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Tony Reinke has posted, over at the Desiring God blog, an explanation of John Piper’s recently removed Job/Oklahoma tweets.
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I will be doing a new weekly links post. Every Friday I will post a few blog posts I found interesting during the week.
Enjoy!
Below is a guest post by my friend and fellow blogger Jared Moore. Jared is a ThM student at SBTS in Louisville, Ky.
My book, The Harry Potter Bible Study: Enjoying God Through the Final Four Harry Potter Movies, is currently available for free on Kindle. You can download it here. It’s the 12th most popular free Non-Fiction religious book on Kindle (U.S.) today, and the 6th most popular free Non-Fiction Christian book on Kindle (U.K.) today. To put this top 12 position in the United States into perspective, it’s currently being downloaded more than the Book of Mormon, theHolman Christian Standard Bible, and The Art of War.
Get it while it’s free! Click here.
Also, with your help in spreading the word, The Harry Potter Bible Study can be the #1 free Non-Fiction Religious book in the U.S. and U.K. on Kindle. Share this post with your family and friends, and help spread the word!
BTW: I got a kick out of this tweet by someone who was originally skeptical about this book, “The Harry Potter Bible Study (free on kindle) is…..actually not that bad. Has a good premise so far and good insight.”
LifeWay Research has a new study and report available. The study focused on 2,930 Protestant churchgoers and their habits of engaging the Bible. Continue Reading…
Today marks the official launch of a new Southern Baptist group blog called SBC Focus. I am joining pastors Chris Roberts and Scott Gordon in this collaborative blog that hopes to fill a need in the SBC blogosphere. From the about section of the site:
It is our hope that SBC Focus serves as a way to present people with the face of Calvinism in the SBC. We want to show what it means to be a Southern Baptist who believes the theology commonly referred to as Calvinism. This website is not simply a place to argue for Calvinistic theology, though that will occur; this website is a place to offer a picture of the ministry commitments of Calvinists in the SBC. Along the way, we hope that people will realize that Calvinism is not an insidious evil and Calvinists are not the enemy. We hope to provide people a more accurate look at the theology of Calvinism and the ministry of Calvinists.
This blog exists to fill a void that currently exists in the SBC Blogosphere.
For more on why I am contributing to the site, view my post Why I Contribute to SBC Focus.
You can follow SBC Focus on Twitter here, like us on Facebook here, and Google + here.
Whomever He Wills: A Surprising Display of Sovereign Mercy is now available in Kindle (.mobi) format and is on sale for $2.99 at Founders Press’s online store. This sale ends September 1st so don’t wait. Head on over and pick up your copy.
You do not have to own a Kindle device to read Kindle books. Amazon provides free Kindle applications for both PC and Mac, allowing you to read kindle books on your computer and mobile devices.
Dr. David Alan Black, professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently blogged (August 25, 2012) some helpful advice for seminary students who are contemplating pursuing a doctorate. Black’s advice was spurred on by a post by biblioblogger Brian LePort (Near Emmaus) where LePort laments the current realities of finding a biblical studies professorship. Leport writes in his post “You’re going to be an adjunct and it is going to be terrible“: Continue Reading…
Back in May, Steve Weaver over at Credo Magazine’s Blog introduced us to John Gill as one of ten Baptists everyone should know. Recently, Weaver continued the series with a brief introduction to great Baptist statesman John L. Dagg. Continue Reading…
Self-described “former Calvinist” and Oklahoma pastor Ronnie Rogers has compiled his sermon notes into a self-published book called Reflections of a Disenchanted Calvinist: The Disquieting Realities of Calvinism. Rogers’ arguments hinge on the idea of “grace enablement” which he fails to textually support.
James White addresses Rogers’ arguments on a recent webcast available here. I recommend listening to White’s fair assessment of Rogers’ objections to Calvinism.
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Quarles, Vice President for Integration of Faith and Learning at Louisiana College and Dean of the Caskey School of Divinity, has written a clear and helpful article on what Baptists believe regarding divine sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation titled, “What Baptists Believe.” Quarles cites both the New Hampshire Baptist Confession and the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 in expounding what Baptists believe. Continue Reading…
The Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) has published their first issue.
A few months back I posted info about the forthcoming Journal and how excited I was to stumble across its site.
The first issue includes articles by:
- Michael S. Heiser
- Eugene H. Merrill
- Joel E. Anderson
- Todd Scacewater
The book reviews section includes: Continue Reading…
Over the past few weeks, Dr. Tom Ascol has written dozens of pages in response to the “Trads” document on soteriology. You can now read all of his responses in ebook format, available in both epub and mobi (Kindle).
The ebook is available for free download for the rest of the week so don’t miss out. You can download your copy here.
Last night, Jason Meyer was confirmed by members of Bethlehem Baptist Church (BBC) to eventually replace John Piper as Pastor for Preaching and Vision.
I am thankful that BBC has had such a smooth process of calling a replacement for their pastor and thankful that it is former Louisiana College professor Dr. Jason Meyer. Continue Reading…
Steve Weaver over at Credo Magazine has written a brief but helpful introduction to great Baptist theologian John Gill. This introduction is part of series at Credo Mag called “10 Baptists Everyone Should Know.”
I have benefited greatly from Gill’s Exposition of the Bible as it reflects not only a reformed Baptist position but also an historic Baptist perspective.
Weaver writes: Continue Reading…
Baptist statesman J.L. Dagg finishes his Manual of Church Order with the “duty of Baptists.” Dagg lists 6 duties that all Baptists should uphold and then expounds on each duty.
Regarding the duties of Baptists, Dagg writes:
Although the truth of God does not need human authority, or the patronage of great names, it is nevertheless the Divine pleasure to make it known to the world by human instrumentality; and this instrumentality needs to be adapted to the purpose for which it is employed. If God has commissioned a sect everywhere spoken against, to make known truth which the wise and learned have overlooked, that sect ought to understand the service to which they have been appointed, and ought to fulfil the prescribed duty firmly, faithfully, and in the fear of the Lord. As men designed for a peculiar service, let us, by earnest and constant endeavor, seek to ascertain the will of him to whose supreme authority we yield all our powers, and let us diligently and perseveringly obey that will, whether men revile or praise.
I believe Dagg’s list is helpful for reflection on what God would have us to do and what it means to be a Baptist. Continue Reading…
