Just Released: This looks like a needed book, if what I hear from my wife and her friends has any truth. The style is engaging and easy to follow. From the publisher's description: "These authors offer five tips to help ladies do it all without becoming overwhelmed: rise early, sit down, sit longer (occasionally), choose friends wisely, and take fifteen minutes. By weaving biblical principles of God’s Word into these keys, these authors give women practical advice on how to fulfill—and excel in—their daily responsibilities." If you, or someone you love, is overwhelmed, miserable, and/or … [Read more...] about Shopping for Time – Mahaney & Family
The Gospel Coalition Website is Up and Running
The Gospel Coalition is: A fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures. We have become deeply concerned about some movements within traditional evangelicalism that seem to be diminishing the church’s life and leading us away from our historic beliefs and practices. On the one hand, we are troubled by the idolatry of personal consumerism and the politicization of faith; on the other hand, we are distressed by the unchallenged acceptance of theological and moral … [Read more...] about The Gospel Coalition Website is Up and Running
Special Message from DG on the Book Sale
The good folks at Desiring God pass along the following: The sale has generated so much traffic to the checkout process in our store that the DG server is at its limit. In fact, the traffic is so high that even two servers couldn't handle it. There are some solutions we can implement (namely, optimizing the code in the checkout process), but none that could be implemented by tomorrow. Read the whole thing. Basically, they are asking that people wait until tomorrow before trying to order books, given the unexpectedly high popularity of their unlimited, online-only $5/book sale. … [Read more...] about Special Message from DG on the Book Sale
The Ascendancy of Calvinism Among Young Adults
Mark Dever, in his first post in a series of ten, credits the writings of C.H. Spurgeon as one of the ten big reasons for the rise of Calvinism among Christians born in the 1970s and 1980s. Dever recalls: "At Together for the Gospel, April 2006, at one point I asked people to stand by ages. Out of 3,000 we had a few senior citizens. Some guys in their 50's. A lot in their 40's. A TON in their 30's. And even MORE in their 20's. Now, there could be a lot of reasons for that, but let me simply say that when Collin Hansen came out with his interesting article about "Young, Restless and … [Read more...] about The Ascendancy of Calvinism Among Young Adults
Spencer on Dever on Healthy Churches
Michael Spencer reviews and recommends Mark Dever's latest resource, What Is a Healthy Church?. Related: My earlier post on this book. … [Read more...] about Spencer on Dever on Healthy Churches
Helpful Resources for Law-Gospel Issues in Romans
Having finished my six-part series on law-gospel issues on Romans 9:30-10:13, I thought I'd list some of the resources that I found most helpful. I already mentioned the Westerholm text. The Romans commentaries which I found most helpful (and most convincing!) were written by Dr. Douglas Moo and Dr. Tom Schreiner. Lastly, John Piper's written sermons on the relevant texts. … [Read more...] about Helpful Resources for Law-Gospel Issues in Romans