• Christianity

    Is Twittering in Church a Bad Idea?

    Time magazine recently published an article about pastors who encourage their parishioners to Twitter during worship services. Josh Harris has responded with a timely little essay on why it is in fact not good or healthy to Twitter during corporate worship. Today, John Piper has followed with an endorsement of what Harris has written. Piper writes: “There is a difference between communion with God and commenting on communion with God. “Don’t tweet while having sex. Don’t tweet while praying with the dying. Don’t tweet when your wife is telling you about the kids. There’s a season for everything. Multitasking only makes sense when none of the tasks requires heart-engaged, loving…

  • Christianity,  Culture

    Robert George v. Doug Kmiec

    Pepperdine professor Doug Kmiec is a “pro-life” Roman Catholic who vigorously supported President Barack Obama’s candidacy for President. Princeton professor Robert George is also a pro-life Roman Catholic, and he decidedly did not support Obama’s candidacy. In short, George believes that President Obama’s policies will result in an increase of the number of abortions in America. Yesterday, George and Kmiec squared-off in a discussion at the National Press Club that was carried on C-Span. You can watch it here or read the Washington Times report on it here.

  • Christianity,  Theology/Bible

    9Marks at the SBC

    Southeastern Seminary and 9Marks ministries are sponsoring an event at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY. The event consists of two panel discussions called “9Marks at 9,” which will be held at 9pm on June 22 and 23 in the Kentucky Exposition Center, South B101-102. Dr. Mark Dever will be speaking the first night, and Dr. Danny Akin the second. The events are free and open to the public. Here are some more details. June 22 at 9.00pm Mark Dever, “Why the Nine Marks are Central to the Future of the SBC” Panel Discussion to follow with: David Platt, Michael McKinley, and Greg Gilbert June…

  • Christianity,  Culture

    Violence at Notre Dame

    James Kushiner of Touchstone magazine talks about the violence that we can expect to see during the protests of President Obama’s commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday. He writes, ‘When it comes to whatever number of people protesting at Notre Dame, the right image is not that of Vietnam War protesters or those people that show up at the various global economy “summits”, and certainly not the PETA people. It’s not there won’t be violence–there will be violence, but it won’t be on the part of protesters, though they will be accused of angry hatred. The violence will be seen in the pictures some of them…

  • Christianity,  Culture,  Theology/Bible

    Albert Mohler on Gender Confusion in the Culture

    There was an editorial in the New York Times on Sunday that is a virtual case-study of the gender confusion that pervades our culture. Dr. Albert Mohler has an insightful riposte that is worth the read. He writes: “The world we know is a world increasingly in revolt against the idea that gender is assigned by our Creator and is thus a fixed category. . . “The Christian worldview is clear at this point.  The Bible presents gender as part of the goodness of creation.  God reveals his glory in every aspect of creation, and this is abundantly true with respect to the two sexes.  God glorifies himself in creating…

  • Christianity,  Theology/Bible

    Carl Trueman on Moronic Worship

    Carl Trueman has a must-read essay at Reformation21 about unserious worship practices. This paragraph is a gem: “A church service involving clowns or fancy dress or skits or stand-up comedy does not reflect the seriousness of the gospel; and those who take the gospel seriously should know better. Frankly, it is more appropriate to liberal theology which does not take the gospel, or the God of the gospel, seriously. Serious things demand serious idioms.   I heard recently of a church service involving dressing up in costume and music taken from a Tom Cruise movie.  Now, if I go for my annual prostate examination, and the doctor comes into the consulting…

  • Christianity

    Boyce College’s New Website

    Boyce College has a new website, and you need to take a minute to check out our new digs. Our website team has done a phenomenal job, and I am really pleased with what they have created. There are many new features here, one of which is the incorporation of the Boyce Blog into the structure of the site. The “Diablogue” that I started last semester to host our podcast is no more. Our podcast now appears on the Boyce Blog.

  • Christianity,  Theology/Bible

    Why Tom Wright Hasn’t Written about Homosexuality

    In the video above, Bishop Tom Wright explains why he hasn’t written on the topic homosexuality. In short, he says that he hasn’t done the necessary research on the topic. Furthermore, he says that he is keenly aware of the complexity of the issue, and thus to do the topic justice would require him to write a book the length of The Resurrection of the Son of God.