Linkathon 10/27, part 1

Steve Arterburn = the Christian Jerry Springer (or Dr. Laura)??? (HT: Christian Nightmares)

The Dead Sea Scrolls are going online.

Mike DeLong visits Thomas Road Baptist Church.

Chuck Colson is interviewed by Slate (HT: Trevin Wax).

Michael Patton: “Here is a quick illustration that I hope you find helpful to distinguish between the various traditions with regard to divine sovereignty, free-will, and salvation. It is certainly not perfect, but I think it works sufficiently.”

Gregg Allison on why death matters.

Adrian Warnock does a Q&A with three men on prophecy.

Jon Acuff looks at Texas Rangers outfielder, and Christian, Josh Hamilton.

What Michael Patton knows and doesn’t know about satan and demons.

Gary Lamb on small groups.

Linkathon 10/20, part 1

Gabe Lyons interviews Eugene Peterson.

Dan Phillips on fake and real repentance.

Some observations by Mike DeLong on the maintenance and upkeep of Liberty University, on and off camera, past and present.

Some observations on Carl Trueman’s Republocrat: a review by Kevin DeYoung, part of a discussion involving Derek Thomas, and one, a second, and a third observation by Doug Wilson.

The day Rachel Held Evans found out Martin Luther’s views on Jews.

Gene Veith reviews Lutheranism 101.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s commentary on The Economist article on the new Calvinists in the SBC.

Oh boy! (Philippians 4:4) Another mark of the beast movie! (Revelation 13:16-18) Thanks Jack and Rexella! (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Gary Lamb’s thoughts on multi-site churches.

One of the worst things I have ever heard. Not a credit to the Tea Party nor to conservatives. Seriously. (HT: Matthew Paul Turner, Adam Whitley)

Meeting together

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

– Hebrews 10:25, New International Version (as found on Bible Gateway)

I have had a love-hate relationship with the church for a long, long time.

One of the main reasons is the Sunday service.

Work late the night before. Get up early enough to rush through your shower and speed to church hopefully to make it on time.

Sit there, and hear what amounts to a scripted presentation, including a musical presentation and a speech. Some churches, like the one I go to, kick in communion every week (others do so, on a less frequent basis).

Sit in a room with a bunch of strangers. Every week seems to bring a new batch of them, too. Shake their hands when the speaker prompts you to, right before the speech.

Then, when the presentation is finished, most everyone gets up and leaves. The restaurants get crowded real quick on Sundays, you know.

And don’t forget to show up and do it all over again next Sunday. Because, you know, you are required to be in church.

I’ve seen it for years and it’s not going to change anytime soon.

Is that what the writer of Hebrews had in mind?

Linkathon 10/13, part 2

Gene Vieth comments on America’s four “gods”.

Jason Boyett asks if doubt is a trend.

Dan Edelen on hardship, blame and the real will of God.

Thabiti Anyabwile’s commentary on a The Economist article on Calvinism.

JimB on the rapture.

Gregg Allison on why physical suffering matters.

Skye Jethani on fundamentalist and liberal atheists.

John Mark Reynolds responds to Al Mohler re: yoga (HT: Zach Nielsen).

Don Finto on gifting and character.

Dave Dorr on the wrong way to read the Bible.

Ken Keathley on writing about those with whom you disagree.

I saw this post on Gizmodo and the first thing that came to mind was all the times the Acts29 guys criticize men for acting like boys. This is a great, if extreme, example.

 

Linkathon 10/13, part 1

Do you agree or disagree with Bird and John Piper’s assessments on knowing how one is saved?

Wade Burleson: Judging Christians who practice yoga as theologically incompetent reveals a bias.

James K.A. Smith’s review of Hipster Christianity. (HT: David Sessions and Jason Clark)

Listen to old Babylonian here. (HT: Trevin Wax)

Shaun Groves on the “read with discernment” labels found in Lifeway bookstores.

Chaplain Mike on evangelicalism’s “new day”.

Carole Turner posts the YouTube video of a very good cover of Keith Green’s O Lord You’re Beautiful.

Ben Witherington interviews Frank Viola on Viola and Leonard Sweet’s book Jesus Manifesto.

Michael Dewalt on five things that must be considered when doing systematic theology.

A woman’s life since 1936.

 

 

Linkathon 10/6, part 2

Rachel Held Evans on the very real trend of doubt

Dustin Neeley on how to fight clean over doctrine

Jim Hamilton on the CT feature on Albert Mohler (HT: Tim Challies)

Can people be saved apart from hearing about Jesus? J.D. Greear answers.

Justin Holcomb’s 12 ways to make your teaching and writing anti-Christian

Keith Mathison’s recommended reading on the doctrine of salvation.

Hi-res, online photos of famous paintings including the Last Supper

Matthew Paul Turner links to a very different portrayal of Mary Magdalene

Chris Rosebrough reviews Rick Warren’s talk at the Desiring God conference.

Frank Turk reviews the entire conference.

Mark Driscoll, talking with Neeley about humility and notoriety, touches on the topics (HT: Steve McCoy) he, Mark Dever and James MacDonald discussed in the Gospel Coalition multi-site video I linked to in a previous Linkathon.

Trevin Wax talks politics and faith with Joe Carter and Matt Anderson

Where contextualization in evangelical churches flies off the proverbial rails.

Sometimes, LOLcats should be seen. And not read. Like here 🙂

Finally, this is how a meat deboner works. If you are faint of stomach, you might not want to watch…the meat you see in the video is much less attractive than the DQ-esque picture from the link I posted yesterday 😯

 

 

Linkathon 10/6

Wade Burleson: The greatest problem in evangelicalism is the view of authority.

Albert Mohler’s profile in Christianity Today. Trevin Wax comments on the profile.

21 things about pornography.

Why Stephen Lamb stopped going to church, part 3

Rachel Held Evans on evolution and Christianity. Al Mohler responds. (HT: Rachel Evans)

Mohler’s article and podcast on the Rutgers student who committed suicide (HT to Denny Burk on the podcast, HT to Tim Challies whose post reminded me about the article).

Challies on the “truth” about Wikipedia.

Ed Stetzer interviews Gabe Lyons, the author of The Next Christians.

Media and summaries of each session of the 2010 Desiring God National Conference, including Rick Warren’s video talk.

Where chicken nuggets come from. Mmm, mmmmm, yuck 😯

Linkathon 10/1

Here’s the article I linked to in the 9/30 comments thread that the Gospel Coalition did on Daniel Fusco.

Papias restarted his blog this month, and here’s one sample of what you can expect from it.

Kent Shaffer’s latest list of the top church blogs (HT: Bob Kellemen).

John Ortberg on taking some of the guilt and confusion out of spiritual growth.

Ben Arment’s assessment of the current pastoral scene is interesting…you think he’s spot on?

Mike DeLong on having a foot in the modern and premodern worlds.

Dan Edelen on burying the Proverbs 31 woman.

Chris Elrod on listening to lies.

More links on the multi-site church argument, pro and con, from the Gospel Coalition.

Bill Kinnon introduces David Hayward’s new book.

Short book reviews from Erik Raymond.