The new 9Marks eJournal is out, and as usual it offers much to chew on. In lieu of discussing it, I will list the contents below and encourage you to give them a read. It’s on conversion, and I think it looks great. The Beauty of Conversion By Jared WilsonHow beautiful art thou, O Conversion? A smitten man counts the ways. Read more > His Arm Is Strong to Save: A Trajectory of Conversion in America By Owen StrachanHistorical changes... Read more
Mike Cosper, contributing writer for the Gospel Coalition, recently began his own blog. It is well worth your time. Here’s a description of Mike: Mike Cosper is the Pastor of Worship and Arts at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY, where he’s served since its launch in 2000. He leads a team of worship leaders that serve at campuses around the city, and is one of the founders of the 930 Art Center, an art gallery and music venue located... Read more
Megan McCardle of The Atlantic recently wrote a provocative piece suggesting numerous ways in which American higher education could adapt to fit a modern, technology-driven society. Her comments were no-holds-barred when it comes to the question of the “practicality” of a liberal arts degree. Here’s a bit of what she said: Online education will kill the liberal arts degree. Let’s not have the same dismal discussion of whether liberal arts degrees are awesome or useless. The important aspect for this discussion is that... Read more
John Mahaffey of West Highland Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario just commented on the state of evangelicalism in Canada. I’m not sure if you ever wonder how things are going up north, but I do. Very interesting thoughts from his Gospel Coalition interview: In 1900, 25 percent of Canadians were evangelical in conviction. That number fell to 8 percent in the 1980s, but has since rebounded to almost 11 percent. This resurgence since the 80s is encouraging, but this devastating... Read more
One of the most encouraging developments in our day is church planting in global cities. My buddy Freddy Wyatt, for example, is planting the Gallery Church in Manhattan, a work that I love (featured recently in the New York Times). Aaron Coe of the North American Mission Board (Southern Baptist Convention) is doing high-level thinking and strategy in this area. The NETS program is targeting cities like Boston and major college campuses like Harvard and Dartmouth. How can a believer not be... Read more
Thomas Lake is the finest young sportswriter in America. Working for Sports Illustrated, he writes long-form journalism pieces that transcend reporting and cross firmly over into beautiful, profound prose. He recently published a piece entitled “The Legacy of Wes Leonard.” The story (featured in an issue with Jeremy Lin on the cover) follows a young Michigan basketball player who led his team to victory after victory until, just minutes after an incredible come-from-behind win, he collapsed of heart trouble and died. As... Read more
If you haven’t heard of the Lanier Theological Library, check it out. It’s an independently funded research center and library in Houston, Texas. The resources at this evangelical resource outfit are outstanding. Lanier was created by Mark Lanier, one of the top attorneys in the country according to the New York Times. Here’s a bit more about the library: The Lanier Theological Library is an exciting new resource for all students and scholars of the Bible. The LTL is a... Read more
A fantastic, soaring new song that captures the sadness and possibility of life in this world. Isaac Slade explains the song here. Here’s a snippet: I went to Breckenridge and wrote by myself in a cabin up there for a while. I brought all of my journals from second grade until now. And I brought a couple big coffee table picture books, my little voice recorder and my guitar and just went up there. I bought a bunch of groceries... Read more
The Family Research Council runs a great outfit called the Marriage and Religion Research Institute. This center has recently produced an extensively researched document called “162 Reasons to Marry” that is a stemwinder of a case for covenantal union. Here’s what the report says at the outset: With fewer than half our children now reaching the end of childhood in an intact married family, it will be good for all adolescents to learn again and again that an intact married... Read more
ESPN just released this frightening data from the first study of youth football and the impact of head-to-head collisions: The first-ever study to measure the head impacts among youth football players has found that some hits absorbed by second graders are as forceful as those in the college game, and that unlike at in high school and college football most of the severe hits occurred during practices. More: The sample size was small, just seven players in a Virginia youth... Read more
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