John Mark Reynolds interacts with the criticism that Mike Huckabee has recently fielded for speaking out against the Islam religion. For the record, I don’t necessarily Reynold’s critique of Huckabee, but I do appreciate the gist of the post. Mike…
How to encourage your pastor
Thom Rainer offers quality suggestions for encouraging your pastor. The last one is the most important. I have written on many occasions about the level of stress and pressure felt by pastors across our nation. I have specifically expressed serious…
Read this WONDERFUL chapter
Read 1 Corinthians today. If you make it no further than verse 6, it will be time well spent. Meditate on all 58 verses and you will have had a wonderful day spiritually. Feel overwhelmed by its 58 verse length?…
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled
Read Genesis 12-28 and notice again that this is not the sort of story anyone would have made up. And, be reminded that though we cannot understand the events of life, we can be confident that God is putting the…
Trevin Wax: Should we baptize small children?
My position on this issue is remarkably similar to Trevin’s. How should a pastor respond to a child who wants to be baptized? How should churches approach the subject of child baptism? Two centuries ago, few Baptists would have even…
Earthquake pictures from New Zealand
See more at The Big Picture and pray for New Zealand.
Gospel of the Trees
Alan Jacobs posts about a new site that includes some beautiful photography set in Illinois: Some years ago I decided that I wanted to write a book about trees, and more particularly the strangely central role that trees play in…
A video promoting Tim Challies’ forthcoming book
I haven’t read this. But I’ll bet it’s worthwhile.
D.A. Carson on the intolerance of tolerance
G.K. Chesterton famously said that, “Tolerance is the virtue of people who don’t believe anything.” Here Carson explains how the connotation of “tolerance” has changed over time. HT: Z
The Cumulative Influence of Preaching
Even though you may not remember the points of last week’s sermon, that doesn’t mean that God is not using the preaching of the Word to nourish your soul. Trevin Wax: “Making a hospital visit to a suffering family makes…