Free album by Beautiful Eulogy, the rap group created by Braille, one of my all-time favorite rappers, Courtland Urbano, and Odd Thomas. I downloaded this recently and love it. The melodic feel and hard-hitting rhymes are great. The download link is below, and you can actually download a whole bunch of free albums from these artists here, the Humble Beast website. Info: Satellite Kite is the debut record from the Portland, OR based group Beautiful Eulogy. This album is an... Read more
Justin Taylor blogged this yesterday; Denny Burk, my colleague at Boyce College, then posted it on his own blog. It is nothing less than shocking. Watch the full lectures for free here, and witness how Douglas Wilson, pastor from Moscow, Idaho, is treated. Here you see where the cultural elite are going in terms of morality and homosexuality. Those of us who have grown up in a relatively tolerant country should buckle up. Things are not going to get easier... Read more
I haven’t read this one yet (I hope to soon), but I wanted to let my readers know that Justin Buzzard’s Date Your Wife has hit the market. It looks to be helpful, and it’s written by a guy for whom I have great respect and affection, a church planter who is by God’s lavish grace reaching people of all types–from corporate types to the homeless–in San Jose, California. Here’s the publisher’s description of the text: “Most men don’t know... Read more
Okay, so that’s not really true. Let’s amend it, then. Lots of men “want” a man cave. The Art of Manliness has featured two posts (here and here) on the unique structures and rooms created by men for their work. Some of them are opulent; many are not. Most of them have allowed men a place to think deep thoughts, read great books, and perhaps pen timeless words. Many of us may not have a “man cave.” The future may... Read more
Christianity Today just published a point-counterpoint between Judd Birdsall and me. We were asked to answer, essentially, the question of whether Obama is a Christian or not. Judd made a good case in arguing that he is; I, sadly, concluded that he does not seem to be. I’ll leave you to read both and form your own judgment. Here’s a snatch from Judd’s piece: Conversionism: Barack Obama has a conversion story, if not an entirely traditional one. In his bestseller,... Read more
Sarah Pulliam Bailey of Christianity Today just interviewed Florida Senator Marco Rubio about his faith and political views. It’s a great introduction to Rubio, who is one of the GOP’s most popular–and promising–young politicians. Q: Would you describe yourself as an evangelical? A: I’m a Roman Catholic. I’m theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths. I... Read more
Just yesterday, Christianity Today published coverage of the recent debate over a statement on Calvinism: A statement by a non-Calvinist faction of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has launched infighting within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, and tensions are expected to escalate Tuesday as church leaders descend on New Orleans. While the election of the denomination’s first African American president in its 167-year history will dominate the meeting’s headlines, water-cooler talk is sure to be fixated on a theological dirty... Read more
You may have seen that Webb Simpson, a devout Christian, just won the U. S. Open. If you’re like me, you may not know much about him. From the video above, he seems to be a godly husband and father (HT: Girltalk). He and Dowd, his wife, seem to have a very happy marriage. Let me say this: it is a beautiful thing to see a woman who wants to support, strengthen, and even better a man. There really is... Read more
Global financier Arpad Busson is not one you might initially think would be an advocate for adoption. He’s dated famous actresses and lives a lavish life. I somehow came across a piece on him, though, and found this heartrending description of a Romanian orphanage: For Busson, whose personal wealth is around £200 million, his Damascene moment came a decade ago, when he was setting up ARK. That first visit to a Romanian orphanage remains a vivid and deeply disturbing memory.... Read more
From the Gospel Coalition: When you are preaching Christ from the Old Testament, do you actually preach the Old Testament? Owen Strachan, a regular TGC contributor and professor of theology and church history at Boyce College, wants preachers to not simply preach Christ from the Old Testament, but to preach the Old Testament in a way that apexes in Christ. Strachan warns that if a preacher is so jazzed about Christ-centered preaching that he leaps the context in order to... Read more
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