Fred Sanders has written a reflection on van Gogh that will forever cause me to think differently about van Gogh’s painting, A Starry Night. Indeed, Sanders makes me want to visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Fred…
Jesus Will Serve Us?
Incredible to turn this over in your mind a few times. Thoughts? Jeremy Carr: I’m reading through the Gospel of Luke and recently came to these verses that blew me away. Luke 12:35-37 (ESV) Stay dressed for action and keep…
Loud Cell Phone Talkers, Toilet Texters, and the Hope for a More Civilized Future
Jeffrey O’Brien in Fortune Magazine: Where is the line when it comes to appropriate cell phone behavior? Is it ok to talk in a crowded restaurant? An elevator? How about interrupting an actual, you know, face-to-face conversation to answer a…
Gunny Explains Why He Would Rather Have Alcoholics in His Church Than Legalists
Gunny: “Which would you rather have in your church, legalists or alcoholics?” For discussion purposes, I’m defining legalist in the following manner: “A legalist is one who elevates human rules/laws to the point…
Questions and Answers About Relationships
Jeremy Carr, lead pastor at Oxford Bible Fellowship, has started a new blog. One of his first posts speaks to tough questions and answers about relationships. . . . What about sins that interplay (or result) from each other? For…
Today Jonathan Edwards Preached His Most Famous Sermon
Fred Sanders of Scriptorium: It was on July 8, 1741 that Jonathan Edwards preached the sermon for which he is most famous, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Edwards had already preached a different version of the sermon…
One of the 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do
Gunny shares from Atteberry’s book why one of the 10 dumbest things Christians do is argue amongst themselves. We continue with our series based on The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do, by Mark Atteberry. The following are some notes from…
The Chemical Danger of “Hooking Up” is that it Creates People Less Able to Connect
Scot McKnight interacts with a new book that makes a physiological argument against the “hooking up” culture. (A book I have not read). The most alarming feature of this book for me is that sexual activity neurochemically secretes the chemicals…
Why Piper Doesn’t Watch Television and Rarely Goes to Movies
John Piper: But leave sex aside (as if that were possible for fifteen minutes on TV). It’s the unremitting triviality that makes television so deadly. What we desperately need is help to enlarge our capacities to be moved by the…
An Interview with Danny Akin: On Apathy, Baptisms, Re-Baptisms, and Having Children
Trevin Wax continues an interview with Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Seminary. I’m not a Southern Baptist, but, I found myself agreeing with at least three things he said. Dr. Akin observes that one of the big challenges being faced…