Justin Taylor linked to a great article by John Piper on how to listen to preaching. The whole article is, like everything by Piper, well worth a careful read, but I will here list his ten suggestions on how to prepare yourself for listening to the Sunday sermon: Pray that God would give you the good and honest heart . . . set aside some time before you go to bed Saturday night, and then again when you get up... Read more
Biblical Literacy: Although Still a Best-Seller, Bible Knowledge Declines Don Whitney: “No spiritual discipline is more important than the intake of God’s Word. Nothing can substitute for it. There simply is no healthy Christian life apart from a diet of the milk and meat of Scripture.” HT Paul Schafer. (tags: bible) Haykin Historical Biographies Justin Taylor links to some free audio files. “If you want to hear a good lecturer on historical theology, there are few guides better than Michael... Read more
I have now listened to the mp3 of the talk given by Al Mohler at Together for the Gospel. During the introduction, I learnt two things about Al Mohler that I didn’t know. The first was that despite his prolific online writings, it seems he is not leaving a corpus of books for those who are not “switched on”. I would love to know more about his reasoning for that, but suffice it to say, it does seem to say... Read more
Well, despite all my posts on the Together for the Gospel Conference, this is actually only my second post written as a response to a specific talk. Lig Duncan’s was the second talk I chose to listen to since downloading the talks as MP3s. I have already collected a few quotes from this talk in a previous post, and of course Tim Challies did a great summary post whilst actually at the conference. This was a very different talk than... Read more
The Two-Edged Sword of Medical Technology In London, “The Guardian” reports “some doctors are calling for a policy revision that would allow women with a family history of breast cancer to use IVF technology in order to give birth to children who do not carry genes associated with the disease.” (tags: abortion children medicine mohler) To Clap or Not to Clap? “We need to recognize that what we do with our bodies is meant to reflect what’s taking place in... Read more
As a child I never dreamed I would visit a re-united Berlin. It was an emotional experience earlier this year, but for some reason I never blogged about it. These few photos capture much of it – the former line of the wall now dominated by new buildings, the things people would do to reach the West, the Jewish memorial, the rebuilt parliament (we flattened more of Berlin than I was ever taught at school) and the spectacular symbol of... Read more
Can Christians Use Birth Control? “The effective separation of sex from procreation may be one of the most important defining marks of our age – and one of the most ominous. This awareness is spreading among American evangelicals, and threatens to let loose a firestorm.” (tags: abortion catholic children family mohler) A Call for Unity and Doctrinal Purity Bob Hayton over at Fundamentally Reformed posts his insights on the T4G Conference, and links to many posts written in the aftermath,... Read more
In this week’s MLJ Monday post, Dr. Lloyd-Jones addresses some final questions regarding the sealing. Next week, in our concluding post on this subject, I will share from the pages of Iain Murray’s biography, one of the Doctor’s own experiences – an experience of which he never spoke publically, and only seldom in private, but which I feel will be a great encouragement to you as a reader of this blog.Today, the Doctor begins his final exposition of Ephesians 1:13... Read more
In my last post on healing, I spoke of its relationship with faith. As an example of a faith-filled sermon on healing I cannot recommend anything better than my pastor’s talk last weekend, “He Healed Them All“. Following the meeting we had a large number of people respond, largely for “emotional healing”, and the impact of the powerful prayer time that ensued will be felt for some time, I am sure! What can I say about the gifts of healing?... Read more
Josh Harris: says “. . . The other day I read a short interview with Tom Hanks about the movie. When asked about the controversy he made a statement emphasizing the fact that it was utter fiction. Of course this is obvious. But it also seems obvious to me that Mr. Hanks would probably never touch a movie based on a fictional story that so misrepresented and essentially slandered any other person or group. Would he star in a film... Read more
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