Tom Ascol has posted these observations concerning an upcoming conferece at FBC Woodstock.

Funny Stuff from Timmy Brister.

Monergism has a collection of great resources for discipling children. There are about 80 products referenced so take your time and shop for something that would work for your family.

Rick Philips has posted these helpful thoughts about church vision statements.

Further evidence that the Anglican Church in Canada has lost their marbles.

"And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, 'My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.' And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this...

Justin Taylor posted this article from Douglas Groothuis( "Evangelicals, for God's Sake, Please Wake Up" ).

Read this powerful letter to Barack Obama from Sherif Girgis, Princeton student and Rhodes Scholar ( http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzM2YTc2NDc1ODMyNTM5MTBhZjcyOTBlNmRkMTgwY2Y =).

Phil Johnson on "the Down Grade" of our time ( Pyromaniacs: Gospel Lite ).

Having been so strongly influenced by premellinial dispensationalism most evangelicals have little knowlege of or appreciation for God's radically new administration of the new covenant. Prominent preachers like John Hagee have gone so far as to say that Jesus is not Israel's Messiah. Indeed, some...

Derek Thomas has some good thoughts on the continuity of heavenly and earthly worship ( http://www.reformation21.org/Counterpoints/Counterpoints/381/vobId__7147/ ).

Ed Welch is a PhD is neuropsychology and the director of the School of Biblical Counseling at the Christian Counseling Educational Foundation. Welch is also a self described "fear specialist." In his latest book, Running Scared Welch brings a refreshing honesty about his own tendency toward worry...

"There have been periods in history when the preservation of the very life of the Church depended upon the capacity and readiness of certain great leaders to differentiate truth from error and boldly to hold fast to the good and to reject the false. But our generation does not like anything of the...

http://youtube.com/v/Eygv8qEkiFE Planned Parenthood has not strayed far from Margaret Sanger's founding princples.

Under the "audio" section of this blog I have posted a link to a series of lectures given by Al Mohler at Dallas Theological Seminary called "The New Atheism." They are outstanding. Check them out when you get a chance.

"We live in a church culture that tends to separate biblical commands and principles from the rest of Scripture. We look at specific verses about communication and seek to apply them to our lives without understanding the way they are rooted in the history and theology of Scripture. We miss the big...

Does the Church Replace Israel? by Dr. Arturo Azurdia III "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: 'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are...

John Piper on why he trusts the Bible: ( http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/ConferenceMessages/ByDate/2008/2629_Why_I_Trust_the_Scriptures/ ).

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Justin Taylor posts some excellent thougts from Os Guinness on the silliness of Christian victimhood in the U.S. ( Guinness on the Religious Right Playing the Victim Card ).

a humble cry for biblical pastoral leadership within the church

Bart Barber has posted these words from the welcome material that guests receive when visiting his church: So, you’re looking for a church home. What does First Baptist Church have to offer you? We offer you a cross to take up as Christ’s disciple. We offer you the chance to forfeit your vacation...

Good thoughts on the sufficiency of God's Word over at Pyromaniancs ( What if someone claims an angelic visitation? ).

One of the problems with many contemporary incarnations of Christianity is the casual stance they often encourage in approaching God. This “chumminess” has infected the church’s worship, preaching, and prayer. God is seen as more friendly than holy. He is portrayed as a jilted lover who wants...