Although I am on a blog holiday at the moment, it gives me great pleasure to welcome my friend and newly published author, Tim Challies, to the blog for the next portion of his blog tour. Today he will answer a question submitted by another blogger. As I discuss spiritual discernment with other people, one of the questions that always seems to arise is this one: “Isn’t spiritual discernment a gift of the Holy Spirit?”The answer to this one is,... Read more
No. 24 on the list of the most widely read posts among readers of my blog appeared on July 13, 2007, and provided an audio link to my interview with Rob Rufus. Interviewing Rob at the end of the Together on a Mission 2007 Conference was memorable, and those who listened to the mp3 will know just how much laughter was a part of that conversation. In December 2007, the written transcript of this interview with Rob Rufus was published... Read more
No. 25 on the list of the all-time most popular posts with readers of this blog appeared on July 2, 2007, and summarized some of my series on the atonement. It also included links to a number of other posts on the subject. There were many other posts within this series—the most popular of which was entitled “J. I. Packer on the Atonement.” As we finally draw near to the conclusion of this long-running series on the atonement, it has... Read more
John Piper: – “God exists to be worshipped—to be admired and treasured and desired and praised. Therefore, the Word of God is written primarily to produce worship. This means that if that Word is handled like a hot-dish recipe or a repair manual, it is mishandled. And the people will suffer. The Truth of God begs to be handled with exultation. And our hearts yearn for this and need it. Something in us starts to die when precious and infinitely... Read more
No. 26 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on July 28, 2006, and announced an offer to my readers from Logos Bible Software. If you don’t yet own this software, the offer is still available now. If you purchase through my site, I receive some reimbursement as a result. If you decide to budget for this invaluable resource, you will not regret this, I’m sure! I’m delighted to be able to bring you a very... Read more
No. 27 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on January 14, 2006, and linked to this hilarious joke. Its popularity was measured by the number of visits to the post in the last half of 2007. The original post is reprinted here in its entirety—just follow the link below to read the joke. If you are like me, then you like jokes. Jokes often take a group of people and poke fun at them for appearing... Read more
I just received the following announcement in my e-mail about a blogging tour that Tim Challies will be taking next week. I have previously highlighted Tim’s book here on my sidebar, and in my review of it, in which I said: “Tim Challies takes us from the turbulent marketplace of ideas that is the modern western church back into the world of the Scriptures. Sadly, today many people fall into the trap of being naively blown from one wind of... Read more
No. 28 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on September 2, 2006, and was written in response to a request for a short “biography” of myself. That post provided a brief introduction to me, and included links to a number of posts I had written sharing my story so far. I am publishing the original short post here in its entirety. I really must get around to bringing my story up-to-date in 2008! I have been... Read more
No. 30 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on April 15, 2006, and introduced us to a tool which is invaluable in helping teams to collaborate for free. Google calendar is a helpful gift to the world from what some are calling the new Microsoft. Actually, am I the only one who is starting to worry about Google’s total dominance? “Yesterday I linked to Google’s new calendar (together with many other bloggers!). This is such a... Read more
First up, let me wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR, and may 2008 bring rich blessings to you and your family! Beginning tomorrow, and for the next month or so—during my extended blog leave—I have arranged to highlight the thirty most read posts of all time from this blog. These posts were selected on the basis of the number of visits to the individual post pages during the second half of 2007. Much of this, of course, reflects the... Read more
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