Andy Naselli discusses what sounds like a great new book on Heaven: The authors give a road map to the book: We will treat five major biblical pictures or themes that portray heaven’s final state. Why did we choose these themes from among the many in Scripture? Because we find them compelling and encompassing of some of the others. We will trace each picture from Genesis to Revelation and will devote ten chapters to this task. We will allot two chapters apiece to each of the pictures: creation, rest, kingdom, presence, and glory. The first chapter devoted to each picture … [Read more...] about Life Everlasting: The Unfolding Story of Heaven
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Old Story New: 10 Minutes Devotionals for Families with Young Children
A great deal--only $8.00, 60% discount--on a new resource from the author of Long Story Short, a series of 10 minute devotional lessons designed with young children in mind, walking readers through the story of the Old Testament (with regular pointers to the fulfillment of God's promises which would come in Jesus). This new book, Old Story New, seems to do the same thing, except from the New Testament. It's a 72 hour sale, ending 11/3 at 5 PM EST. … [Read more...] about Old Story New: 10 Minutes Devotionals for Families with Young Children
Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Today something wonderful happened. I stepped out of my office at work for a moment and returned to find this book on top of my file cabinet. No note. No envelope. It was just sitting there. Wow! Every Good Endeavor, which releases Nov. 13 but is available now for pre-order, deals with a topic I've written a few articles about: Making a connection between our work and God's work. In fact, it was Keller who led me to a Dorothy Sayers essay called Why Work? which I cited in Thriving at College. The book is divided into three parts: … [Read more...] about Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Thoughts on Serving and Greatness
I wrote a guest post for Bob Bevington's blog, Red Like Blood (which is also the title of his most recent book). My post is called Back to School: Thoughts on Serving and Greatness. Here's the opening: Jesus washed His disciples’ feet to communicate a principle: Christian leaders are to be servants. They get under others to lift them up, not over others to get ego gratification. (See this sermon.) You call me Teacher and Lord…If I then, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Serving and Greatness
The (Often Determinative) Importance of Youth
J.C. Ryle: “Youth is the seed time of full-age, the molding season in the little space of human life, the turning-point in the history of man’s mind. By the shoot we judge of the tree, by the blossoms we judge of the fruit, by the spring we judge of the harvest, by the morning we judge of the day, and by the character of the young man, we may generally judge what he will be when he grows up.” From Thoughts for Young Men (Calvary Press) … [Read more...] about The (Often Determinative) Importance of Youth
What is morality other than harm?
Collin Hansen interacts with Tim Keller and Albert Mohler on the societal assumption that what makes something immoral is that it hurts someone else. If nobody is hurt, than an action cannot be immoral. But this presupposes that we understand the purpose for which humans were designed and created: HT: JT … [Read more...] about What is morality other than harm?