I was a big fan of Chris Thile when he was the lead singer for the bluegrass-ish band Nickel Creek. In the video below, you can see that he has recently teamed up with Yo-Yo Ma on a new single titled “Here and Heaven.” The song is part of a larger project called “The Goat Rodeo Sessions.” I once heard Chris Thile and Nickel Creek perform live here in Louisville, Kentucky. It was a very secular venue and a very secular crowd, yet the band closed the show with one of the most beautiful renditions of “Be Thou My Vision” that I have ever heard. The band (including Chris Thile)…
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Strachan Mixes It Up on the Her.meneutics Blog
Owen Strachan wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago critiquing the “Dad Mom” mindset that is often praised in popular culture. His article provoked a response from Laura Ortberg Turner at Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics blog. Turner contests Strachan’s reading of Titus 2:5 and Genesis 3:16 and argues that Strachan’s vision of manhood is not the same as Jesus’. She writes:
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John Piper on the Work of a Christian Leader
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The Dragon’s Tooth on “All Things Considered”
N. D. Wilson is a great writer, and he has a new novel out titled The Dragon’s Tooth. He was interviewed recently on the NPR program “All Things Considered,” and you can listen to the audio below or download it here. [audio:http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2011/11/20111110_atc_08.mp3] The book is fantasy-fiction on the order of C. S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia.” According to the report, here is what the book is about:
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Penn State and Nebraska Pray Together before Game
The players of Penn State and Nebraska came together at midfield for prayer before today’s game. Nebraska’s running backs coach Ron Brown led the teams, and you can watch it above.
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Thom Rainer on the Penn State Scandal
Thom Rainer has a really helpful article about the Penn State scandal. He speaks what should be common sense: It is inconceivable to me that someone could witness sexual abuse and then simply report it and leave it to their supervisors. The right response is to intervene by force at the moment, and with the police immediately thereafter. The rest of this article has some practical advice for churches to help them protect children against predators:
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Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
Matt Hall had many positive things to say about Mark Noll’s book Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind. He also has some critiques, and this one stood out to me. He writes, Noll’s book at times rings of the most strident and elitist forms of evangelical condescension. I’ll admit that as a Southern Baptist I easily grow weary of constant screeds against my denomination’s supposed pervasive intellectual backwardness and disinterest in developing anything even close to a respectable life of the mind. With all the respect to Noll I can muster, these caricatures are not only unhelpful but also tired and inaccurate. The last 20 years have seen…
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Mohler Leads Discussion of the Historicity of Adam
Albert Mohler led a discussion in Southern Seminary’s chapel today about the historicity of Adam and the gospel. Panel members include Tom Schreiner, Jim Hamilton, Chad Brand, and Steve Wellun. You can watch above, listen below, or download here. [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/fall2011/20111108-panel.mp3] My favorite line from the discussion comes from Jim Hamilton who argues that Peter Enns seeks to replace the beginning of the biblical story with evolution. Hamilton says that replacing the beginning of the biblical story with evolution is like replacing the first scene of “Star Wars” with the first scene from “Sleepless in Seattle.” It just doesn’t work because they are two different stories.
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Check-out the Pujols Biography
During the World Series last week, you heard sportscasters refer time and again to Albert Pujols personal story. It turns out that Pujols is a Christian and great guy. If you want to understand more about Pujols, his impact on the game, and his impact of other for kingdom purposes, then you should check out the biography written by Scott Lamb and Tim Ellsworth, Pujols: More Than the Game. Folks are already including Pujols’ name among the pantheon of greats: Ruth, Gehrig, Aaron, and Mays. The authors tell quite a story of this growing baseball legend, all the while accentuating “the unseen hand of divine providence” that has shaped the…
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Secret Church Is Tonight!
David Platt’s “Secret Church” meeting is tonight at the Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. The event will be simulcast to numerous locations including the campus of Southern Seminary. The theme for the night is “Family, Marriage, Sex, and the Gospel.” Here’s a description: Manhood. Womanhood. Marriage. Parenting. Singleness. Sex. Divorce. Homosexuality. Same-sex marriage. Polygamy. Pornography. Adoption. Abortion. Cultures around the world perceive each of these issues differently. So how does God’s Word address them? During Secret Church on November 4, 2011, we will explore how the gospel uniquely affects our understanding of family, marriage, sex, and host of related (and controversial) issues that are ultimately foundational for the…