Last year Multnomah released a revised edition of Future Grace. In the Preface, Piper writes: Since publishing the first edition of Future Grace in 1995, I have walked through extended controversies surrounding the nature, ground, and instrument of justification. These controversies have sharpened my own grasp of what the Bible teaches. Some of that sharpening is captured in Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness (Crossway, 2002), The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright (Crossway, 2007), and Finally Alive: What Happens When We … [Read more...] about John Piper – Future Grace – Revised Edition
It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk
Sad article in the NY Times on the problem of degree inflation in a down market: Employers have the luxury of being choosy, and can require that secretaries, file clerks, even $10/hour workers, have college degrees. The unemployment rate for workers with a bachelor's degree is only 3.7%, whereas for workers with only a high school diploma, it's 8.1%. It seems the college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other … [Read more...] about It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk
Mohler on The Intolerance of Tolerance
Dr. Albert Mohler interviews Dr. D.A. Carson on his book, The Intolerance of Tolerance (which I've mentioned before). You can read the transcript or listen to (or download) the podcast. … [Read more...] about Mohler on The Intolerance of Tolerance
Dr. Ben Carson on Rejecting Darwinian Evolution
Yes, the same Ben Carson who recently delivered a message at the National Prayer Breakfast. In this 10-minute interview with David Boze, he explains why he rejects Darwinian evolution. An excerpt: I think one of the most damning pieces of evidence against evolution is the human genome. You can see that you have very complex, sophisticated coding mechanisms for different amino acids, and various sequences that give you millions of different genetic instructions — very much like computer programming, which uses a series of zeros and ones in different sequences, but gives you very specific … [Read more...] about Dr. Ben Carson on Rejecting Darwinian Evolution
Top 10 Reasons our Youth Leave Church
A significant percentage of 18-29 year olds once raised in the church are no longer attending one. The social forces which once brought transitioning adults back to the church (e.g., marriage, child-raising) are being delayed, sometimes indefinitely. Moreover, our culture, as a whole, is less religious. For example, an Oct 2012 Pew survey shows those claiming "no religion" jumped from ~15% to ~20% from 2007-2012. Among 18-29 year olds, it's one out of three (32%). Yet somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 of such young adults were raised in religious homes. At least temporarily, the church seems … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons our Youth Leave Church
Dr. Ben Carson – Message at National Prayer Breakfast
Dr. Benjamin Carson addressed the National Prayer Breakfast this past Thursday morning. He's the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the author of America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great (currently the #1 book on Amazon). It's a phenomenal speech in many ways, covering an array of topics--political correctness, personal responsibility, the value of education and hard work, even the federal deficit, national debt, tax policy, and health care. … [Read more...] about Dr. Ben Carson – Message at National Prayer Breakfast