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March 1, 2012
Reading, Life and Priorities
Recently, I finally had a chance to read Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke (a full review is forthcoming). But one thing that stood out to me right away was the importance he placed on prioritizing your reading. After offering two big categories—there's the Bible and everything else—Reinke gets breaks down his reading priorities with a little more clarity:
Reading ScriptureReading to know and delight in ChristReading to kindle spiritual reflectionReading to initiate...
Reading, LIfe and Priorities
Recently, I finally had a chance to read Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke (a full review is forthcoming). But one thing that stood out to me right away was the importance he placed on prioritizing your reading. After offering two big categories—there's the Bible and everything else—Reinke gets breaks down his reading priorities with a little more clarity:
Reading ScriptureReading to know and delight in ChristReading to kindle spiritual reflectionReading to initiate...February 29, 2012
Help Bring a Free Ultrasound Clinic to Indiana, PA
A request from Stephen Altrogge. Will you please help?
For many years I've felt a need to fight against abortion in America. But the problem has always been: what can I do? I can pray, but what else can I do?
Finally, there is something I can do.
Recently, Life Choices Inc., a pro-life organization, contacted me about helping them bring a free ultrasound clinic to my hometown of Indiana, PA. Bringing a free ultrasound to the area would be such a wonderful step toward saving the unborn. When a...
All Other Books Are As Gold Leaf
All other books might be heaped together in one pile and burned with less loss to the world than would be occasioned by the obliteration of a single page of the sacred volume [Scripture]. At their best, all other books are but as gold leaf, requiring acres to find one ounce of the precious metal. But the Bible is solid gold. It contains blocks of gold, mines, and whole caverns of priceless treasure. In the mental wealth of the wisest men there are no jewels like the truths of revelation. The...
February 28, 2012
Book Review: The Armageddon Factor by Marci McDonald
I find the idea of the Religious Right in America fascinating—this apparently strongly influential group of conservatives who, depending on who you talk to, are trying to "take back America for Jesus." Growing up in secular Canada, this seemed both somewhat amusing and just downright strange. We don't have anything like this here—or so we think. But award-winning journalist Marci McDonald argues that looks can be–and indeed are—deceiving. In The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian...
February 27, 2012
My Next Book!
Since Awaiting a Savior was released, people have been asking, "Are you going to write another one?"
The short answer, is yes—and today, I get to tell you a little bit about it!
On June 1, 2012, my second book, Contend: Defending the Faith in a World Without Reason, will be released from Cruciform Press.
Here's a quick summary of the book:
"Contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints…" With these words, Jude issues an urgent command, one that we must heed in a day when...
State of the Blog 2012
February 24th, 2012 marked the third anniversary of Blogging Theologically (I wrote a little bit about its origins in a post last June). In internet years, that's the equivalent of being 1,000, I think. Anyway, since the blog began and more readers have found there way here, I've noticed I've started getting a lot of emails with the same kind of question: What advice can you give to help build my blog?
First, it's really nice to be asked a question like this. I want to be able to help others a...
February 26, 2012
Around the Interweb
Why I Hope Real Books Never Die
Kevin DeYoung:
Perhaps I am a wishful thinking bibliophile, but I just don't think the physical book is going the way of the dodo bird. No doubt, many scholars and students will house parts of their reference libraries on an electronic device. Some frequent flyers will stick books on their tablets instead of in their brief cases. And some techno-geeks will conclude that everything is better on an Apple product. I'm sure ereaders will make inroads. They serve a...
February 25, 2012
The Strange Forgetfulness of Urging Others to Practice the Law
We are all, by nature, void of all strength and ability to perform acceptably that holiness and righteousness which the law requires, and are dead in trespasses and sins, and children of wrath, by the sin of our first father, Adam, as the Scripture witnesses (Rom. 5:12, 15, 18, 19; Eph. 2: 1-3; Rom. 8:7, 8). This doctrine of original sin, which Protestants generally profess, is a firm basis and groundwork to the assertion now to be proved, and to many other assertions in this whole...
February 24, 2012
Do Not Adopt a Pollyannaish View of Things
About two years ago, I heard Dr. D.A. Carson give a series of lectures on Christian faithfulness in the last days, which have recently been compiled into a little book for Christian Focus called From the Resurrection to His Return. I'll be posting a review on March 13th, but I couldn't resist sharing one of my favorite passages:
Christians should never, ever, be surprised by evil. While we should always be horrified by evil, we should never be surprised by it. Do not adopt a Pollyannaish view...
