The Pastor's Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity by Barnabas Piper My rating: 3 of 5 stars I admit I was curious to hear what the son of one of my favorite authors would say about his upbringing... But I believe I can honestly say that my most powerful motivation...
Mark Ward
Black English Vernacular, Linguistics, and Bible Interpretation
This is an advanced-level linguistics post for those who have actually been reading my others on the topic over the years. It may scare neophytes away, but I urge you to contact me before dismissing my argument. I apologize for the cusswords in this post, but I'll...
ESV Reader’s Bible 50% Off at WTS Books
The ESV Reader's Bible is now 50% off at WTS Books. Not sure how long this will last. Get one now! ESV Reader’s Bible: Hardcover Edition $14.99 ESV Reader’s Bible: Walnut TruTone Edition $22.50 ESV Reader’s Bible: Black TruTone Edition $22.50 HT: John Mark Bertrand...
A Grace Story
David and Stephanie Heimann are valued friends to my wife and me, they are colaborers in ministry, and they are both objects of God's amazing grace. They were recently baptized after coming to understand over time that their initial professions of faith were not...
The Wrong Side of History?
I don't make a practice of reblogging stuff, especially if it's on a blog I'm guessing a lot of my readers already see. But the three quotes below, collected by Justin Taylor, were so excellent that I had to make certain to pass them on and add my two cents. The...
Teaching Japanese Christianly
A friend wrote me in my capacity as a member of the Bible Integration Team at BJU Press: Honestly, I struggle ... as I teach Japanese. I do talk about how learning languages and other cultures is important from Christian perspective etc. at the beginning of the school...
The Day of Small Things, Part 2
See below to find out what happens when Tim Challies links to your obscure blog! (At the very end of the graph you can see a comparatively small tick upwards from a link I just got on the Crossway blog.)
BJU School of Religion Blog
If you haven't already subscribed to the BJU School of Religion blog, I recommend it. There was one post by Mark Vowels that was especially good, and they're letting me post over there, too.
Is Every Sin Equally Heinous?
Is every sin equal in the eyes of God? John Frame answers in his new systematic—with just the kind of simple, straightforward, biblical reasoning I've come to expect from him: It might seem that since all sin is of the heart, every sin is equally heinous. But...
C. S. Lewis on Honest Opinions
In the rich, classic story The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis pictures a Christian and an atheist discussing the claims of Christianity. Both were scholars of a sort. They grew up together; they were schooled together; they lost their faith together. Then one of them,...