Monthly Archives: November 2009
Book Reviews: Chabon on Men, Crawford on Work
Time for one of my favorite things to do: briefly review books. It’s tough to do this in the midst of the academic semester. I’ve got two critically acclaimed bestsellers for you today, each of which I review in summary … Continue reading
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Josh Moody of College Church on 2 Timothy: Toward a Gospel Ministry Foundation and Vision
This from the Henry Center blog. We recently hosted College Church in Wheaton (IL) pastor Josh Moody, and I was deeply affected by his sermons and also his discussion with the students. He is a strong, penetrating expositor whose style … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
Having watched some of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, that most American of Thanksgiving morning events, I want to wish those trolling the blogosphere in pre-game meal preparation a Happy Thanksgiving. You can read this a thousand different places (which … Continue reading
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Another Blow to Supposed Human-Caused Climate Change
An alert reader of this blog forwarded me some explosive news from a major UK blog by James Delingpole hosted on the Telegraph’s website. I don’t know a great deal about the matter discussed below, but it certainly sounds important … Continue reading
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ETS Highlights: The Moore Tour and More (Including Beignets)
As some of you know, the Evangelical Theological Society met last week in New Orleans, Louisiana. I was able to go, and I had some thoughts on “highlights” of the experience (what is it with Americans and highlights, anyway?). 1. … Continue reading
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Tim Keller, Al Mohler, and Ravi Zacharias Agree: Life, Marriage, and Liberty Are Important
The Manhattan Declaration was, as of last night, the 29th most searched term on Google. It was a “spicy” search term. So there you go. Justin Taylor blogged it yesterday. In less than 24 hours, the site has drawn over … Continue reading
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The Manhattan Declaration: A Bold Statement on Family and Faith
Today at 12pm, a group of evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox leaders released a statement on the sanctity of human life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. Called the Manhattan Declaration, this statement represents a bold rebuke of current cultural trends and … Continue reading
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ETS Live-Blog: Bruce Ware’s 2009 Presidential Address
I am live-blogging the 2009 Evangelical Theological Society Presidential Address by Dr. Bruce Ware, professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY). Dr. Ware’s message, entitled “The Man Christ Jesus,” looks to be customarily rich and … Continue reading
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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 from the most recent Themelios: The temptation for a theological student at this point, of course, is to make the obvious answer to this: well, … Continue reading
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