Posted in In The Study, Sermons and Devotions, Theologia on December 13th, 2006 9 Comments »
(The following post is a summary of a recent chapel message. I originally thought of the message after hearing C.J. Mahaney teach on the passage. My use in chapel and here is my own, but I acknowledge his excellent exposition and application as my starting point.)
I Corinthians 6:1 When one of you has a grievance […]
Posted in Commentary, Riffs on December 12th, 2006 2 Comments »
UPDATE: Noel Heikkinen writes a wonderful endorsement of Challies’ post from his own experience.
UPDATE II: Challies does Part II.
Tim Challies starts a series on why he doesn’t homeschool. IM readers know the subject of options in education is near and dear to my heart and I want to urge you to read Tim’s blog (like […]
Posted in American Idolatry, Commentary, Riffs on December 11th, 2006 6 Comments »
The BHT has a regular banner quote, and this one was so good I wanted to share it with my readers over here.
The nominal Christian, then, will see Jesus as a name, a representative, a symbol, a personification, a prototype, a figure, a model, an exemplar for something else. The nominal Christian pays homage to […]
Posted in Riffs on December 10th, 2006 9 Comments »
Courtesy of the thoroughly agitated Bill Kinnon, a post by Alan Hirsch on “The Apostolic Genius.” How did the early church do what they did? (Without cool ads!) Take it away, Mr. Hirsch.
About four years ago I attended a seminar on missional church where the speaker asked the question “How many Christians do you […]
Posted in Laugh or else on December 9th, 2006 9 Comments »
Having arrived at age 50, I am striving for a degree of self-knowledge that might be called true wisdom. Yes, there is much to be learned from books and teachers, but I believe that the Greeks were right: a man who does not know himself, no matter what else he knows, is woefully ignorant.
The self-knowledge […]
Posted in Commentary, Reviews on December 8th, 2006 16 Comments »
UPDATE III: Joel Hunter has written a massive substantial response to the podcasts that go along with the ads.
UPDATE II: The pastor whose church produced the ads has a blog that is full of provocative ideas. If you want a glimpse into what the emerging church growth culture looks like, this is a very good […]
Posted in Riffs on December 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
UPDATE II: Andrew Sandlin with a fine review of the Emerging Church and politics. An outstanding essay. Very helpful.
UPDATE: Bill Kinnon let’s his hair down, so to speak, in this post on Macarthur’s letter.
Dan Kimball’s response to John Macarthur’s characterization of the emerging church stands in stark contrast to the large quoted sections of the […]
Posted in Podcast on December 6th, 2006 No Comments »
A Special Song. Notes from the TR watchblogs. Promos for this and that. BHT Homosex discussion.
The Internet Monk Radio is featured on iTunes for your downloading ease….and so you can write a review and kick this program into the top 5,000.
Posted in Christian Humanism, Theologia on December 6th, 2006 1 Comment »
He became the reconciling place where opposites met. He was the meeting place of God and man. Man the aspiring and God the inspiring meet in Him. Heaven and earth came together and are forever reconciled. The material and the spiritual after their long divorce have in Him found their reconciliation. The natural and the […]
Posted in Theologia on December 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
“He demonstrated for me and convinced me that rigorous, precise, penetrating logic is not opposed to deep, soul-stirring feeling and vivid, lively- even playful- imagination. He was a “romantic rationalist.” He combined things that almost everybody today assumes are mutually exclusive: rationalism and poetry, cool logic and warm feeling, disciplined prose and free imagination. In […]
Posted in Site news/Tech on December 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Every year at Advent and Christmas, the BHT features a ministry that deserves your support. There are many good ministries and feel free to promote them in the comments. This year I would like to encourage your support for a ministry that directly affects many of our students at OBI and millions of Christians around […]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4th, 2006 8 Comments »
I never heard about Advent growing up. Our church recognized Christmas, but anything else would have been too “catholic,” and we were fundamentalistic Southern Baptists. What I heard about Christmas was dependable preaching from the texts surrounding the birth of Jesus, the Lottie Moon Christmas offering for foreign missions, and a lot of negativity.
Negativity? Yes, […]
Posted in Site news/Tech on December 3rd, 2006 3 Comments »
The Boar’s Head Tavern sponsors a blog each advent season called “Go to Bethlehem and See.” This is a place for BHT fellows and friends to blog on Advent related themes. Last year’s blog was a real highlight of the season for many IM and BHT readers.
We began the advent blog as a way […]
Posted in Theologia on December 1st, 2006 5 Comments »
John Macarthur has a new book called “The Truth War.” This article is not a review or a critique of that book. I haven’t read any more than a brief summary chapter published at “Pulpit” blog. In fact, I’m not quite sure why I mentioned the book at all. Probably to attract readers who will […]
