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Book Review: Real Marriage by Mark and Grace Driscoll

Whenever Mark Driscoll talks about sex and marriage, ears perk up. Some listen for ammo (and can usually find it). Others listen for something Tweetable. Still others search for something helpful. Is it any wonder, then, that when he first announced his new book would address marriage, many asked which line he would cross this time?

With Driscoll, readers have come to expect controversy. And Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together is sure to be his most controversial ...

12 Books I Want to Read in 2012 (and Think You Should, Too)

A habit I've gotten into is looking ahead to certain books I want to read in the coming year. Here are a few that have caught my eye:

The Work of Christ: What the Events of Jesus' Life Mean for You by R.C. Sproul (David C. Cook, Summer 2012)

The Work of Christ, the first new book in many years from renowned scholar Dr. R.C. Sproul, gives readers a deeper understanding of God's purpose in every event of Christ's life.

Most Christians recognize the importance of Christ's death and resurrection...

Book Review: You Lost Me by David Kinnaman

For quite a while now, people have been talking about the "dropout problem"—the grim reality that young professing Christians are leaving their faith behind in droves. Some catastrophize the issue and proclaim it the death of Christianity in America. Others minimize it, shrugging it off and retorting, "They'll be back when they settle down and have kids."

David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Research Group and author of You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church…and Rethinking...

Three Things I'd Like to See in the Christian Blogosphere in 2012

With Christmas behind us and 2012 on the horizon (seriously, it's next week—what happened?) many of us are in more of a contemplative mindset. Looking back on the year that was and wondering, what could be different about next year. Sadly, I have succumbed to this as well. But! I am trying to focus on a few key areas, and one in particular is what I'd like to see in the Christian blogosphere in 2012. Here are three things I'd like to see happen and/or change in the coming year:

1. More solid...

"That's Old Saint Nick… And It's What We Imagine God is Like, Too"

Glen over at The King's English put together this video comparing our views of God and Santa:

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Jesus, Joy of the Highest Heaven (Video)

This original song by Keith and Kristyn Getty is lovely:

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Procuring Peace Between God and Man

"…his name shall be called . . . Prince of Peace" Isa. 9:6

As the "Prince of Peace," our Lord Jesus procures peace between God and man. The problem of effecting reconciliation could only be solved by the Prince of Peace. It had baffled the ingenuity of a synod of angels, composed of every celestial being in heaven. The thought of reconciling God and man, in a way that would uphold the rectitude and honor of the Divine government, would never have crossed a finite being's mind. It was the...

Go Tell it On the Mountain (Video)

Jacob Moon's upbeat take on this Christmas carol:

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All Your Real Power is in Christ

"…his name shall be called . . . Mighty God" Isa. 9:6

There is one truth connected with our subject fraught with the richest encouragement to God's people. It is this- Christ is so Almighty that He knows how to stoop to, and to sympathize with, the weakest strength of His saints. Listen to His recognition of this- "You have a little strength." Who speaks thus? The almighty God, the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. What! does the Almighty One, the Creator of the heavens and the...

Born is the King-It's Christmas (Video)

I'm impressed—Hillsong did a really great job with this Christmas song. Excellent use of the banjo (also, my daughter got to ring bells when it was performed at our church a couple weeks back, which was fun):

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