I just ran across a post that Jason Robertson did last year on MMA: http://fide-o.blogspot.com/2008/03/blocking-low-blows_24.html I’ll comment on some of the negative feedback. For the record, I have seen some UFC matches on TV. TruthStands said... “I would add to the conversation on the negativ...

I’ve been asked to comment on one aspect of John Piper’s theology. I’ll be commenting on some representative passages from two of his books: http://www.desiringgod.org/media/pdf/books_bwdd/bwdd_all.pdf http://www.desiringgod.org/media/pdf/books_bgg/books_bgg.pdf Today—as in every generationâ...

The following excerpt offers some good, practical advice about how to help fellow Christians who are suffering (which I'd do well to constantly remember). It's from the single best book on the topic, IMHO, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil (2nd ed.) by D.A. Carson. Anyone who has s...

Paul writes –In yesterday’s post I mentioned Macquarie Christian Studies Institute (sadly they closed the doors of the MCSI office on Friday 5 December 2008). Today I want to mention them again; specifically I want to draw attention to some great little “think pieces� which they have on thei...

I’ve been seeing trailers for this film. Alth0ugh the trailers are self-explanatory, I decided to Google the film to confirm my impressions. Here’s a summary from a sympathetic outlet: Based on a true story and Leroy Aarons' book of the same name, Weaver stars as Mary Griffith, a profoundly reli...

SMOKERING SAID: Nevertheless, even revealing clothes are not necessarily donned for the purpose of attracting men. A low-necked top might be cooler than a high-necked one (given that women don't tend to have the option of removing our shirts entirely!), worn because it's breastfeeding-friendly, or s...

In answer to a question I received: Christian teachers are always going on about how to defeat lust it's not going to happen through sheer willpower, but it'll have to be through the power of the Holy Spirit. But this is supremely confusing for everyone I've talked to on the subject. What exactly do...

“All of us in the CICCU [Cambridge Intercollegiate Christian Union], I think, accepted the fact that a Christian should not have sex before marriage. With all the colleges being single-sex and only two of them being for women, there was not the pressure of continual contact experienced in modern u...

I. Porn Addiction Recently I’ve been asked about how Christians should deal with porn addiction. Since this is an issue of general interest and importance to the Christian community, I’ll do a post on the subject. I don’t claim to be an expert on how to deal with the problem. I’m just offeri...

This week's buzz on the hip Christian blogs are basically two events in, I think, the following order of importance - (a) the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States (b) the American tour of Irish "ikonic" neo-Derridean phenomenologist cum emergent pastor phenomenon Pete...