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  • New Planned Parenthood mega-mill in St. Paul will be eco-friendly! - from What Does The Prayer Really Say?

     

    Hey, Maybe Christians Should Declare Jihad Against Comedy Central. If the Muslims Can, Why Can’t We? - from Zwinglius Redivivus

     

    Robert Wright: Ethics for Extraterrestrials- from TitusOneNine

     

    Why Are Pastors Stepping Down? - from The Search

     

    Justification of the ungodly- from  Peter J. Leithart

     

    Baxter on 'Faith and Reason'- from You Can't Mean That!

     

    Education and Morality: Are smarter people more virtuous?- from Say Hello to my Little Friend


  • The Purpose of Church- from Ben Sternke

    Think I'll Skip the Party- from Boundless Line

    Prayer is good policy- from The Scriptorium Daily

  • N.T. (Tom) Wright to Retire- from Jesus Creed

    Pope Benedict Blesses the Internet, But Warns of its Ills- from TitusOneNine

    Ted Traylor for SBC President- from Kingdom People

    Dogma is by definition nothing other than an interpretation of Scripture- from Divine Life

    “Jesus is not a vending machine,” Tim Lane and Paul Tripp- from Sets 'n' Service

  • Online Seminary Education- from Jesus Creed

    Thinking about Begbie's critique on emerging church- from Tall Skinny Kiwi

    Why sermons are easier than other kinds of public speaking- from 22 Words

    An Alternative to Warren's "Purpose Driven Life"- from Ponderings on a Faith Journey

  • “Wrightians” vs. “Neo-Reformed”–an interesting article about two parties in today’s evangelicalism- from Grateful to the dead


    When God Abandons the Public Schools- from Challies Dot Com

    Gardening: Act of worship or poor stewardship?- from Think Christian

    Rebel with a Cause: Franklin Graham’s Uncompromising Stance?- from NEW LEAVEN

    Biblical Arguments Against Vision- from nakedpastor

    Ten observations on re-reading the New Testament as a whole- from The Blogging Parson

    Shame, Honor, Homsexuality, and Romans 1- from Ponderings on a Faith Journey

    Approaching the Pulpit: A Preacher With His Notes- from TheResurgence blogs

    We too must slay dragons- from Divine Life

    Earth Day 2010- from Maverick Philosopher


  • Christianity is Empire, part 3 (Christian supremacy)- from the Jesus Manifesto

    Are Liberals and Atheists Smarter?- from internetmonk.com

    State of the online Godbeat 2010- from GetReligion

    Jaffa Gate reopened today- from Ferrell's Travel Blog

    George MacDonald: "To Be More Blessed in the Pains of Hell"- from Experimental Theology

    Breastfeeding madonna- from Of life, laughter and liturgy...

    Evangelical Paganism at Yale- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

  • Evangelicals and Gnostics Together?- from Heidelblog

    John MacArthur on Exponential- from Tall Skinny Kiwi

    Woman, 92, enters the convent- from Divine Life

    Lutherans=Fun!- from Simul lustus et Peccator

  • Covering religious rights on campus- from GetReligion

    A Chinese Perspective on the Influence of Christianity on Western Culture- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    “Does Reason Know What It Is Missing?”- from Thinking Christian

    Homosexuality in Sunday School- from Exploring Our Matrix

    Fake Money Gospel Tracts- from Justin Taylor

    The Golden Rule- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    God All-Matey- from Theological Scribbles

  • Asking People to Leave Church- from Donald Miller's Blog

    It is necessary to use words- from Divine Life

    Canonical Jesus vs. Historical Jesus- from Euangelion

    “All Religions Are the Same…” (except Where They’re Not)- from Prof. John Stackhouse's Weblog

    Pope Benedict On Why St. Paul Seems Harsh- The Sacred Page

    Memo to All the "Spirit Led" Churches- from The Church of No People

    “I saw the Pope weep.”- from What Does The Prayer Really Say?

