The more senses we involve in an activity, the more we learn. I am delighted that Christian Focus has posted three “coloring pages” from The Bible’s Big Story. Here’s hoping these will bring tactile delight and result in deeper awareness of the world’s true story, a story of sin, promise, and triumphant redemption. We print coloring …
Category Archives: Discipleship
The Blind Boy Who Played Football, Got a PhD, and Is Now a College Professor
Some of God’s people are truly inspiring. Travis Freeman is just such a person. This good brother experienced an awful tragedy as a 12-year-old when he contracted a horrible disease that took his sight. Though it took his sight, it did not take his hope, his perseverance, or his faith in God. Travis Freeman continued …
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Death by Living Trailer
HT: Douglas Wilson. Hitchcock said a good story was life with all the boring parts taken out. That’s what N. D. Wilson summarizes in this powerful clip: I’m looking forward to reading Death by Living.
Mr. Leithart Comes to Louisville
Peter Leithart is one of the most stimulating and well-rounded scholars of the present generation. He and his wife have 10 children, and he pastors Trinity Reformed Church and teaches at New Saint Andrews College. He has written more books than I’ve had time to read, but I’ve enjoyed his introduction to the Old Testament, …
Expositor’s Summit at SBTS
Lloyd Jones is right: The work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and the most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called. . . the most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and the most urgent need in the Church, it …
How To Use “The Bible’s Big Story”: Dads, Step Up and Play the Man
Do you know what I’m trying to accomplish with The Bible’s Big Story? I want you to win the hearts of your children. I want you to win them through the time you spend with them. I want you to start when they’re so small they can’t yet climb off your lap and crawl around. I …
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Exploring the Terrain of What Cannot Be Articulated
Marilynne Robinson puts into words exactly what I’ve felt but couldn’t articulate about a number of things in this interview (HT: Eric Schumacher). Some excerpts for your edification. On a period of questioning and doubt: “I definitely went through a period when I thought I would make the experiment of unbelief, and it lasted several months, …
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Come to (or Pray for) Plant New England
The gospel is the hope for the world. Its only hope. The church is God’s program for missions, evangelism, and discipleship. Real change comes from the new birth, which comes by the power of the Spirit and the hearing of the word. How will the word be heard unless it’s preached? How will the born …
Introducing SBTS’s New DMin in Biblical Theology
Biblical theology is vital for understanding the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. The DMin concentration in biblical theology at Southern will equip pastors and ministry leaders to understand the Bible in accordance with the intentions of its Spirit-inspired human authors. Jesus taught the authors of the New Testament how to understand the Old …
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Review of Goldsworthy, Prayer and the Knowledge of God
Graeme Goldsworthy, Prayer and the Knowledge of God, Leicester: InterVarsity, 2003. An edited version of this review appeared in The Southwestern Journal of Theology 47.1 (2004) 111. Graeme Goldsworthy is a biblical theologian for the church. Now retired from his post at Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia), he has blessed the body of Christ with …
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A Bible Study for Women on 1 Thessalonians (Free Download)
My sweet wife led the ladies of Kenwood Baptist Church through a study of 1 Thessalonians this summer, and she prepared study questions that prompt a close, meditative examination of Paul’s letter and one’s own heart. This study is geared for women, but I think anyone would profit from reflecting on these questions over an …
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Remus Lupin, Werewolf
I love the Harry Potter stories. My first trip through them was an audio excursion guided by the talented Jim Dale. Enthusiasm for the books swept me right into reading them aloud to my children, and we’re almost finished with the series. I am thrilled that J. K. Rowling’s next book, The Casual Vacancy, is …
Go to the Ant
Proverbs 6:6, “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Some time back we watched some video with the kids, probably a BBC thing on the world or something of the sort, and I noted down some stats on what ants accomplish–these were ants in Africa, I think, but I don’t …
How I Mark My Bible
As I read the Bible, I try to make note of repeated words, resumed themes, quotations of earlier passages, and other key ideas. I don’t want simply to see them, however, and move on. I want to mark them so that when I later have a vague recollection of something I read a while ago …
We Are What We Remember: Moonwalking with Einstein
At Tim Challies’ recommendation I read Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, and I’m glad I did. The book is subtitled The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, but surely you know that no book has a magic formula to turn yourself into a Grand Master of Memory! Even if you employed all the strategies …
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Championship Basketball
It’s better to honor God than to win, but that doesn’t mean we don’t try to honor God by winning! My oldest son’s 9 year old basketball team played in the championship game at Southeast Christian Church today, and with a great team effort we came home with the victory. Our watchwords were Defense, Dedication, …
The Beauty and Joy of Answered Prayer
I’m so thankful for Jason Skaer (follow him on twitter), and what a joy to read this account of how the Lord answered prayer and provided: PROPERTY PRAYER – There were many nights where the men’s ministry consisted of monthly gatherings on the corner of Branch Crossing and Alden Bridge to pray. I remember hot …
My Dad’s Coins
We Christians sin. All the time. But most of us don’t set out to spit in God’s face. We don’t mean to attack God by our sin, nor do we get up in the morning planning to transgress his boundaries. What happens to us? How is it that a genuine Christian can sin, and so …
The Epic Quest of Your Life
The Journey to the Bible’s World: The Epic Quest of Your Life Sydney Carton went to a far better rest than he had ever known. Jane Eyre heard the voice of her old master. Alexei helped his brother Dmitri escape. Raskolnikov found grace with Sonya. Jean Valjean became a father to Cosette. Bilbo found the …
Do You Control Your Phone or Does It Control You?
I agree with David Murray’s 10 Positive Reasons to Train Your Kids in Cell Phone Use, and what I was looking for in the post comes in its last two paragraphs, where David offers advice on what action steps to take to make sure you’re a human using a tool. Here’s David’s advice on how …
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