Google Drive is trying to give Dropbox a run for its money. It has many of the same features as Dropbox, but the free account in Google Drive gives you more than twice the space (5 GB) than Dropbox. Check it out above. (HT: @MrMedina)
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2012 Band of Bloggers Now Online
One of the highlights for me of the recent T4G conference was the 2012 Band of Bloggers meeting that was held on the campus of Southern Seminary. Owen Strachan did a fantastic job leading a panel discussion about the state of blogging among the “Young, Restless, and Reformed.” Panelists include Justin Taylor, Collin Hansen, Tim Challies, and Timmy Brister. I really benefitted from this conversation. If you are a blogger, you likely will too. You can download the audio here or listen below. [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/t4g2012/t4g-band-of-bloggers.mp3]
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A Special Message
Happy Birthday to Tom Schreiner–my doctorvater, mentor, and exemplar of mad hip-hop skills! If you doubt me, listen below.
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Mercy Me Covers Justin Bieber (feat. Lecrae, sort of)
Mercy Me likes to have fun covering popular songs, filming goofy videos, and sharing them on YouTube. Their latest offering is a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” In Lecrae’s cameo, he refuses to display his abilities for a Bieber tune. Canon (also making a cameo) steps up, delivers the rap lines, and smashes bread all over the Mercy Me guy’s face. It’s all in fun. Watch above.
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When it rains, it pours on the New Orleans Saints
The image of the New Orleans Saints was deeply tarnished by the “bounty” scandal that recently led to the one-year suspension of head coach Sean Payton. The Saints are in the doldrums, and rightfully so. In a recent report on the nine most damaged brands in America, the New Orleans Saints came in third place. Just when fans thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did. ESPN reports tonight that the Saints general manager may be in hot water as well. Here’s the lede: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana was told Friday that New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis had an electronic device in…
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Book Notice: Jürgen Moltmann’s “Ethics of Hope”
Jürgen Moltmann is rightly described as the father of the theology of hope. Whether or not you agree with him on everything (and I don’t), he is a theologian to be reckoned with. His new book Ethics of Hope is an English translation of his 2010 German work Ethik der Hoffnung. Moltmann argues that “hope in the future decisively reconfigures the present and shapes our understanding of central Christian convictions, from creation to New Creation.” In this book, Moltmann applies his theology of hope to the ethics of life, earth ethics, and political ethics. Though I am disappointed that there appears to be very little about sexual ethics, this is…
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Jim Hamilton on What Helps Him Most in Preaching
Jim Hamilton explains what helps him most in sermon preparation: My answer is along the lines of what I recently said about what seminaries are for, because what has helped me most as I’ve preached through Jeremiah has been reading the text in Hebrew. I’m not boasting about being able to read Hebrew, here. It took me a long time to learn it. In fact, I had 8 Hebrew related classes as a Th.M. student at DTS, and when I got to SBTS I was served up a nice big slice of humble pie when Peter Gentry and Russell Fuller proved to me that I needed to re-take elementary Hebrew.…
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Complementarianism at T4G: Piper, Duncan, Moore, and Gilbert
Some of the panel discussions from T4G are now beginning to show up on the T4G website. I haven’t heard all of the panels yet, but I did listen to the one on complementarianism. I thought this one was particularly helpful, and you can listen to it below or download it here. As you can tell from the very Brady picture at right, panelists include Lig Duncan, John Piper, Russell Moore, and Greg Gilbert. [audio:http://media.t4g.org/t4g2012/audio/t4g2012-panel1.mp3]
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Michael Gerson Gets the Measure of the Man
I’ve been frustrated reading obituaries about Chuck Colson that seem to be stuck in the 70’s—as if Chuck Colson’s whole life was lived between the years 1968-1974. It has been a colossal fail on the part of mainstream reporters. And then Michael Gerson comes in for the save. Thanks be to God for Michael Gerson’s tender, poignant reflections that really do get the measure of the man. Gerson writes:
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Prison Fellowship Video on the Life of Chuck Colson
Prison Fellowship put together a short video on the life of Chuck Colson. This is well worth your time to watch.