Westminster Bookstore is, hands down, the lowest-price, best-selection on-line source of high quality Christian books from an informed, Reformed, and academic perspective. Their blog partnership program is an amazing way to accrue credits towards free resources. It is pretty simple: click-throughs to anywhere within the WTS site earn gift certificates. And if you like books, it is a fantastic deal. After a brief hiatus, the WTS guys have re-opened the consideration process for new prospective blog partners. You simply need to register your website with them. Check it out to get … [Read more...] about WTS Blog Partnership Program Reopens
Stephen Curtis Chapman on Good Morning America – Aug 6
(HT: JT) Chapman will appear on Larry King Live tomorrow (Thursday, August 7, CNN, 9 pm ET / 6pm PT). … [Read more...] about Stephen Curtis Chapman on Good Morning America – Aug 6
Stephen Curtis Chapman on Larry King Live – Aug 7
Singer and songwriting Stephen Curtis Chapman will be on the Larry King Live program tomorrow (Thursday, August 7, CNN, 9 pm ET / 6pm PT) discussing the tragic death of his five year old daughter, Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman. Chapman's wife Beth is expected to join him, and possibly the Chapman children. … [Read more...] about Stephen Curtis Chapman on Larry King Live – Aug 7
Barack Obama: A Postmodern View of Words?
Jonah Goldberg makes an outstanding case that Barack Obama seems to exhibit a postmodern view of language. Excerpt: One reason Obama seems arrogant is that he can never admit he was wrong, a common shortcoming of politicians. But Obama sometimes literally gets exasperated with people who think his words can mean anything other than what he thinks they should mean. Even when he says things he later regrets such as on, say, the North American Free Trade Agreement, he merely says that his rhetoric got overheated, but that he was still accurate. When Jeremiah Wright, his pastor and "spiritual … [Read more...] about Barack Obama: A Postmodern View of Words?
Free Audio Book of the Month: Augustine’s Confessions
ChristianAudio.com sponsors a free audio book every month. For August, the book is Augustine's Confessions. The e-mail announcement reads:Saint Augustine's contributions to Christian theology are second to no other post-apostolic author in the whole sweep of church history. Yet along side his doctrinal treatises, Augustine tells a story of his life devoted to Christ as his only satisfaction. The Confessions is at once the autobiographical account of Augustine's life of Christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of Christian spirituality for everyone. Among the most important … [Read more...] about Free Audio Book of the Month: Augustine’s Confessions
Update on McCain/Obama/Rick Warren Appearance
The August 16, 5-7 PM, Saddleback Civil Forum, a joint appearance between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, to be moderated by Pastor Rick Warren, is scheduled to announce ticket information today:At the candidates’ request, this two-hour event will be held in a non-debate format, and will be open to all media. Both candidates also requested that questions be posed exclusively by Warren rather than by a panel or members of the audience. Each candidate will converse separately with Warren for approximately an hour, beginning with Sen. Obama, as determined by a coin toss. This historic … [Read more...] about Update on McCain/Obama/Rick Warren Appearance