Monthly Archives: November 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 the engagement of the older and younger generations of pastors and church leaders. Instead of standing apart from and casting aspersions at one another, current … Continue reading
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The Link 11.13.09: Steven Curtis Chapman, Young Rapping Conservatives, and Sarah Palin Populism
1. Steven Curtis Chapman has a beautiful new album out called Beauty Will Rise. Buy the album. Seriously. Even if, like me, you rarely buy CCM stuff, you should buy this one. It’s filled with sadness, truth, and hope. I … Continue reading
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Women Fighting, and Men Doing Little About it
I have been shocked of late to find two videos showing women enacting brutality against one another. Femininity is a contested sphere nowadays, both literally and figuratively. First, I came across a video of a recent fight between women in … Continue reading
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Christianity and Money: Two Recent Stories from The Atlantic
The Atlantic has recently published two stories that touch on Christianity and money. The first, “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” by Hanna Rosin, covers the prosperity gospel. Here’s a snapshot from the piece that touches on Joel Osteen: Your Best … Continue reading
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George Will on Supposed Climate Change
The perenially sane George Will just weighed in on some very bad news for climate-change doomsdayists: On Nov. 2, The Wall Street Journal‘s Jeffrey Ball reported some inconvenient data. Soon after the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—it shared the … Continue reading
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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 Survey released this year showed New England overtaking the Pacific Northwest as the least religious region in the country. Twenty-two percent of respondents here said … Continue reading
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John Piper Tunes in and So Can You: The Henry Center Website Report
An update from the Henry Center on its website. We’ve been pushing the site in recent days, and it’s great to give a very brief public report: What do folks like John Piper, Justin Taylor, Millard Erickson, and Thabiti Anyabwile … Continue reading
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Are iPhones Making Us Unkind?
Technology changes us. We’re often aware of how helpful it is, and thus we rush to use and apply it. But we’re not often aware of the effect it has on us. You may recall the seminal 2008 article “Is … Continue reading
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Deep Church Shallow: Greg Gilbert’s 9Marks Review
The new 9Marks eJournal just arrived, and it’s on–take a deep breath here–church discipline. I know, right–why don’t they settle down and pick a single issue to focus on already? Good grief. I’m just kidding. In actuality, the new issue … Continue reading
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10 Million Words: Or, Something Only Tim Challies Would Attempt
The latest from Ben Peays and The Gospel Coalition: The Gospel Coalition is pleased to welcome 10 Million Words — a new blog by Tim Challies. Over the next year Challies will read and review all of The New York … Continue reading
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