  • In Support of Jennifer Knapp- from Tony Jones

    Rethinking Creationism in the light of Bruce Waltke’s Recent Resignation- from NEW LEAVEN

    A father’s war against Westboro- from GetReligion

    Doug Wilson, Only Using the KJV, fighting the Man of Christian Publishing Houses- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    The End of Reformed Old Testament Scholars?- from Jesus Creed

    Pro-lifer Jailed For Her Witness- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

  • Tweeting through the Bible- from Tony Jones

    Jennifer Knapp Comes Out- from Christ and Pop Culture

    Ambition and the Imitation of Christ- from Justin Taylor

  • Apologetics and the Dead Sea Scrolls- from Scotteriology

    Living into the Hope of the Resurrection – Christ has Conquered Death- from Godspace

    The Shock to Our Selfishness- from Boundless Line

    reflections on THE resurrection- from Don't Stop Believing

  • A New Blog Carnival Idea- from Political Jesus

    Wondering how youthtastic your youth minister is.- from Stuff Christians Like

    5 Mistakes Churches Make with Building Projects- from tonymorganlive.com

    Secularism in the Twilight- from Contra Celsum

    The Stupid Stuff- from Exploring Our Matrix

  • Return of Christian Terrorism?- from Ponderings on a Faith Journey

    UN Judge Says Pope Should be Prosecuted at International Criminal Court- from What Does The Prayer Really Say?

    Churches that Spend Only 10-35% on Staffing EXPOSED!- from MondayMorningInsight

    The Piper-Warren Connection Revisited- from Justin Taylor

    “His Glance Is Carried from Eternity”: Aquinas on Divine Foreknowledge- from Theology Forum

    Blogger Interview: Jason Boyett- from The Church of No People

  • Recovering the Beautiful- from Jesus Creed

    Boethius according to C.S. Lewis- from The Scriptorium Daily

    The Bleakest Psalm Is Really a Night-light- from Desiring God Blog

    Christianity is Empire, part 1- from the Jesus Manifesto

    Oh Orthodoxy, You’re So…Romantic!- from Evangelical Outpost

    Greek and Christian Philosophy- from Peter J. Leithart

    Robert Wright: Why Tiger Matters- fromTitus OneNine

  • Shoot Your Dogs- from TheResurgence blogs

    Is Sojourners for Straights Only?- from Tony Jones

    The Liturgical Year for Dummies- from Experimental Theology

    “How does Benedict fix this mess?”…. Can he “fix” it?- from What Does The Prayer Really Say?

    The Wilderness- from Losing My Religion

    Quarter of a Century- from nakedpastor

    How Many People Does It Take to Save an Unborn Life?-from Justin Taylor

  • Mourning the Passing of a Friend—Some Thoughts- from internetmonk.com

    5Q+1: Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh’s queen of religion news- from GetReligion

    Peering into the cloister: Where shaving was accompanied by psalm-singing and bloodletting was more frequent than bathing- from Grateful to the dead

    Marvin Olasky and social justice- from Christ and Pop Culture

  • What is the “New Calvinism”? . . . And Are You a Part of It?- from Parchment and Pen

    Adoption's Greatest Lesson- from Moms, Ministry, and More

    Why are Evangelicals so Afraid of the Holy Spirit?- from Vanguard Church

    Can Yoga Be Christian- from MondayMorningInsight

    Rowan the Lost and His Circular Firing Squad- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    Squaring the Bible with the evidence- from Undeception

    Faith is ‘So Passe’…- from Losing My Religion

  • Michael Spencer: 1956-2010- from Reformissionary

    In Memory of Michael Spencer 1956-2010- from Kingdom People

    A Defense of Online Dating- from Christianity and Pop Culture

    The Reverend Michael Scott- from Per·Crucem·ad·Lucem

  • The two main proofs of the Resurrection- from Divine Life

    How MercyMe is Taking on Ticketmaster- from MondayMorningInsight

    Yes- from Experimental Theology

    Owen: Christ's Greatest Joy- from Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology

    Pitfalls in Bible Study #3 – The Bible Binge- from Kingdom Living

  • Easter Is a Season, Not a Day- from internetmonk.com

    Why John Piper Should Not Have Invited Rick Warren- from Challies Dot Com

    Hatin’ on Christian Movies.- from Stuff Christians Like

    The New Testament Use of The Old Testament- from Pastoral Musings

    Emergent Theology- from Zwinglius Redivivus

  • Luther: Ruined with Christ- from Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology

    It’s Easter: Where’s the president?- from GetReligion

    "Miserable Sinner" Christianity- from Contra Celsum

    Lent, 1938: Dorothy L Sayers becomes a public theologian- from Grateful to the dead

    Why Christ Rose from the Dead: Aquinas' 5 Reasons- from The Sacred Page

    Rob Bell on Resurrection- from Ben Sternke





  • Is this the central issue in Christian thought, life and ministry?- from  Pyromaniacs


    Contra Mundum: Richard Dawkins and Open Mindedness- from MandM

     

    Stamping Out Christianity in the Name of Tolerance- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

     

    Speaking up a Storm- from Revelation is Real


  • Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat Most Likely a Hoax, Evangelical Scientist Says- from Faithful Progressive

    The ‘Just War’…Is It Christ-like?- from Losing My Religion

    Does God Have a Specific Plan for Your Life? Probably Not.- from Donald Miller's Blog

    Vatican Library to digitise 80,000 manuscripts- from What Does The Prayer Really Say?

