Yesterday, Wayne Grudem wrote a warm, articulate and balanced e-mail to John Piper on the use of offensive language. Grudem is responding to Piper's explanation on why he used a vulgar word in a breakout session at the Passion 2007 Conference. Later reflecting on his choice of words, Piper noted: "I regret saying it. I am sitting here trying to figure out why I say things like that every now and then. I think it is a mixture of (sinful) audience titillation and (holy) scorn against my own flesh and against the devil, along with the desire to make the battle with Satan and my flesh feel … [Read more...] about Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language
Archives for January 2007
Believer’s Baptism – Schreiner and Wright
Tom Schreiner and Shawn Wright have done the church an excellent service by co-editing a volume called Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ with Broadman and Holman. The book's description (from Amazon): Is believer's baptism the clear teaching of the New Testament Scriptures? What are the historical and theological challenges to believer's baptism? What are the practical applications for believer's baptism today? Volume two in the NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY STUDIES IN BIBLE & THEOLOGY (NACSBT) series for pastors, advanced Bible students, and other deeply committed laypersons … [Read more...] about Believer’s Baptism – Schreiner and Wright
Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
Joe Carter writes this gracious review of With One Voice (which is summarized here): "In With One Voice: Singleness, Dating and Marriage to the Glory of God, Alex and Marni Chediak provide the ultimate answer: It is more important to become a certain type of person than it is to find a certain type of boyfriend/girlfriend. 'What are you doing to become the sort of person who would be winsome and attractive to the kind of person you want to marry?' (p. 45) Such candid questions and refreshing candor is the hallmark of this superb book on dating and marriage. It is filled with advice that is … [Read more...] about Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
William Wilberforce – book by John Piper
John Piper's short biography on William Wilberforce is available January 29 as a softcover book and immediately as a free PDF. Speaking of Wilberforce, Piper notes: "He believed with all his heart that new affections for God were the key to new morals (or manners, as they were sometimes called) and lasting political reformation. And these new affections and this reformation did not come from mere ethical systems. They came from what he called the "peculiar doctrines" of Christianity. For Wilberforce, practical deeds were born in "peculiar doctrines." By that term he simply meant the central … [Read more...] about William Wilberforce – book by John Piper
Response to Peter Masters’ Critique of Desiring God
One of the courses in The Bethlehem Institute is called Practical Theology: The Pursuit of God in All of Life. It consists of a series of seminars by Pastor John Piper on the following topics: Future Grace; Why We Believe the Bible; TULIP; Sexual Complementarity; Biblical Eldership; Desiring God; Corporate Worship; Prayer, Meditation and Fasting; and Suffering. On some of these topics, Piper has written full-length books for a mainstream audience. On others, he has only written shorter booklets available at Bethlehem Baptist Church via Desiring God ministries. For each of these seminars, … [Read more...] about Response to Peter Masters’ Critique of Desiring God
Nancy Pelosi and the “Marble Ceiling”
Carol Platt Liebau reflects on Speaker Pelosi's accomplishment, while putting the matter in perspective. The irony of Pelosi's … [Read more...] about Nancy Pelosi and the “Marble Ceiling”