Entries Tagged as ‘Around the horn’

November 22, 2008

Around the Horn (11/15-11/22)

1. Andy Naselli provides some comments about attending ETS/SBL this week:
2. Naselli also highlighted this week some interesting writings of Eusebius on Roman emperor Nero in the 1st century:
Once Nero’s power was firmly established, he plunged into nefarious vices and took up arms against the God of the universe. To describe his depravity is not [...]

November 8, 2008

Around the horn (11/1-11/8)

1. Some very good post-election thoughts by an African American pastor, Eric Redmond:
2. Trevin Wax has a book review of Scot McKnight’s new book, “The Blue Parakeet”:

3. Logos Bible Software is now available for the Mac (notice the exegetical fallacy in the promotional video…):
4. Michael Crichton dies:
5. Ligon Duncan has some thoughts [...]

November 1, 2008

Around the horn (10/26-11/1)

Andy Naselli reviews three Gospel movies (John, Matthew, and Acts:
Over at the Jesus Creed Scot McKnight received a letter from an emerging pastor,  and then responded:
Christianity Today posts an interesting article on praying through the Psalms, by Ben Patterson:

“My problem with the Psalms was my problem with prayer: There was too much [...]

October 25, 2008

Around the horn (10/12 – 10/25)

1. Tim Challies reviews the new ESV Study Bible:
2. Lisa Miller of Newsweek has a revealing interview with Victoria O’Steen, wife of Joel O’Steen:
3. The blog world lit up last week with a very reasoned, well argued article by Robert P. George on Obama’s abortion extremism:
a. Here is a follow-up article, also from [...]

October 11, 2008

Around the Horn (10/5-10/11)

Empire Magazine ranks the top 500 movies of all time. How many have you seen?
Some horrifying statistics on abortion in Russia:
Visualizing the cross-references in the Bible:

Another incredible photo journal from the Boston Globe:
Charles Halton’s guide for “How to Learn Hebrew.” Great advice!
For anyone who wants their sins forgiven, here’s Absolution Online!:
Over at the 9Marks blog [...]

October 4, 2008

Around the horn (9/28-10/4)

D.A. Carson on “Five Trends in the Church Today” and a response on whether or not Carson is right by internetmonk:
Can you be both pro-life and a feminist? Online liberal magazine, Salon.com, tries to answer that question.
I have only read a small portion of John Piper’s poetry, but what I have read is [...]

September 27, 2008

Around the horn (9/21-9/27)

Is the “emerging church” label drying up?
Also see this from CT:
Great pics of the universe (then read Ps. 19):
Dr. Moore on how the Trinity is involved in adoption:

The Gospel according to emerging church leader (starter?) Brian McLaren may (not) surprise:
Here is a link to a Christian group airing a pro-Obama message in Ohio. [...]

September 20, 2008

Around the horn (9/14 – 9/20)

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the Church of England will offer an apology for criticizing his theory of natural selection:
In related news, the Roman Catholic church says evolution is compatible with the Bible but offers no apology:
“The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with [...]

September 13, 2008

Around the Horn…

Interview with Dr. Vern Poythress at the “Beginning with Moses” blog:
“The theme of mediation in the OT is one of the most important aids to seeing how Christ is there in the OT. In the OT, God was holy and the people were sinful. A major difficulty! How can God meet sinful people without [...]