Read Keller’s outline for Part I of The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. The chapter titles alone may motivate you to start reading: There Can’t Be Just One True Religion How Could a Good God Allow…
Jason Collins’ “Coming Out”: Barnabas Piper Considers a Right and a Wrong Way for Christians to Respond
Barnabas Piper: Jason Collins, though not a star, carries great social cachet as an NBA player. Earlier this week he became the first active player to openly come out as gay. Doing so was a brave act. Collins took a…
Bound Together Recommended Reading
People occasionally ask which authors influenced and help me write Bound Together. Below is the list of recommended reading that is at the end of Bound Together. For Further Reading on the Principle of the Rope or Corporate Solidarity This…
Dan Phillips: Porn and Paper Pastors
Dan Phillips writes about a different sort of pornography problem: Decades ago, I read a disturbingly candid essay by a pastor about his struggles with pornography. It was in Leadership magazine. Years later, two of his realizations still stand out…
The Message of the Bible in 221 Words
D.A. Carson: God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath. But God, precisely…
Shouldn’t We Have Just Left the Dolphins on the Beach?
Why not just leave the dolphins on the beach? Has anyone asked that question? Isn’t it awfully presumptuous for human beings to forcibly throw dolphins into the water? You may recall that last year hundreds of dolphins were stranded on…
Russell Moore: George Jones Was Not a Hypocrite
Russell Moore reflects on the death of country music singer George Jones: George Jones has died, and I am afraid a lot of people will think he was a hypocrite. George Jones was no hypocrite. He was the troubadour of…
What is God?
From the New City Catechism: Q2: What is God? God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice, and truth. Nothing happens except…
Knowing the Truth Interview Available On-Line
You can listen to Kevin Boling’s (Knowing the Truth) interview me about Bound Together online here.
Reviews of Bound Together
Special thanks to Shaun Tabatt of Cross Focused Reviews for his help. Here is a summary of a number of reviews: “Those desiring to understand how to love God and love others, two actions which Jesus said is what all…