The workshop audio from last month’s Gospel Coalition Conference is now available. All 38 sessions are available, plus a number of special events, including a few that will be posted soon. A few titles that looked particularly interesting to me: The Pastor’s Counseling Ministry (David Powlison) Is Your Church a Safe Place for Sad People? […]
Read More The Gospel Coalition Workshop audioBoth my daughter and dog star in this product of 12 years of public education:
Read More Monday morning mirthToxicologists Frank LoVecchio and Jeffrey Suchard at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix did some research on rattlesnakes a few years ago and came up with this conclusion: Dead rattlesnakes can bite. They discovered that 15% of Arizona rattlesnake attacks occurred after the snakes “had been mortally shot, bludgeoned, or even beheaded.” A […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (5/15/11)This afternoon, going over my notes for tomorrow’s sermon, I was reading a number of things about sin, Satan, and temptation. As is often the case, Thomas Watson had a good word about the subject: What can one do to offer violence to himself in mortifying the flesh? Withdraw the fuel that may make lust […]
Read More Preparing for SundayThanks to Tim Challies, I came across this website today that has a good selection of inexpensive and free ebooks for the Kindle. Check out Gospel eBooks. Check out some of the following deals: The Holy Bible: ESV (FREE) The Holy Bible: HCSB (FREE) John Piper – Don’t Waste Your Life ($2.84) A.W. Tozer – […]
Read More Good, inexpensive Christian e-booksPastor Kent Hughes recounts the fable of two men who lived in an ancient city — one was envious while the other was covetous. The ruler of this city sent for the two men and offered to grant each of them one wish. A small difference arose, however: he would grant the first man exactly […]
Read More Do not let your heart envy sinnersA few of years ago, popular author John Gray (Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus) released a new book: How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have. His thesis? “When you do your best, God does the rest.” In one place he reportedly writes, “Regardless of your particular orientation [of […]
Read More God: worthy (alone) of gloryThis week I counted the number of open tabs in my web browser. It was over 40. Time for a Grab Bag, me thinks. Many more churches are being proactive in providing biblical counseling for their people and the community (check out the GBCM webpage and the GBC biblical counselor training page as examples). Capitol […]
Read More Grab bagJoyce Heinrich (Bethlehem Baptist Church) wrote a particularly encouraging post, “Happy, Happy Mother’s Day.” Oh, mothers, I urge you to continue on as you have begun with your maternal responsibilities. Love your children intensely, selflessly, wisely! But with an even greater love, love your God, Jesus Christ. Set your face like a flint to follow […]
Read More Happy, Happy Mother’s DayHow do you fight the battle against sin? How do you wage war against the temptations that are prone to lead you away from Christ and towards the world? How do you keep from engaging in any sinful and evil impulses? For too many, suggests Bryan Chapell, we are in bondage to spiritually destructive behaviors: […]
Read More In preparation for this SundayYesterday I was doing some reading in preparation for a parental dedication on Sunday morning and came across these two gems from the pen of John Younts: “Parents looking primarily for enjoyment from such creatures are in for a major disappointment. Loving, enjoyable relationships between parents and children are a by-product of good parenting, not […]
Read More Two thoughts about parentingThis morning I was getting a few things ready for the day when my daughter said, “I suppose you’ve already heard this, but Osama bin Laden was killed last night.” “Yes,” I replied, “I saw the headline in the newspaper earlier…” That comment provided fodder for a brief discussion around the breakfast table that focused […]
Read More Grief, hell and bin Laden at the breakfast tableThis morning I talked to friend — “How’s it going?” I routinely asked. “It’s Monday…” We both knew what he meant by that — “The weekend is over, rest is gone, work has begun, the drudgery is back. It’s Monday.” You know exactly what those two words mean. For many, work is no friend, but […]
Read More Work, work, and more workThis month’s free audio book download is the just-released book by Tim Challies — The Next Story. I have it on my “read soon” stack; now it can be in the “listen soon” que. Christian Audio — The Next Story.
Read More Free Audio Book – The Next StoryIn 1965 the future looked extraordinarily bright. Man was four short years from walking on the moon. The world was on the brink of a technological explosion — computer, microwave, laser, and communication advances were certain to revolutionize every facet of the way we lived. So a U.S. Senate Subcommittee in 1965 predicted that by […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (5/1/11)
Words of Grace 