    Prayer vs. Benediction: Three Basic Distinctions- from Prof. John Stackhouse's Weblog

    Does Sex Ed Belong in School?- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

  • National Day of Prayer: What Is It?- from Boundless Line

    “Churches Deemed As Important As Ice Cream Trucks”…That’s Good to Know.- from Pastoral Musings

    Video: Jim Wallis on MSNBC: Churches Will not Comply With Arizona Immigration Law- from God's Politics Blog

    Scott Hahn on Benedict's Biblically Focused Pontificate- from The Sacred Page

    Reconciliation on campus- from Faith & Leadership

    Don’t Ever Read a Bible Verse- from Justin Taylor

    The Stuggle for the Soul of Evangelicalism Visible in Two Recent Conferences- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

  • Which religious views are appropriate?- from GetReligion

    Article: Secularism's Ongoing Debt to Christianity- from Christians in Context

    Why Doctrine is Only Half the Message- from Donald Miller's Blog

    An Interview with Eric Metaxas on Bonhoeffer- from Justin Taylor

    Lewis: Is Sexual Immorality the Worst Sin?- from Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology

    Muslims Do Not Have the Right to Impose Their Religion on the World by Violence- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    Beck Goes to Liberty- from Christ and Pop Culture

    Knowing Jesus... through History??- from NT/History Blog

  • Hipster Church Tour: Mars Hill Bible Church- from The Search

    Is Telling the Truth More Important than Selling the Truth?- from Donald Miller's Blog

    This Man Was No Moderate: The Legacy of Cecil Sherman- from AlbertMohler.com

    Review – Son of Man (Movie)- from The Church of Jesus Christ

  • Missional Pizza- from Jesus Creed

    Barth and faith- from Idle musings of a bookseller

    Why Illegal Drug Use is Immoral- from Wisdom and Folly

    Skipping church. (The definitive rules.)- from Stuff Christians Like

  • Carson on Spiritual Perfectionism and Discouragement- from Justin Taylor

    The End of the Historical Jesus?: An Interview with Scot McKnight- from Kingdom People

    University of Calgary Threatens Pro LIfe Students with Expulsion- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    Does Your Personality Influence Your Theology?- from Donald Miller's Blog

    What is Emerging in our Culture?- from Godspace

    Prayer and Evangelism within God's Sovereignty- from Christians in Context

    Theologian Hans Kung, Rome’s Crisis worse since Reformation- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    Bible Interpretation In a Nutshell- from Parchment and Pen

    The Modern Doctrine of the Trinity- from The Scriptorium Daily

  • Synchroblog on What is Emerging- from Godspace

    Having an Open Mind – The Pursuit of Intellectual Honesty- from Kingdom Living

    It’s OK…to Just Be a Christian- from internetmonk.com

    Transitioning From Fundraising to Tentmaking- from Missionary Confidential

    Is the black church dead?- from Grateful to the dead

    You Are All One in Christ Jesus- from The Search

    Lutherans and Evangelism: Have We Lost our Voice?- from CyberBrethren

  • Its Own Evangelist- from Challies Dot Com

    Was Adam a Historical Person?- from Heidelblog

  • Connections As a God Thing- from A Church for Starving Artists

    There Must Be Factions- from Desiring God Blog

    Thinking the church is not wisely spending your tithe.- from Stuff Christians Like

    Is it accurate to say that God died on the cross? by Dr. R. C. Sproul- from Reformation Theology

    How old is too old?- from Idle musings of a bookseller

  • Why I left the ministry…- from MondayMorningInsight

    McKnight vs Wright: Jesus, the harmonies and the histories.- from clayboy

    The Crystal Cathedral Isn’t What It Used to Be- from Heidelblog

    Christian and UnChurched: Barna's Newest- from Jesus Creed

    Youth Leaders: Give Yourselves a Break!- from RETHINKING YOUTH MINISTRY

    Serving the Needy by Equipping Them to Serve Others- from Evangelical Outpost

    The Goal of Baptismal Instruction (or, Why new Christians need theology)- from Theology Forum

