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Dennis Johnson: Two-ism and the Incarnation #ThinkTank

Dennis E. Johnson (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary California and associate pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church. He is also the author of numerous books, including Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation .

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt...

Peter Jones: Two-ism and the Doctrine of God #ThinkTank

Dr. Peter Jones is the founder of truthXchange, a ministry that equips the Christian community in general and its leaders in particular to recognize and effectively respond to the rising tide of neopaganism. Dr. Jones is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and  serves on the executive committee of the World Reformed Fellowship.

My subject is two-ism and the doctrine of God and I'll have much to say, but I want to put our subject in the larger context. Why this...

3 Things I'm Looking Forward to About TruthXchange 2012

This morning I'm on the road to (hopefully) sunny Escondido, California, to take in the TruthXchange's 2012 Think Tank, The Beauty of Two. This will be my third TruthXchange event in as many years, and I'm very excited for the opportunity to attend. (And if you're attending, Awaiting a Savior is going to be carried in the conference bookstore!) Here are three things I'm really looking forward to about the event:

1. The hopeful focus. While the last several years of TruthXchange events have...

Kindle Deals for the Christian Reader (February)

Here are a few great deals I've found for Christian books for your Kindle (and other eReaders, too). Incidentally, for international readers, the Kindle Touch is now available for the rest of us. Since I just got the most recent non-Touch version at the end of November/beginning of December, I will try not to covet (which I know is ridiculous, by the way). Anyway, on with the list:

New Additions:

Servanthood as Worship: The Privilege of Life in a Local Church by Nate Palmer—99¢. Get this one...

Book Review: Long Story Short by Marty Machowski

"Daddy, can we read from the blue book today?"

My oldest daughter asks this every night, which should tell you how much she enjoys going through Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God by Marty Machowski. Although we'd been consistent in reading stories from (more or less) age-appropriate storybook Bibles since Abigail was about 18 months old, we hadn't yet tried out "doing devotions" with her. I had no idea how to really get started and I really wasn't sure if she'd ...

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Sex-Trafficking at the Super Bowl

Justin Holcomb:

Large sporting events like the Super Bowl are prime targets for sex traffickers because of the high demand generated by thousands of men pouring into an area for a weekend of fun. The 2010 Super Bowl saw an estimated 10,000 sex workers brought into Miami. Despite efforts to crack down on sex trafficking at the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas, there was still a tremendous number of women and children sexually exploited. In the past, attempted...

Tell Your Heart to Christ

In a true marriage, the husband and wife become one. Henceforth their joys and their cares, their hopes and their labors, their sorrows and their pleasures, rise and blend together in one stream. Brethren, the Lord our God has said it, "The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant" (Psa. 25:14). "Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, 'Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?'" (John 14:22) There was the secret...

The Backlist: The Top Ten Posts on Blogging Theologically

Let's take a look back in time and see the most-read posts from January. Go check them out:

Everyday Theology: God Won't Give You More Than You Can Handle (July 2009)Book Review: Real Marriage by Mark and Grace Driscoll (December 2011)Marriage, Mystery and the Gospel in Real Marriage (January 2012)Critics, Criticism and Character (January 2012)John Piper on Mark Driscoll & John MacArthur (May 2009)Everyday Theology: God helps those who help themselves (July 2009)Kindle Deals for the Christian...

A Stupendous Theology

It is the fashion now to place the Sermon on the Mount in contrast with the rest of the New Testament. "We will have nothing to do with theology," men say in effect, "we will have nothing to do with miracles, with atonement, or with heaven or with hell. For us the Golden Rule is a sufficient guide of life; in the simple principles of the Sermon on the Mount we discover a solution of all the problems of society." It is indeed rather strange that men can speak in this way. Certainly it is...

Take Every Opportunity

Just before Christmas, two Jehovah's Witnesses who didn't have strong English skills came to our door, hoping to win converts to their cause. They didn't, obviously, but it was interesting to talk to them because it gave me an opportunity to start to witness to them. We talked briefly about the deity of Christ (I brought this up) and the personhood of the Holy Spirit (they brought this up) before they decided it might be better to come back another time.

To my surprise, they did indeed come...