The fourth essay in Christ on Campus Initiative’s series was just published: Chawkat Moucarry’s “A Christian Perspective on Islam.” (The essays are also hosted by the Henry Center.)
The CCI essays are (1) by evangelical scholars, (2) geared for campus evangelism, and (3) edited by D. A. Carson.
Here’s the outline for Moucarry’s essay:
I recently interviewed S. M. Baugh re his notes on Ephesians for the ESV Study Bible. Crossway has made his introduction and notes to Ephesians 1 available here. The interview is published on Justin Taylor’s blog.
Attendees of the recent New Attitude conference voted on some tough Bible questions, and NA just published Justin Taylor’s answer to this one: “How Could God Command Genocide?“
Douglas Wilson recently shared his initial observations on Sarah Palin. He concludes,
An issue that will be discussed among some conservative Christians is the propriety of electing a woman. Evangelical Christians are overwhelmingly hostile to feminism, and so what is with that? I have argued before from Isaiah 3:12—“children are their oppressors, and women rule over them”—that feminism is one of the things Scripture uses as an indicator of God’s judgment on a culture. I still believe that, and also believe that we are in fact under this particular judgment in our culture. But as a biblical absolutist, and not a simple traditionalist, I also want to make room for the occasional Deborah. Life is funny, and you should remember that in the Bible Deborah was the dame who upstaged a fellow named Barak. Kinda spooky when you think about it.
Pretty witty. See Judges 4–5. Deborah rose to the occasion when Barak lacked courage (e.g., 4:8, 14).
(The analogy Deborah : Barak :: Sarah Palin : Barack Obama breaks down, of course, not least since Deborah and Barak were on the “same team.”)
This morning John McCain announced his VP: Sarah Palin.
Almost four months ago, Al Mohler highlighted the Palin family in an article (“Welcome to the World, Trig Paxson Van Palin“) and on his radio show (also titled “Welcome to the World, Trig Paxson Van Palin“).
Here’s a description of the radio show:
A little boy with an extra chromosome was born on April 18. His name is Trig Paxson Van Palin and his new home is the Alaska Governor’s Mansion in Juneau. His mom is Governor Sarah Palin, who along with her husband Todd, has welcomed Trig as their second son and fifth child.
On today’s show, Mohler explains why Trig’s very existence defies the Culture of Death and gives us all hope.
Logos Bible Software has recently released nine new collections of books published by Baker:
I ordered the collections in bold. Kudos to Logos and Baker.
I recently interviewed Clint Arnold re his notes on Colossians for the ESV Study Bible. Crossway has made his introduction and notes to Colossians 1 available here. The interview is published on Justin Taylor’s blog.
The Gospel Coalition’s first issue of Themelios was published In early July as a single PDF. It’s now available in HTML format as D. A. Carson announced in his opening editorial:
Readers will note that we are producing this digital Themelios in two formats, both PDF and HTML. The former preserves pagination for accurate referencing; the latter enables Internet users to search the material, cite snippets, copy convenient chunks, and so forth.
Bloggers will especially appreciate the ability to hyperlink directly to specific articles and book reviews. For example, I can link directly to my two book reviews in that issue:
Review of Collin Hansen, Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists. Themelios 33:1 (2008): 91–93.
Review of Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians: Learning to See the Glories of God’s Love. Themelios 33:1 (2008): 102–3.