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The best review of Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life that I have found is here. The review is very fair and even handed, with many salient and Gospel-centered points of criticism. Challies also has a nice collection of chapter by chapter overviews of the book.
Bill Savage, an English professior at Northwestern University, has written a fascinating bit explaining why he doesn’t feel threatened by “red states” (i.e. conservatives, Christians, Republicans, talk radio listeners, people who like having children, etc, etc) having babies at a markedly faster rate than blue states.
His intentions with children of conservatives:
But even if this prediction […]
William Dembski has an interesting piece in his blog concerning the reluctance of Christian creationists to sit in the “big tent” of Intelligent Design. I find this ironic since the mainstream media seems to perceive of Intelligent Design as a veiled attempt by creationists to gain credibility! I also find it strange that […]
John Piper has a new release called God Is the Gospel.
Here’s the blurb:
“Gospel” means good news—but what makes the good news good? What is the goal of the gospel, without which it is no longer good? It is that Christ’s death brings sinners to God! Were it to bring us anywhere else we would be […]
My senior pastor, Josh Harris, has some thoughts on blogging and keeping first things first:
I read a portion from a book by Andy Stanley called “Choosing to Cheat.” The basic premise is that we are always choosing one thing over another. We are always making one thing a priority and “cheating” something else.
By God’s grace, […]
C.J. Mahaney (my former senior pastor) releases his newest book this month, entitled Humility: True Greatness. My “must buy” list gets one entry deeper.
A blurb:
Be Transformed by Christ’s Example “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” - 1 Peter 5:5 A battle rages within every one of us every day. It’s […]
Dan Haseltine (the lead singer for Jars of Clay) has written a wonderful short called “Longevity.” In it he observes his grandparents long-haul marriage, wonders about the state of marriage and commitment in the current generation, and concludes:
For people like my grandparents, who have lived long enough to feel the effect of carrying […]
Sam Storms has released a new book entitled Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist. Being a charismatic calvinist myself, and also sharing some roots with Mr. Storms (we both attended Believers Chapel in Dallas, TX, albeit in different decades), I’m going to be putting my order in soon.
From the blurbs:
Can anything be done […]