This is five minutes from John Piper’s message from this year’s Desiring God Conference For Pastors.
Piper taught for an hour on what he has learned from C.S. Lewis over the course of his life.
Almost every single sentence is quotable and I STRONGLY encourage you to go download it or watch it (for free, of course).
But [...]
The lead pastor at our church released a new book this week!
Pastor J.D. lived for a couple of years in a Muslim country in the pacific rim of Asia, and also got his PHD in Islamic studies. “Breaking The Islamic Code” is his attempt at helping us ‘westernized Americans’ better understand Islam, Muslims, and the [...]
Remember this series of posts from several months ago?
I wrote about the book “Religion Saves (and 9 other misconceptions)” by Mark Driscoll, head pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
The book is based on the sermon series by the same name (which you can watch, listen to, or download for free).
Well, this month, like every [...]
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I learned a good lesson recently.
Well, I guess it wasn’t new. Let’s say I was reminded of a good lesson recently.
Since it involves a moment of personal vulnerability in someone else’s life, I’m going to leave out lots of details that would probably make it a better story and just cut to the chase. If [...]
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
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The Boston Globe has a section on their website called “The Big Picture“, where they have some of the best photos from around the world on almost a daily basis.
It’s one of my favorite websites, and while some of the photos are beautiful and inspiring, some stop me in my tracks and remind me how [...]
Check out this excerpt from Seeing And Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (download the whole book as a .pdf file for free here).
The title of the chapter is “The Glory of Rescuing Sinners, Not Removing Satan“:
Now without sin and law to condemn and accuse and oppress us, Satan is a defeated foe. He is [...]
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This is the trailer for a documentary that was recently released called “Collision”.
Here’s the synopsis, as copied from the ‘About’ page of the website:
COLLISION carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go [...]
I always love this time of year!
Maybe it’s because I grew up in southern California where there weren’t many trees and they didn’t really look all that cool when they changed, but the Fall in NC always blows me away!
My favorite thing about it is that the leaves aren’t actually becoming another color; the beautiful [...]
This is part of a screenshot from this article on the BBC today.
In case you’re on a mobile device or behind an office filter that blocks the picture, the article begins:
Islamists in Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.
I am surprised that the BBC [...]
I’m not too sure how many of you out there can relate, but I LOVE Christmas music.
Every year, around this time, I start to get an itch for some Christmas music, and I always go back and forth because I don’t want to be sick of it before Christmas actually rolls around.
Besides the basic warm [...]
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While sitting in my cube this afternoon — twiddling my thumbs and waiting for some processes to catch up with me so I can keep working — I came across this article on the BBC.
That lizard in the photo above: it’s called the “Jesus Christ” lizard.
Seriously.
Why?
Because it can walk on water.
Derek Webb is one of the best musicians that you’ve probably never heard of.
He has a niche of followers who love his music and wrestle with his message, but I’ll bet that if you’re over 25 and reading this, then the name is new to you.
If that’s the case, do yourself a favor and go [...]
One really good idea that the folks at Mars Hill Church have implemented is a question and answer session after various sermons.
The way it works is that listeners can text questions during the sermon, and someone backstage collects and filters the questions, and then delivers them to the pastor at the end of the sermon [...]
One of the things that Stephanie and I love about our new church home is the intense emphasis on national and international missions.
The Summit Church has a vision to plant 1,000 churches in the next 40 years — most of them in un-reached countries around the world.
That’s right: one thousand churches
One vehicle for this effort [...]
