Showing posts with label Tuesday Miscellanies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday Miscellanies. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Tuesday Miscellanies – 1/22/2008

I posted a new resource page: online audio resources.

Here are some items that caught my eye this past week:

Timmy Brister interviews Mark Dever on Richard Sibbes (click here for additional info).

Should we endeavor to learn the biblical languages? In a follow-up to his post on “Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker,” Jason Button posts a testimony called “Brother, Ballard Was a Recovering Alcoholic.”.

Allen Mickle recommends Al Mohler’s new book, Culture Shift.

Al Mohler reviews Thabiti Anyabwile’s book, The Decline of African-American Theology and Tim Challies’ The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.

Highlights from recent Mohler radio programs:

- An interview with Thabiti Anyabwile on his book

- An interview with Mark Dever on evangelism

- An examination of Joel Osteen – Mohler’s conclusion: Osteen isn’t preaching the true Gospel

Justin Taylor posts a video showing what happens in an abortion.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Tuesday Miscellanies - 1/15/2008

Locally, I have added two resource pages – links on the KJV Only Controversy and Advice for Bloggers and Blog Readers.

Some other things of note around the web and blogworld:

Thad Noyes has some good advice for you if you are "Already Behind in Your Bible Reading" for this year.

Dustin Benge pleads with pastors to mentor.

Phil Johnson has some thoughts on preaching from 1 Corinthians 1:21-22.

David Prince preached a challenging message in chapel at Southern Seminary on November 15, 2007, entitled, “When the Glory of God Becomes and Idol: Ministry in the Kingdom of Christ” (.mp3 format) and argues that those truly committed to the glory of God will do more than just talk about it with their buddies – they will talk to the kind of people Jesus talked to and be fervent in evangelism. Highly recommended listening!

Thabiti Anyabwile posts a list for reading on evangelism in 2008.

Tom Ascol supplies an excellent quote from John Newton on “zeal blended with benevolence and humility.”

Kevin Bauder is writing a series on “Fundamentalism and Scholarship.” Read: Part 1 - Part 2

Jason Button helpfully interacts with John Piper’s chapter, “Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker,” (click here for the chapter from the book and here for the original article it was based on) from Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. This resource calls us to be diligent students of the Scriptures, encouraging original language study.

Tim Challies has started a series on the inerrancy of the Bible (see here, here, and here).

Phil Johnson and Dr. Bob McCabe (here, here, and here) have been posting on total depravity.

John MacArthur reminds us that spreading the gospel, not politics, should be our primary concern.

Allen Mickle issues a call for more scholarship in the realm of Baptist history and gives a good example.

Dr. Albert Mohler talks about a change of pronouns in speaking of abortion

Said at Southern has posted an audio message of Martin Luther King speaking at Southern Seminary in 1961.

Owen Strachan shares some reflections on his last day working in the office of Dr. Albert Mohler.

Books

Albert Mohler has a new feature on his blog – “The Reading List” – and one of his earliest posts is a brief but worthwhile review of Mark Dever’s The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.

Trevin Wax gives a brief review of an excellent resource, J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Although close to a century old, it is still quite relevant. In it he shows that liberalism and Christianity are two completely different things. This book would be especially helpful for those in nominally Christian colleges and seminaries to read.

Douglas Brown gives a helpful review of Bruce Waltke’s commentary on Genesis.

Is the recently published Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (edited by Carson/Beale) worth getting? (I certainly hope so, as I just ordered it the other day!) Here are some opinions:

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Tomorrow, look for the conclusion of Dr. Jim Hamilton's article on "Spiritual Formation and the New Media: Making Good Use of the Mammon of Unrighteousness" (Part 1 and Part 2). Have a great day!

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Tuesday Miscellanies - 1/8/2008

My plan this year is to post miscellaneous links and/or resource pages on Tuesdays. Today I have posted two resource pages in addition to the list of miscellaneous links below. The resource pages are on Pro-Life links and Bible overview sermons (highlighting Mark Dever's 69 sermons, covering the whole Bible, the OT, the NT, and each individual book of the 66).

I have recently found the following links to be helpfully thought-provoking and/or spiritually edifying.

Ryan Townsend highlights a resource from Don Whitney to "Consider Your Ways."

Pastor Mike Belcher issues a call for self-examination in his post, "Fig Tree Religion" and suggests starting out the year meditating on Jonathan Edwards' resolutions (Part 1; Part 2).

Jason Button reviews the ESV Literary Study Bible (posted at SharperIron and TheoSource). In addition, he has some links for profitable reading in 2008 and gives biographical posts about Machen and Zwingli.

Timmy Brister has issued the "Join the 2008 Puritan Reading Challenge"

In "Whose Outline?", Mike Osborne provokes preachers to think about how to derive their sermon outlines - and suggests the Scriptures themselves as the best source!

I'm not presently a Southern Baptist, but I found this Statement from Highview Baptist Church intriguing. It gives one Southern Baptist Church's reasons for giving directly to the SBC instead of going through their state convention. Why? To be a better steward by making sure more of their money goes to missions. If they were to funnel it through the state convention, about 64% would not get to their goal.

"Help! Cinematic Counter-Evangelism" by Bob Bixby exposes the folly of Christians placing their hope in Hollywood.

On endorsing political candidates: Nate Busenitz, Bob Bixby, and Ben Wright (here, here, and here) don't think it's a proper activity for a minister of the gospel (I have to agree).

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Tomorrow: Part 2 of 3 by Dr. Jim Hamilton on "Spiritual Formation and the New Media"