Friday, March 20, 2009
I read a lot of blogs. One is the Resurgence, a collective of “new Reformed” authors. As a Lutheran I disagree with some of their conclusions, especially on the sacraments, but they always give me some food for thought.
Mark Driscoll, preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, is a contributor, and today I saw [...]
Friday, February 13, 2009
If you’re looking for a good study Bible, look no further than the recently released ESV (English Standard Version) Study Bible, published by Crossway. It’s a great Bible filled with notes, references, and all kinds of material that will help deepen your understanding of God’s Word.
The icing frosting on the cake is that when you [...]
Saturday, February 7, 2009
For web geeks, Drupal is a fantastic thing. It’s an open-source (free) framework for building web sites. It’s one of the most powerful platforms there is, allowing web sites that need robust content management to do almost anything they need and want to do. I used it to build our church’s site, and am using [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York has written a simply fantastic book. He’s been a pastor for 20+ years, and this book is an exposition of the 7 most common objections to Christianity that he’s been engaged in over his time in ministry. The book is called “The Reason for God: [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
Ok, I’m getty ready for a message in a couple weeks dealing with anger, and wrestling with all that entails from a Christian perspective. Concepts like righteous anger, being angry without sinning, Jesus getting angry, and others are all floating around in my head right now, soon to coalesce into something coherent. Hopefully.
So when I [...]