Around the Horn (5/31)

Quotes from the Na Conf:  Adrian Warnock has collected a list of quotes from the Na Conference.  (HT: Challies)
Greatest American Novel:  Joe has posted concerning the Great American Novels and his commitment for this summer.  One of the things that we as preachers fail to utilize is the rich illustrative material in the classics.

Around the Horn (5/30)

 Interesting New Blog:  I found this blog over the weekend.  I thought it was pretty interesting.  Actually, much to my wife’s dismay, I spent a couple of hours on it last night.
Adoption and Suffering:  Just as I was getting ready to post this entry, Dr. Moore posted this article concerning his sons fifth birthdays and [...]

Baptist Catechism: Question 1

Today is the first day of my postings as I blog through the Baptist Catechism on Mondays.  Again, I will state that this is primarily for me, but I trust that it will be of some benefit for you as well.  Also, I want to mention again that the text that I will be using [...]

Around the Horn (5/29)

Happy Memorial Day:  Today we are remembering those who have given their life and served in our military.  Both of my Grandfather’s have served this country in some capacity, but I have both of them with me today, by God’s grace.  Joe, has posted concerning his father….
The Blogger’s Influence:  Tom Ascol over at the Founder’s [...]

Blogging Through the Baptist Catechism

I have been looking for something to systematically blog through, now that summer is here and I can start special projects.  So I have decided to blog through the one hundred fourteen questions of the Baptist Catechism.  There are a few places that you can find the text, if you want.  I would suggest that [...]

Biblical Church Membership vs. The Revolutionary

I always, for the most part, read more than one book at a time.  I do not know why this is.  It is just a habit that I have formed over the last six years or so.  For the last week, I have only been reading Mark Dever’s The Deliberate Church.  Last night, at the [...]

Why I Read Old Books

In preparation for reading Jonathan Edwards in the month of June (per my reading rotation), I began reading portions of the introductory material by John Piper in God’s Passion for His Glory.  At one part, Piper quotes, at length, ,C.S. Lewis on why we should read old books.  This resounds with my heart and my [...]

An Overview of Acts 1-8

OK, I am going to try the podpress thing again. I tried this on another directory and did not have a problem – at all. Now, I am having problems getting some audio files to play through podpress. I do not understand.
So here is my sermon from this past Sunday. We [...]

Arond the Horn (5/24)

“Liberal” Self-Defense: Dr. Al Mohler has a wonderful post on a unique development at Chicago Theological Seminary in conjunction with the United Church of Christ.
Hideous News: Watch this. Where do I begin?

Everything Teaches

Now that things have settled a bit, as far as the Spring semester being over and everything, I am back in to Dever’s The Deliberate Church.  I have been pecking away at it, but unable to devote much time to it in recent days.  So now I am back at it, with a joyful heart.  [...]