a guest post by Jenni Naselli
1. John Piper and Bethlehem Baptist Church have Children Desiring God.
2. The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International national conference this week has “When I grow up, I want to be a fundamentalist.”
by Andy Naselli
a guest post by Jenni Naselli
1. John Piper and Bethlehem Baptist Church have Children Desiring God.
2. The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International national conference this week has “When I grow up, I want to be a fundamentalist.”
by Andy Naselli
Dan Burrell, a former pastor, offers what he calls “some things that I’m guessing your pastor wishes you knew about him” (part 1 | part 2).
He lists ten main points:
by Andy Naselli
Matt Perman‘s “How to Get Your Email Inbox to Zero Every Day” is exceptionally helpful for redeeming the time. It’s a simple method (though it might not seem simple at first!) to help you manage your emails rather than let them manage you. (My wife suggested that I add a disclaimer that everyone’s brain doesn’t organize in exactly the same way!)
I process my email in Gmail, so I’ve tweaked Perman’s superb article in at least two places:
Problem: Perman recommends deleting everything but never emptying your deleted items, but this advice does not apply to Gmail since Gmail automatically and permanently deletes 30-day-old items in your Trash.
Solution: Archive items that you think you may want to search on or read at any time in the future. (Gmail offers 5+ GB of free storage for messages and attachments.) Delete everything else.
Problem: Perman recommends using only three folders or labels: “Answer,” “Hold,” and “Read.” But shrewdly using multiple “Labels” is more efficient. For example, I frequently search emails that are tagged with a particular label rather than searching all my emails.
Solution: Use more than the three labels “Answer,” “Hold,” and “Read.” (I currently use over thirty labels.)
Related:
by Andy Naselli
That’s what Beth Spraul argues (with appropriate nuance) in “You’ve Got Lies: Chick Flicks and the World’s Approach to Men and Marriage,” a six-page PDF hosted by Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C.
She proceeds to discsuss “three powerful lies communicated to and believed by women through this genre of ‘chick-flicks’ as well as ‘chick-lit’ (literature)”:
She closes by sharing her own courting experience.
Das ist gut, ja?
by Andy Naselli
Guy Waters thoughtfully reviews N. T. Wright’s Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision.
Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision is the most comprehensive and current statement of N. T. Wright on justification to date. Justification is largely a restatement of Wright’s views, with some amplification and rhetorical refinement. It is not a detailed textual and theological interaction with his Reformational readers’ concerns and objections. To the degree that Justification summarizes and synthesizes nearly three decades of Wright’s publications on justification, the book is useful to the student of Wright’s work. To the degree that Justification has failed to engage criticisms of Wright’s formulations on justification in such a way as to advance the discussion, the work is a missed opportunity. What is clear from Justification is that the fundamental concern of Wright’s Reformational readers remains unallayed and firmly in place: Wright’s views on justification have parted company with the teaching of the apostle Paul.
by Andy Naselli
I recently prepared a master Scripture index for the New Studies in Biblical Theology series edited by D. A. Carson. I combined the Scripture indexes into a single spreadsheet and placed an asterisk by each page number where there is a discussion rather than merely a reference or brief comment. This is an especially valuable resource for those who are working on individual texts and would like to consult substantive discussions in the NSBT series.
See the NSBT page hosted by The Gospel Coalition for the following:
Below are the volumes in the series thus far:
1. David Peterson, Possessed by God: A New Testament Theology of Sanctification and Holiness (1995).
[Read more…] about Master Scripture Index for New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Andy Naselli
“The difference between a solid church and a terrible church is pretty much up to you. The difference between a solid church and incredible success has almost nothing to do with you at all. It’s like you are out there paddling on your surfboard, and suddenly the wave comes and you ride in, standing up like you’re a Greek god. That has everything to do with the wave.”
–Tim Keller, quoted in Tim Stafford, “How Tim Keller Found Manhattan,” Christianity Today cover story
by Andy Naselli