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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

 
 
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

 
 
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…”

 

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 – Book review by Nathan Williams

Highlights – July 15-21

Shallow Conversions; Shallow Religion – More meat from Charles Spurgeon

Why God Doesn’t Fully Explain Pain – by John Piper & the Desiring God Ministries blog
“Respectable Sins” – Read the list of sins we often overlook in modern Christendom and enjoy the book review by Tim Challies

God the Best Portion of the Christian – “Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides Thee.” – a sermon by Jonathon Edwards 
C.T. Studd: Rescue Station at the Gates of Hell – sermon excerpts from the famous missionary
Back from Mars – Not really “Mars”, just Mars Hill Bible Church, where Rob Bell is pastor. This is part 2. Read part 1 here.
The Bible is Better than Being There – Would you prefer to have lived when Scripture was being given, or now?
Why We’re Not Emergent – Book Review: Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) 
God, Sovereignty, and Evil – Great article by John MacArthur on a very difficult subject

 
 
Highlights – July 8-14
 
Avoiding Spiritual Dry Rot – Spurgeon takes to task all who have departed from the gospel, ranging from the End-Times-Obsessed dispensationalists to the Modernist precursors of today’s Emergent postmodernism
Distinctives of Long-term Missions – Calling for the return of the long-term missionary
Todd Bentley: Heroin For the Spiritually Weak – Tony the Lawman on Bentley’s violence, false teaching, and foolishness

Scream of the Damned – Randy Alcorn’s e-mail to John Piper and CJ Mahaney

Bad Fads – Your weekly dose of Spurgeon


Every Word of God – Eye-opening critique of modern Bible “translations”

 
Personal Evangelism – Witnessing to a green-haired, kilt & fishnet-wearing Wiccan with “LUCKY” tattooed on his lip 
Education is Never Just About Education – Al Mohler on the aims and purposes of education
 
The Abolition of Man: Men Without Chests – Read the relatively unknown book on education that C.S. Lewis thought one of his best, for free online. Not an easy read!

Highlights – July 1-7

 
Jesus in China: Frontline Report – this is a very good overview of what is happening with Christianity primarily in eastern China. Where we live, in the West among Buddhists and Muslims, it is quite a different story! 
 
Are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today? – Great answer to a great question

 

Christians and Divorce – very touching article written by a divorced mother of two

 
Pilgrim’s Progress Audio Book – download the Christian classic for free in mp3 format! 
Blue Letter Bible – Great site with numerous Bibles and Commentaries available for free
 
Christian Classics – Tons of great classic Christian books (lots of deep stuff!) available for free
 
How to Keep Life Simple in a Complicated World – very helpful article for the typical American Christian 
Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer – this sermon by Jonathan Edwards really challenged me in a weak point in my life. It is not an easy read!
 
 
Highlights – June 24-30
 
Grassroots EP – free album download from Lampmode Records (Christian Hip-hop featuring Shai Linne)
 
Wanted: New Church Home – article from Pulpit Magazine

Frank Peretti Interview with Focus on Fiction

 
The gods Should Be Angry – review of Rob Bell’s “the gods aren’t angry” tour
 
Free Books! – here you will find Paul Washer’s “The One True God” and “The Truth About Man” as free pdf downloads. I highly recommend these books if you want to dig very deep into scripture.
 
12 Sins We Blame on Others –  by Ben Reaoch
 
Why I Love the Church (Part 1) – by John MacArthur, from his Pulpit Magazine
 
Why I Love the Church (Part 2) – by John MacArthur, from his Pulpit Magazine