china - The Treasure Chest

Highlights - Sept 18-24 (2008)

The Place of Prayer - This is part one of R.C. Sproul's small book Does Prayer Change Things?.

Corresponding on Abortion and Voting - from the blog of author/pastor Joshua Harris

Put a Stop to Large Families? - Al Mohler comes out swinging

Everything's Bigger Than You Can Imagine - this will leave you speechless... amazing content & high-quality post

Highlights - Sept 11-17

The Shack & the Dangers of Fiction - Joe Holland offers a very original and helpful review of The Shack

Shakespeare, Bo Peep, Dr. Seuss, and Biblical Preaching

O Canada - Is that where we're headed? - what some are saying about Sarah Palin and her son Trig

Tibet Monk In Hiding Tells of Interrogation, Abuse - the monk in this story is from an area very close to where we reside in rural China

To infinity and beyond: A Sparkling Survival Story - this is unbelievable!

No Smoking Hot Spot - more facts on the myth of global warming

Highlights - Sept 4-10

Trig Paxson Van Palin - this guy manages to blend near tear-jerking sentimentality with a scathing finish (different from last week's article by the same name)

The best thing about Sarah Palin - this article by Andy Crouch was not what I expected

John Piper on Family Religion - How does Pastor John Piper handle spiritual training in the home?

Burned Alive - Some background on the anti-Christian violence in India... more fuel for prayer!

Highlights - Aug 26-Sept 3

Celebrating Adoption - Al Mohler on why Christians should adopt much more than we already do

Trig Paxson Van Palin - be encouraged by the story of hopeful-VP Sarah Palin's newborn son, who has down syndrome

Why I Am (Still) a Christian - great essay by PyroManiac Dan Phillips

Few Things Are As They Seem In Tehran - this is an interesting article about a place Americans are not allowed to visit

The Duties of Parents - read this challenging little book for parents by J.C. Ryle for free online, or purchase it through Amazon. Read a review here.

Pastoral marriage counseling: What if? - "What if, when the pair began to trade accusations, [the pastor] held up his hand, and said..."

10 Things I Think I Think About Marriage and Marriage Counseling - great post from JollyBlogger

Highlights - Aug 19-Aug 25

F.L.E.S.H - Tim Challies reviews Hank Hanegraaf's book "Counterfeit Revival"

Why Error is Thriving in the Church - Your weekly dose of C.H. Spurgeon

Style or Substance? - What's the biggest problem with contemporary church music?

A Question for Arminians - This is a very interesting question that shows most of us are much more "Calvinist" than we think

Foreign Evangelists Defy Ban during the "Ao-lin-pi-ke" - My mom sent me this article, which was published in an Oklahoma newspaper

Young, Restless, Reformed - a book review by Jesse Johnson for Pulpit Magazine

Highlights - Aug 12-Aug 18

God's Not the Defendant - by Gary Thomas. This is the best review I have seen yet of "The Shack". Gary articulates much of what I have been thinking in regards to this book.

Stream of Consciousness - Phil Johnson cracks me up

Bedtime Prayers with Children - great encouragement on praying with your children

A Catholic Case Against Barack - This scathing article shows Obama for the murderer that he is!

Our Tragedy and God's Gift of Adoption - A Tribute in Honor of Maria Sue Chapman and My Son Daniel

Evangelicalism in Ruins - Shall we sell our birthright for a mess of faddage?

Highlights - Aug 5-Aug 11

Steven Curtis Chapman - Our Tragedy and God's Love for Orphans

Obama, the Postmodernist - great column from USA Today

The Shack: But It's Only Fiction - a scathing response by "The Boundless Line" to those who claim that "The Shack" is only fiction

Open Mind, Closed Bible - a re-review of "The Shack" by Tim Challies. Read the very popular original review here

Humble Orthodoxy - What is it? Listen, read, or watch here

William Tyndale - A Life Transformed by God's Word

Aliens in Creation - a generation of nature know-nothings

Preaching "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - Steve Sanchez preached the famous sermon by Jonathan Edwards at his church last week, with an interesting response

Why Every Christian is a Calvinist of Sorts - by Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You

Highlights - July 22-Aug 4

An Absentee God? - Two great responses to one atheist's argument

Would You Look for Edible Tidbits in the Compost Bin? - a dose of Spurgeon

Assurance of Salvation - an oldie but a goodie from Tim Challies

The Shack: What God Should Have Said? - book review by Walter Henegar

Does the World Stop When You Can't Blog? - a simple challenge for (most) of us all

Glorifying the Father of the Fatherless - God's heart for adoption and our responsibility as Christians

Beauty of Math - I thought this was really cool

The Smokescreen of the Social Gospel and Tony Campolo - Cross Examined Again

Jesus, Made in America