One of the most important ways you can serve your local church is by praying for the preaching of the Word. Here is a note I recently sent to a number of men in our church. Guys: I wanted to…
Can a Christian lose his or her salvation?
Piper speaks to the question of whether or not a believer can be lost in in a Q&A at Angola prison. This is a maximum security prison where a work of the Spirit is taking place. HT: Denny Burk
More pictures from Haiti
We need to look at these. How are we going to help? Click here for more.
Does God hate Haiti?
Al Mohler: The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In many ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as…
Douthat on Whether or Not Mark McGwire Should Be Forgiven
My brief answer: yes, but forgiveness doesn’t mean the elimination of consequences. Douthat’s point is that we should be careful in saying that we won’t forgive McGwire, because we may have to discount every hero from that era of baseball.…
How will your problems be solved?
How much are you really praying about the challenges you face in life? Going through my Scripture memory system today (see these posts), I came across this verse that I started memorizing on September 3, 1993. So, he said to…
The Big Picture: Earthquake in Haiti
Click here for more pictures from Haiti. Pray.
Don’t plan a future for the “clouds in your coffee”
If you’re from my era, the word picture of “clouds in my coffee” doesn’t bring to mind verses from the Bible. Rather, my generation immediately hears Carly singing about the vanity of an unknown ex-boyfriend who probably thought the song…
Rob Dreher on Avatar
Rob Dreher is more patient with Avatar than some of the other reviews linked to: I finally made it to "Avatar" today. Whatever else there is to say about the film, it was well worth seeing for the visual spectacle…
The Pain of Infertility
One of the worst sorts of suffering that people endure in a fallen world is that of infertility. Jason Kovacs points to a resource that may help. Years ago when my wife and I were dealing with infertility the Lord…