I heartily concur with David Murray’s list of 10 Problems with Old Testament Teaching. Messianic Jews are being persecuted in Mevasseret Zion (the town where the closest mall to Yad HaShmonah is). That times have changed (on the computer) is clear from the fact that Google Desktop is being retired. TMC is ranked #2 again… Read More »
Marquis Laughlin’s Dramatic Reading of the ESV – frankly I was expecting something “dramatic” and was initially disappointed. But I kept it going in the background while I did other work and I ended up being very encouraged, not by the voice but by the selection of texts. These are well chosen. Indeed, Motherhood is… Read More »
Lincoln’s wife chased him with a knife. There are lessons here for those with hard marriages. Eugene Merrill gives a brief summary of his experience excavating Khirbet el-Maqatir (Ai?) this summer. Should professors at a Christian college be forced out if they advocate evolution? This question is playing out now at Calvin College. The future… Read More »
The Jerusalem Post has a timeline of the attacks near Eilat. It looks like the 16-volume collection of William M. Ramsay has come down from $30 to $20 in the last week. A few more orders will push the price down to $15. Here’s a “really cool God story” that happened last week to a… Read More »
There are some good suggestions in this Email Charter, though not all rules apply all the time. If you try to have a family devotion time, this article is worth a few minutes. Big take-away: family worship is like boiling a kid in its mothers milk for too many families. Shepherd Press had an incredible… Read More »
This map gives a graphic representation of the most corrupt countries in the world. Maybe the Middle East peace process wouldn’t be so difficult if the Jews didn’t steal Palestine from the Arabs. Except that they didn’t. Getting a visa to stay in Israel if you are a Christian is only getting more difficult. Yes,… Read More »
“How LeBron James Broke the Golden Rule of Sports” watch this especially if you think that professional sports make a mockery of us all. I don’t know how many pastors (or aspiring pastors) read here, but I think there’s much value in “What I have learned after five years of pastoring.” The malls of America… Read More »
Francis Chan has a good illustration on living in light of eternity. Contrast that with Jim Gilliam who rejected his childhood faith in favor of trusting the Internet: “God is just humanity connected….We are the leaders of this new religion. We have faith that people connected can create a new world. Each one of us… Read More »
“Church history is crystal clear: Homosexual practice has been affirmed nowhere, never, by no one in the history of Christianity. . . .” (more here). Even if you think that you don’t need to read an article about “Alzheimer’s and Gospel Transformation,” I suggest that you do. Only 11 paragraphs. Better buy 100-watt light bulbs… Read More »
This clip is four minutes long, but perhaps you can at least listen to the first minute. John Piper: