I have a post planned in which I will urge you to listen to preaching by my pastor, Mark Minnick. One of the major reasons you should listen to him, especially if you're training for the ministry, is that he is aware of the theological currents swirling about, and...
Frame’s Triadic View of Ethics
John Frame's Doctrine of the Christian Life is a very helpful book, perhaps a better introduction to his (so-far) trilogy than the one that came out first, the Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. Leastways, as Bilbo might say, I found it easier! Frame argues that...
Ubiquity Working on Me
Mozilla Labs' Ubiquity is working on me. The day it came out I was foolishly dismissive because it isn't as fast as Firefox's Keyword Search. That's still true, but it does more than keyword searching, and even for keyword searching it provides some helpful added...
Another debate without much religion » GetReligion
One of the best blogs I read is GetReligion. They give me a bit too much good material, but I do try to at least scan most of it. Their aim is to cover coverage of religion in the mainstream media (MSM, they call it). Incisive stuff. Last night's post on the...
Bob Jones University Unfairly Maligned
I track all mentions of "Bob Jones University" via Google Alerts. Many articles are critical or dismissive. Many are not. Some criticisms are deserved—we're sinners! Some are not. Check out the opening of this AP article, carried in SC's The State: Gay rights group...
A Wealthy Jew and Christian Apologetics
The New York Times' Deborah Solomon just interviewed a very wealthy Jewish man, Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr., whose new book Hope Not Fear bills itself as A Path to Jewish Renaissance. Listen in on the conversation: Solomon: In your book, you seek to define Judaism as...
BestCommentaries.com
I've already linked to this site before, but I have to mention it again because I've gotten some very good use out of it in just a few weeks. It's a real go-to. You get free information from several solid commentary recommendation books (Carson, Derek Thomas, Glynn,...
Mazak on Mazak’s View
Dr. Greg Mazak has posted a comment in the thread about his own sermon. Check it out here. I'm honored to have Dr. Mazak, a person who once played ultimate frisbee with our regular crew here at BJ, comment on my humble blog!
Greg Mazak on James 5:14-15
Here's the ESV for James 5:14-15: 14 Is anyone among you sick (ἀσθενεῖ)? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick (κάμνοντα), and the...
Zechariah, Congressional Deadlock, and God’s Providence
I was reading in Zechariah last night in my single-column Books of the Bible, and I was struck by this statement from God about Jerusalem: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Now hear these words, ‘Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.’ This is...