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“A Stunning Scale of Our Solar System, Drawn in the Dessert.” Then read Genesis 1 and Psalm 8. I’ve not seen the movie, “The Risen,” but here is a review that appears to be quite helpful. Samuel James posted “Some Thoughts on Christians, Movies, and Nudity.” And then some more thoughts. These are helpful and […]

The new issue of JBMW is available

The newest issue of The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is available. This is a resource I regularly read and always find helpful articles in it (and now it’s also free!). Denny Burk kicks off the journal by analyzing the troubling fact that it is now okay in our culture to change a child’s […]

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Some helpful articles from the last week: Jon Bloom explains why “God is Merciful Not to Tell Us Everything: “Can you imagine how the disciples might have felt if the Lord had explained to them that he would not assume his earthly reign for another 2,000-plus years, during which the Church would gradually and with […]

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Some helpful articles from the last couple of weeks: A long time ago I began recognizing a changing trend in counseling. Women were battling with lust and pornography too, as Carolyn McCulley affirms in her recent post, “Lust: Not for men only.” She writes: “We have a message of hope and redemption in the morass […]

Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

The new edition of The Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is now available online. Among the articles that look particularly interesting in this issue is one by Josh Harris, “A Word to Husbands (And a Few More for Wives): 1 Peter 3:1-7,” and reviews of books written by John Piper, Mary Kassian, and Richard […]

Grab Bag

Believers live in a place that is not their home. It is often all-to-clear that this is not our permanent abode. And yet there are also so many manifestations of God’s grace and kindness even while living amidst fallenness: Wrestling is to Iowa as football is to Texas. So when high school student Joel Northrup […]

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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 […]

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 […]

CBMW » Current Issue

The Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is no longer a printed journal. That’s the sad news. The glad news is that it is an e-zine that is free! The latest copy is now posted at CBMW. While I have not yet read this issue (I just discovered it this afternoon), it always contains a […]

FREE — Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

The Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has long been a very helpful resource and clear-sounding voice on the Biblical position of complementarianism in marriage. And a subscription to the bi-annual journal was always very affordable (I think about $10, if I remember correctly). And now the price is even better — it’s free! Like […]

Still more on women and ministry

This morning I received the email blog from Pulpit Magazine, addressing the issue of “God’s High Call for Women.” Given the recent controversy about the role of women in the church and whether they are qualified Biblically to preach, this is worthwhile reading. A more lengthy version by the elders of Grace Community Church is […]

A woman in the White House but not in the pulpit?

Apparently, the selection of Sarah Palin by John McCain has triggered a number of questions and accusations against evangelicals. The debate is essentially over this question: “Evangelicals are willing to have a woman serve in the White House, but not as the pastor of a church? Isn’t that just a little inconsistent?” In light of […]

Women in the pulpit

This morning I listened to the Jackie Roese’s (pronounced “Reese”) sermon, “Fight for the Heart of Our King” at Irving Bible Church this weekend. This was the much-discussed event in which a woman was allowed to preach at this church which has long been opposed to such an event. [Aside: I also found on the […]

What’s wrong with the (American) church?, Pt. 2

This morning I posted my comments on “What’s wrong with the (American) church?” My comments were posted before I saw the morning newspaper and before I was greeted by this headline as I prepared my breakfast: “Woman’s turn in pulpit at Irving Bible Church brings buzz, beefs.” When I saw the headline, I stared in […]