Archive for November, 2007

Caveat Emptor: The Golden Compass

Friday, November 30th, 2007

This dude, Bill Donohue (president of the Catholic anti-defamation squad, the Catholic League and possibly brother to Phil? I just made that up)–he seems really fired up over the The Golden Compass which opens in about a week’s time. Peep:
 
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Using Of The Others

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I’ve often wondered whether Mormons use evangelical Christian resources? John MacArthur study Bible? The purpose driven life?
Do any evangelical Christians use (seriously) their material for edification?

Quotable Clairvaux

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

From Bernard of Clairvaux ’s (1090-1153) On Loving God
“In his death he displayed his mercy, in his resurrection his power; both combine to manifest his glory.” (III)
“O wretched slaves of Mammon, you cannot glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ while you trust in treasures laid up on earth: you cannot taste and [...]

Answering the Call to a Great Commission Resurgence

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Our SEBTS president, Dr. Akin, emailed to the student body and posted on his website the paper he delivered at the SBC Building Bridges Conference this week entitled “Answering the Call to a Great Commission Resurgence.” I’ve yet to give it a gander, but can guess where he’s going to go with it and am [...]

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation (1863)

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

In the middle of the American Civil War President Lincoln found it meet to establish as a national holiday that Thursday in November which since 1863 we have celebrated as Thanksgiving. The following is his Thanksgiving Proclamation calling the nation to give thanks and “praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens” starting [...]

¿Por qué no te callas?

Monday, November 19th, 2007

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Capricious Case Studies

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

A new study says some alcohol OK for pregnant women, or so says the news. Referencing “the British research,” the news video goes on to say that new research suggests that it may be OK for pregnant women “to occasionally overindulge in a night of drinking.” Apparently their tests show that a-once-in-a-while binge doesn’t hurt [...]

Zhubert is Now ‘Re:Greek’

Monday, November 12th, 2007

A friend I gained over the summer while studying Biblical Greek for three semesters has changed names. Zhubert.com is now ReGreek.com, The Resurgence Greek Project. There’s an interview with the lead guy behind the project over at the Resurgence blog. They have a wonderful vision of providing the interested learner with free tools and resources [...]

Misconceptions of Calvinism

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I am pleased that the Southern Baptist Convention has organized the Building Bridges Conference that is to take place at the end of this month to discuss Calvinism. Moreover, it’s right that Nathan Finn should be giving an address on the misconceptions of Calvinism because of his irenic, Christ-like demeanor. I would like to contribute [...]

SEBTS C. S. Lewis Conference Audio

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Below is the audio from the plenary sessions of the C. S. Lewis conference recently hosted at Southeastern (October 26-27,  2007). I was unable to attend and have not yet listened to the audio in its entirety, but am hosting it here (with ID3 tags for those, like myself, wishing to put the files on [...]