I preached the first of two sermons leading up to Reformation Day today. It’s sort of a “we need a new Reformation, and it’s the same as the old Reformation” theme, but I wasn’t obvious about it, I don’t think.
It moves fast, and I would encourage people who care to look up the passages [...]
Jeremy Pierce talks a little bit about imprecatory prayer. He also links to a few posts on the same (or at least related) topic by Justin Taylor (see here, here, and here). It’s worth reading through these.
Regarding antidepressant medication, from a member of Jim Elliff’s church: “At the new church, I met people who grieve over their sin. They are literally brought to tears as they confess sin to one another. This was foreign to me. I have never cried over my sin. I have felt bad for my sin, [...]
Hm, this PDF file actually contains some pretty good advice on how to improve your reading speed (among other things). Download it, open it, and then scroll down to “Step 3: Increase Speed” (p. 13).
Let’s take a look at the following verses:
2 Timothy 2:11-13 Listen
11 The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself. [...]
Patrick Stewart as Claudius and David Tennant as Hamlet? I wish I could be there.
I mean, there’s just one link, followed by another, followed by another…
OK, bad joke. But obviously all actual content here is getting swallowed by occasional links and brief commentary. Why is that?
I’ll let my co-conspirators tell their own tale, if they like. In my own case, TIWIARN (This Is Where I Am [...]
Steve Hays reviews a comparison between Lutheranism and Calvinism. Well, Josh Strodtbeck calls it Calvinism, but sometimes you can see the straw sticking up through the joints.
I don’t quite get why Charlie is Floyd Pepper though? Perhaps it’s because of his “hip sarcasm [which] is often directed at other Muppet Show [Triablogue] regulars“? Just kidding.
Update: Oops, it looks like Charlie is actually Dr. Teeth, not Floyd Pepper!
Although they’re a couple of years old, I only recently noticed these two posts on Christians and the Sabbath by Jeremy Pierce. They’re well worth checking out. As far as I’m concerned, however, to be honest I simply don’t know enough to say whether I agree or disagree with what he’s saying. [...]
Pastor Lance Lewis at Blaque Tulip gets it. He has declared that he is striving for a monocultural church, but he has the right idea of what the One Culture will be. (Hat tip: Thabiti Anyabwile.)
Velociraptors had feathers. So, at what point do we decide that some of these dinosaurs are really extinct birds? (HT: /.)
LOLcats meets PostSecret. I don’t know whether it’s OK to laugh.
30 essential pieces of free and open software for Windows.
The Open Source Challenge: how to replace Windows with Ubuntu. I’ve been dual booting with both, and I don’t know about you, but for me it sorta gets tiring switching back and forth between the two, maintaining them, etc. So this guide might come in pretty handy. Then again, maybe because of [...]
Some of these libraries are indeed quite beautiful! Sadly, especially as a bibliophile, I’ve only ever been inside one of them (can you guess which one? Well, I’m sure friends will know).
Although I have been inside the British Museum, I don’t recall having visited the Reading Room at all.
And I have stood outside [...]
Here is John Piper’s video presentation of the gospel in 6 minutes. However, I would think it’s more for the Christian than for the unbeliever without familiarity with basic Christianity and Christian beliefs (at least until the last minute and a half or so). And yes, we Christians need to hear the gospel, [...]
Speaking as a Christian and a Doctor Who fan, I find this to be completely stupid, an exercise in misdirection that takes glory away from Christ. I mean, the Doctor is fun to watch because he’s so human; Jesus as depicted in the Bible would have both saved Rose and made her like Him… [...]
Last Sunday, Pastor Arden Hodgins preached a sermon entitled “Why Judas?” in which he gave eleven reasons why Jesus chose Judas Iscariot as a disciple despite knowing Judas’ heart and destiny. It was one of the finer sermons I’ve heard Pastor Arden preach.
I especially appreciated his fourth reason (which was borrowed from J.C. Ryle [...]
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