Life gets busy. This is a fundamental reality for many of us. Indeed, many of us make our lives too busy. I was reminded of this when I read a recent USA Today piece on the actress Tina Fey, whose comedic work I generally enjoy. Here’s an excerpt from the article: “How Fey balances what now amounts to two jobs, plus marriage and motherhood, and writing an upcoming humor non-fiction book, is a question none of her co-stars or friends... Read more
1. The new 9Marks issue is online. Go to the website and read it and you’re guaranteed to learn a lot about church-based counseling. You can also access the PDF if you like. I wrote a review published in this issue about a book called The Incredible Shrinking Church. 2. Charles Krauthammer (the man whose name perfectly fits his work) has just published a powerful pro-McCain column that, if not persuasive to all, has some strong points that need to... Read more
David Wells of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary will be speaking at Trinity’s ATO Chapel in Deerfield, IL next Wednesday, October 29th at 3pm on behalf of the Henry Center’s Scripture & Ministry Lecture Series. His free lecture is entitled, “How, Then, Should We Preach to Postmodern Persons?” In anticipation of this stimulating lecture, the Center asked him a teaser question: What is a postmodern person? “Postmodern is how we are speaking about our current cultural mood. While in some ways we... Read more
In recent days my church, Crossway Community Church of Bristol, WI has posted a number of talks that I think will be of help to Christians and non-Christians who want to understand certain theological matters better. Here are a couple listings of some of these resources. Crossway Books Editor Justin Taylor on a Theology of Vocation (A Theology of Vocation, Parts One and Two) Owen Strachan on Truth for Everyone (click on “How Can There Be Truth That Is True... Read more
Manhattan pastor Tim Keller recently addressed questions related to the unique challenges of ministry in our day in an online interview. I found the link through Florida pastor’s Tullian Tchividjian’s excellent blog. Here’s what Keller had to say about the need for revival in our day (remarks published on Darryl Dash’s blog): “We live in a society in which revival is necessary. As Peter Berger shows in The Heretical Imperative in contemporary pluralistic societies, everyone who believes a faith has... Read more
Are you an HSP? Are you a “highly sensitive person?” If so, please note that the following book is available to you: Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion: Daily Exercises for Calming Your Senses in an Overstimulating World. Or, you could go with the classic text on the HSP, The Highly Sensitive Person. Parenting an HSP? Check out the website designed especially to assist you and, specifically, to lighten the heavy burden of your wallet. In all seriousness, we are living in... Read more
1. The Wall Street Journal has a helpful article about certain aspects of the Obama “tax cut” that he’s championed for 95% of the population. WSJ: “For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase “tax credit.”…Once upon a time we called this “welfare,” or in George McGovern’s 1972 campaign... Read more
I now own a copy of the ESV Study Bible and am profoundly thankful that I do. If you do not own one, I would encourage you to purchase one as soon as possible. The Westminster Book Store is offering them at almost 50% off for a limited time–use your powers of common sense, click here, and buy one (or several) for yourself and your family. I have had some time to work through it and have actually used it... Read more
Had to pass along this quotation to you from a recent Russ Moore piece entitled, “Jesus Didn’t Die for a Campus Ministry: The Spiritual Danger of Unchurched Spirituality“. Here’s a theologically rich and personally challenging quotation on the spiritual nature of the local church: “In the Bible, a local church–with all its ridiculous flaws–is an unveiling of the mystery of the universe (Eph 3:6). The church is in a one-flesh union with Jesus so that, as in a marriage, everything... Read more
According to a recent notice from conference organizer Doug Baker, the podcasts for the “Politics of Jesus” conference are now online. Each runs between 50-70 minutes. I’ve included my live-blog of each message so that you can follow along as you listen. David Nelson, Adorning Our Savior’s Teaching: How the Gospel Matters for Public Life (liveblog) Andy Davis, Babylon: An Ancient Assessment of a Present Reality (liveblog) C. Ben Mitchell, Remaking the Future: The Looming Challenge of Resurgent Islam and... Read more
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