  • Pastors and How they Use Their Time- from MondyMorningInsight

    Thomas Merton on ‘one’s daily immersion in “reality”‘- from Per·Crucem·ad·Lucem

    Jon Acuff of Stuff Christians Like: The CaPC Interview- from Christ and Pop Culture

    Unity in diversity – Rick Warren, John Piper, and New Word Alive- from adrianwarnock.com

    The Death of Historical Jesus or the Eclipsing of Form-Critical Views?- from The Sacred Page

    Marriage and love in 'Date Night' and 'Couples Retreat'- from in the open space: God & culture

    Meaning of Life, Part 50- from Shuck and Jive

  • iMonk Classic: Our Problem with Grace- from internetmonk.com

    Should Worship Entertain?- from NeilCraigan.com

    Emergent’s White Problem- from Tony Jones

    Historical Jesus We Never Knew- from Euangelion

    Westboro vs. Southern Baptists lefties- from GetReligion

    To the God Who Might Be There- from Wisdom and Folly

    Evangelist: Look what they have done with our word!- from Tall Skinny Kiwi

    The Difficult Death of Adoniram Judson- from Desiring God Blog

    Hold Your Banner High- from Pyromaniacs

  • Walking Distance Ecclesiology- from NT/History Blog

    πίστις – Eden Wasn’t Perfect- from Homebrewed Theology

    Lewis: Cultivation, not Castration, of Masculinity- from Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology

    Protestants vanish from high court?- from GetReligion

    NPM: Wendell Berry- from Reformissionary

    The Millennial Generation and the Church- from Simul lustus et Peccator

  • The Importance of Understanding the Post-Christendom Shift- from Missional Church Network

    Lost in translation, Vatican edition- from GetReligion

    Taking Back Feminism- from The Poliitcs of the Cross Resurrected

    More on CAUT, TWU, and the Public Support of Christian Universities- from Prof. John Stackhouse's Weblog

  • Background Reading on the Recent Attacks on Pope Benedict XVI- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    Love Will Decide Everything- from Experimental Theology

  • “He descended into Hell.” Ruminations on the Work of Christ between Good Friday and Easter- from Retired pastor ruminates

    Thinking you’re naked.- from Stuff Christians Like

    Easter Theology- from Jesus Creed

    How the Deaths of the Apostles Evidences Easter- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    William Dunbar, On the Resurrection of Christ- from Shored Fragments

    Innerancy and The Originals: A Response to John FH- from MandM

    Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?- from TitusOneNine

  • The Multidimensional Pilate- from NT/History Blog

    Good Friday Ethics- from Political Jesus

    The Night of No Hope- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    But God….I don’t wanna!- from Homebrewed Theology

    Contra Mundum: Slavery and the Old Testament- from MandM

  • Why Easter Resists Commercialization- from Experimental Theology

    Why Evangelicalism Is Failing A New Generation - A Response- from NeilCraigan.com

    Jefferson’s Good Friday Note- from The Reformed Reader

    Megachurch to Give Out $2M in Prizes- from Simul lustus et Peccator

    Charles Spurgeon on the Dying Thief- from TitusOneNine

  • Saturdays with C. S. Lewis: - Unsatisfied Desires, and their Satisfaction- from Christians in Context

  • Johnny Should Read Literature by Aaron Menikoff- from Church Matters: The 9Marks Blog

    The Mystery of Children’s Church- from Heidelblog

    Can Judas be saved? Ruminations on his role in the drama of Redemption.- from Retired pastor ruminates

    “Both Wrong and Dangerous” — Scientists Have Worldviews, Too.- from AlbertMohler.com

    Outrage over Rick Warren and John Piper on the Same Stage- from MondayMorningInsight

    Belgium’s Burqa Ban- from GetReligion

    John Donne on God’s Never Despising Us- from Desiring God Blog

    What is the Biggest Problem in Evangelicalism?- from Parchment and Pen

  • It’s Not About the Benjamins- from Boundless Line

    The monks did it: Mining medieval resources- from Grateful to the dead

    He lingers in my presence- from Faith & Leadership

    There Ain't No Free Lunch- from Contra Celsum

    Christian Militias (Use Your Scare Quotes Equitably)- from Exploring Our Matrix

    Being “Gospel-centered” Is a Life-long Endeavor, Not a Slogan- from Justin Taylor

