No religious Super Bowl ads allowed

After watching the Super Bowl yesterday — and watching too many empty-headed, violence-encouraging, and sexuality-exalting advertisements, I read this morning about a commercial for “Lookup 3:16” that was not shown last night: Fox Sports refused the ad because, according to a statement, “Fox Broadcasting Company does not accept advertising from religious organizations for the purpose […]

Grab bag

Found around the internet in the past week — C. J. Mahaney blogs about “The Pastor and Personal Criticism.” But it’s not just pastors who need to understand the role of criticism in their lives (to produce wisdom and maturity). We can all benefit from the criticism we receive: If we could mature in wisdom […]

Parenting Seminar audio

The audio for the parenting seminar with Jim Newheiser this weekend has now been posted at Grace Bible Institute. You can access all the audio at the download page: Parenting is More than a Formula When Good Kids Make Bad Choices You Never Stop Being a Parent, Pt. 1 You Never Stop Being a Parent, […]

Free Ryle eBook

Monergism is making J. C. Ryle’s book, Practical Religion (eBook) available as a free download for a short time. Go to Monergism Books.

How to read Scripture

Scripture not only testifies to its own authenticity and reliability, but it also tells us how to read and understand and delight in it. For example, Proverbs 3 offers four directives for the kinds of attitudes we are to cultivate as we read Scripture: Cultivate a desire to remember and know Scripture (vv. 1-4). Read […]

Now on Twitter, too

I’m still not sure how all this works, but you can now follow my blog on Twitter (where I may have some additional comments as well)… Follow me here: @terryenns

Book Review: Think

Title: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God Author: John Piper Publisher: Crossway, 2010; 222 pp. $19.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): There is no Christian mind.…As a thinking being, the modern Christian has succumbed to secularization. He accepts religion — its morality, its worship; but he rejects the religious view of life, […]

The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor

The audio, video, and notes from each plenary session of the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, “The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor” is now available at Desiring God’s Resource Library page. The conference may be designed for pastors, but the theme is prayer, something that would benefit every believer in Christ to do with greater […]

Today in history: the martyrdom of John Rogers

John Rogers burned to death at a stake at Smithfield, England on this Monday morning, February 4,1555. Among the onlookers who encouraged him were his own children. What monstrous crime had earned him this cruel death? Read the rest of “John Rogers, 1st of Many Martyrs.” J. C. Ryle’s book, Five English Reformers not only […]

Are you sure about what you want your spouse to be?

Over at the Pyromaniacs blog a couple of weeks ago, Dan Phillips first asked wives, Are you sure you want a husband who…?, and then he asked husbands, Are you sure you want a wife who…? The questions centered on the motivation a wife has for her husband to lead and the husband has for […]

Ten (or eleven…) favorite books/authors

A while ago, someone gave me a challenge: “could you put together a list of top 10 ‘classic’ books you think every Christian should read? And then maybe another list for when we finish that list?” Well first things first — so how about one list for now? And the more I read, the more […]

Sovereign Grace book sale

The annual sale at the Sovereign Grace store is back. All the books and music CDs and Audio / Video books and teaching resources are on sale — and there is free shipping on all purchases over $15. Here is a great opportunity to stock up on some good books and good prices!

Newton on the benefits of affliction

Few people have cultivated satisfaction in suffering. It is difficult to see the blessing of hardship. Even believers can develop an unbiblical worldview that assumes that suffering is the signal of God’s absence and maybe even of His displeasure. Yet if there is no suffering, how will we ever demonstrate to the world that God […]

Free Audiobook – Adopted for Life

This month’s free audio book from Christian Audio is Russell Moore’s new book, Adopted for Life. Instructions: Click the book image, click the Add to Cart on the book’s page, login to your christianaudio.com account, and complete the order. If you don’t have a free christianaudio.com account, you’ll be prompted to open one during the […]

Why do you listen to the music you listen to?

It was probably about 25 years ago that I first seriously considered the question about my music selection and whether the words and lyrics glorify and honor Christ by a seminary chapel speaker named Al Menconi. This morning, I came across a list of 12 questions to ask of albums when we listen to them. […]