August 2006

Top Ten Tuesday

August 15, 2006

I have decided to put up a Top Ten list each Tuesday – at least until I run out of ideas. On a recent train ride into the city I compiled a pretty decent list of potential subjects. For today, my Top Ten Books on Personal Piety. Note: My “Top Tens” are somewhat relative. In [...]

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Bonhoeffer Speaks

August 9, 2006

Bonhoeffer Speaks Today is an important book, especially for those of us in the SBC. Bonhoeffer is not the poster-boy for Evangelical theology, nor is he the liberal caricature he is sometimes portrayed as. But where he is right, he is a shining example to the church of Christ, and where he is right is [...]

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Everyday Talk

August 9, 2006

Jen and I are going through Everyday Talk by John A. Younts. “The most powerful influence in your child’s life is everyday talk,” Younts writes, and of course he establishes this by appealing to Deut. 6. So far the book has been helpful, encouraging and convicting, as he points the reader toward a more Gospel-centric [...]

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Getting Things Done

August 8, 2006

You know there is a difference between getting organized and staying organized. The former is meaningless without the latter, and the latter depends on finding a simple, effective method of managing everything you have to think about, plan, and execute. In the past I have trusted the Palm PDA, before that I was taught by [...]

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I’ve been tagged – a lot.

August 5, 2006

Ok, I keep ignoring it, but I have been tagged by a few different people with this thing starting with Timmy and most recently by Steve, so I have to respond. 1. One book that changed your life: Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther. 2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Holiness [...]

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Baptists and Calvinism Debate

August 3, 2006

Well, after a lot of friction it looks like a debate between Ergun Caner, Emir Caner, James White and Tom Ascol is on with an agreed topic, Baptists and Calvinism: An Open Debate. The debate will be October 16, 2006 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Be sure to read Tom’s blog for the news. I am again [...]

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What Does God Want? (Pt. 3)

August 3, 2006
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Part One: Intro Part Two: Justice Part Three: Loving Mercy Part Four: Walking Humbly with God “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 It’s more than interesting that [...]

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