    Episcopal Barbie- from Lesley's Blog



  • Books

  • Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church- from Justin Taylor

    SNEAK PEEK: Radical by David Platt- from Scripture Zealot
  • Thursday Review: Ed Welch on fear- from Tim Chester

    From Silence to Song- from DiscerningReader.com
  • God Work by Randy Harris- from Kingdom Living
  • On the Go- from Challies Dot Com

    Loving God With Our Minds- from The Reformed Reader
  • Church Planting Is for Wimps?- from Justin Taylor

    The Practice of Godliness- from DiscerningReader.com

    Love is An Orientation- from Euangelion
  • Review: Aquachurch 2.0- from Simul lustus et Peccator

    Hebrew Republic- from Peter J. Leithart

    Guest Book Review: Coppedge's The God Who is Triune- from Chrisendom

    Theodicy, Suffering and Faith: A Bibliography- from Per·Crucem·ad·Lucem

    Two Book Reviews- from You Can't Mean That!
  • Eternal Mystery- from Ex Libris Fides

    Books I Didn't Review- from Challies Dot Com
  • Book Review: The Living Paul- from Pastoral Musings

    A new introduction to Karl Barth- from Faith and Theology
  • Book Review: Between a Church and a Hard Place- from Pastoral Musings

    Eat the Cookie Buy the Shoes – Joyce Meyer- from Kingdom Living

    Theology for a Troubled Believer -- Review- from Ponderings on a Faith Journey

    The Original Third Way: Anabaptism- from Jesus Creed

    The Sexuality of Christ in Modern and Renaissance Art- from Experimental Thology
  • Crisp Christology- from Helm's Deep

    A Brief Review of Driscoll/Breshears’ “Doctrine”- from The Reformed Reader

    Bonhoeffer- from DiscerningReader.com
  • Following Jesus in a Consumer Society- from The Reformed Reader

    What Is the Gospel?- from DiscerningReader.com

    Evolving for the Common Good?- from Ex Libres Fides

    On Being a Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene: Unpublished Lectures and Sermons of Ernst Käsemann- from Zwinglius Redivivus
  • Book Review: The Making of an Atheist by James Spiegel- from The A-Team Blog

    Undercover at Thomas Road: An Interview with Gina Welch- from Kingdom People

    Rodney Stark on Capitalism- from The Politics of the Cross Resurrected

    50% Off + Free Shipping on Two Key Biblical Reference Sets- from Justin Taylor
  • The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ- Rowan Williams on Philip Pullman's latest book- from Eternal Echoes

    Book Review: The Shepherd Leader, by Timothy Z. Witmer- from Reformation Theology

    The Story of an Atheist at Thomas Road Baptist Church- from Kingdom People

    Incarnation Anyway: Arguments for Supralapsarian Christology: A Review- from Per·Crucem·ad·Lucem
  • Father Fiction: A Great Resource to Understand the Fatherless Epidemic- from Children's Ministry and Culture

    On Loving Others- from The Reformed Reader

    Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali reviews Peter Hitchens’ latest book The Rage Against God- from TitusOneNine
  • Thursday Review: Bonhoeffer’s Works- from Tim Chester

    Parables of the Cross- from DiscerningReader.com

    God’s Mission: Getting Dirty Hands in a Far Country- from The Reformed Reader

    This Life and the Next- from Per·Crucem·ad·Lucem
  • Review of Peter Leithart’s Deep Exegesis- from The Scriptorium Daily

    The Danger of Worship: Untamed, Chapter Two- from Pastoralia

    Reflection: Ancient Christian Doctrines Vol 5 – One Holy and Apostolic Church- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    Book Review: Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition by Calvin Miller- from Pastoral Musings
  • Book Review: Imaginary Jesus- from The Church of Jesus Christ

    The Gospel According to Philip Pullman- from Nick Bainess Blog

    Book Review: The Radical Disciple- from The Simple Pastor

    Two Kinds of Atheists, One of them Christian- from Jesus Creed

    The Second-Best Book on Sabbath- from God's Politics Blog
  • Christian Life and Theology- from Jesus Creed

    The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1- from Theological Scribbles
  • Book Review: The Trials of Theology, edited by Andrew J. B. Cameron and Brian S. Rosner
  • The Unquenchable Flame- from Challies Dot Com

    Homeschooling for the Rest of the Us- from DiscerningReader.com

    Book Review – Sweetheart by Mark Driscoll- from adrianwarnock.com

    The Word in this World -- Review- from Ponderings on a Faith Journey








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