decline of America. Here’s a snatch comparing Europe’s decline and America’s heretofore dominance: … Continue reading
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A Brief Take on Jonathan Leeman’s Explosive “Beware Your Seminary Professors”
Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks just wrote a humdinger of a blog about what he sees as a lack of shepherding among seminary professors. Leeman suggests in his post that many contemporary theologians conceive of their task in a kind of … Continue reading
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Tim Keller: Godly Character Creates Good Leadership and Rich Sermons
Following a link from Trevin Wax, I found a very recent blog from Tim Keller that included this helpful comment from the NYC pastor on sermon preparation. By the way, does anyone else out there wish Keller would write much … Continue reading
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Shooting Sacred Evangelical Cows: Credential-Envy
After a little break, I thought that I would fire up the SSEC series once more. We’ve tackled “incarnational ministry,” “engaging culture,” boutique coffee-drinking, and maybe something else. I can’t remember. Anyway, here’s another subject that strikes me as a … Continue reading
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The Link 10.17.09: John Wooden, I Am Second, and eastmountainsouth
1. John Wooden is still dropping quotables. How many of us will be doing that at age 99? (Image: LakersTopBuzz) 2. Came across this evangelistic website somewhere, and found it interesting: I Am Second. Check it out. Here’s the blog. And … Continue reading
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