* Tonight, ABC is airing a debate on the existence of Satan where Mark Driscoll goes up against Deepak Chopra. Here’s a video teaser. * Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard and FoxNews Commentator, talks about church planting in the Wall Street Journal. * A new website was created for all things Tim [...]
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Quick Hits 03.26.09
March 26, 2009Quick Hits 03.10.09
March 10, 2009* Michael Spencer (iMonk) has written about “The Coming Evangelical Collapse” which was picked up by the Christian Science Monitor, and then today made headlines on Real Clear Politics as well as The Drudge Report. Pretty cool. * I linked to this already, but the Advance 09 Conference is finally live with a listing of [...]
Quick Hits :: 02.24.09
February 24, 2009* 1,737. That’s the total number of pages in books thus far that we are giving away at the 2009 Band of Bloggers fellowship (over $125 in value). Have you registered yet? What are you waiting on?!! * Been working through lots of community group stuff over the past week and resourcing myself through various [...]
Quick Hits :: 02.10.09
February 10, 2009* The Austin Stone Community Church (ASCC) has started a nice new blog focusing on missional community. * Speaking of ASCC, The Christian Post writes about their journey to missional community groups. This was a helpful article for me given where we are at Grace. * Jonathan Dodson writes over at Boundless how to start [...]
Quick Hits :: 01.12.09
January 12, 2009* IX Marks is doing a multi-part interview with Steve Timmis (Total Church). Check out the discussion on monological vs. dialogical preaching. * According to the Barna Gourp, Christianity is no longer America’s “default faith.” * Creation Project is a blog by Jonathan Dodson which I have recently stumbled upon and am enjoying. Check it [...]
Quick Hits 12.31.08
December 31, 2008* Tim Challies recently posted a poll about Christian conferences. Interesting to see the number of people who said they are not attending any conferences next year. I’m going to two (one this month!). * Be sure to check out Joe Thorn’s new and improved website. He is picking up blogging again in 09. * [...]
Quick Hits 12.19.08
December 19, 2008Anyone remember my “quick hits”? I think the last one I did was 350 blogposts or so ago! Anyway, I thought I’d share a few things that have piqued my interest of late: * All of modern parables videos can be watched for free for a limited time (HT: Scott Anderson). * Cathy Grossman of [...]
Quick Hits :: 08.02.07
August 2, 2007* Douglas Groothuis passes on the word that all his lectures from 2004 on apologetics is available online for download. Go ahead and fill up your iPod with these lectures. You know you want to (everybody’s doing it). You might also want to download this message also by Groothuis on the exclusivity of Jesus Christ. [...]
Quick Hits :: 07.11.07
July 11, 2007* John Piper shares why we should have courage to speak about Christ. You can download this excerpt by clicking here. * Thabiti Anyabwile has posted some excellent words by Jonathan Edwards in which he counsels new converts (part one, two, and three). Edwards’ advice can be found in A Sweet Flame: Piety in the [...]
Quick Hits :: 07.03.07
July 3, 2007* J.I. Packer revists penal substitutionary atonement at Reformation 21. A blurb: “Penal substitution, therefore, will not be focused properly till it is recognized that God’s redemptive love must not be conceived – misconceived, rather – as somehow triumphing and displacing God’s retributive justice, as if the Creator-Judge simply decided to let bygones be bygones. [...]
Quick Hits :: 06.03.07
June 3, 2007* The final edition (part six) of the Doug Wilson and Christopher Hitchens debate has now been posted. Here are all six parts: one, two, three, four, five, and six. Or, you can download the entire series in a PDF document by going here. * John Piper recently spoke at both the Gospel Coalition Conference and the [...]
Quick Hits :: 05.19.07
May 19, 2007* They say imitation is flattery right? Well this guy must like my blog. His sidebar explanation is even a copy and paste job of the header of my old blog. Nice. * Michael Spencer shares about his move back into an SBC church. * New friend and fellow blogger, Kevin Hash was recently interviewed in [...]
Not So Quick Hits :: 02.02.07
February 2, 2007* Dr. Mohler was recently interviewed by David Van Biema of Time Magazine, entitled “A Calvinist Faces Death.” Having read Dr. Mohler’s commentary of reflections, listened to his recent convocation address, and now this interview, it is apparent that God has mightily used this event in Dr. Mohler’s life, and I praise God for that. [...]
Quick Hits :: 01.20.07
January 20, 2007* Dr. Russell Moore discusses the “voodoo ecumenism of Bill Clinton” with Dr. Tony Campolo on the Albert Mohler Radio Program. Good discussion here and relevant to much of the current discussion regarding unity, cooperation, and consensus. * Over at the T4G blog, Mark Dever shares an excerpt from C. S. Lewis on Calvinism, where Lewis explains, [...]
Quick Hits :: 01.15.07
January 15, 2007* Joe Thorn makes a sincere request for our friend and brother Steve McCoy. Speaking of Joe, he deserves a hearty congrats for having two of his photos in the new 2007 Chicago Public Radio calendar. He wrote, “A year ago I picked up a good camera and started taking pictures for two reasons: I [...]
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