D. A. Carson has gone to Liberty University, but not permanently! He’s there as a guest to deliver a lecture titled “One Focus of the Gospel.” His text is John 3. It begins tonight at 7:30pm eastern time, and you can livestream it here.
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Every Worship Leader Needs to Read This
Here is a word that every worship leader on the planet needs to hear. James Smith, philosophy prof at Calvin College, is concerned that the church has unwittingly encouraged worship leaders to import musical practices into Christian worship that are detrimental to congregational worship. So he expounds upon three bits of advice to counteract this trend:
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The Gospel and Homosexuality
This past weekend, I spoke to college students attending the “Give Me an Answer” conference on the campus of Southern Seminary. My topic was “The Gospel and Homosexuality,” and after my talk the students were eager to find resources to help them think more biblically about this issue. I told them that I would provide a short list here, and what follows is the fulfillment of that promise. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it will get you started. Four questions about the gospel and homosexuality are below, and each resource is listed under the question that it answers.
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Bill Clinton Documentary Airs Tonight on PBS
PBS’s “American Experience” will be airing a biopic on former President William Jefferson Clinton. It is four hours long. Part 1 airs tonight at 9pm ET, and part 2 tomorrow night (February 20-21). You can watch the trailer below, and here’s the description from PBS’s website:
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Relationship in Marriage Is Not Ultimate
“By a profound paradox, a focus on relational quality as the primary aim of marriage destroys relationship.” –Christopher Ash, Marriage: Sex in the Service of God, p. 51
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Phil Mickelson Hits Tee Shot into Fan’s Shorts
I have never heard of anything like this before. But then again, maybe I just don’t play enough golf. Here’s the report from the Golf Channel’s coverage of the Northern Trust Open. You’ve got to read it to believe it.
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Christians Ought To Be Theological
“Christians ought to be theological, not stopping with the work of exegesis but using exegesis to open up what is revealed to us of the consistent mind of God.” –Christopher Ash, Marriage: Sex in the Service of God, p. 21
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Slam Dunk Clinic (circa 1990)
This is classic. Here’s a kid putting on a slam dunk clinic in his basement circa 1990. For what it’s worth, I’ve got a nerf hoop in my office at Southern if anyone wants to come over and film a real YouTube sensation. (HT: Abraham Piper)
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Pat Buchanan Explains His Ouster from MSNBC
The bottom line is this. Buchanan wrote a book, and liberal groups accused him of racism. The president of MSNBC subsequently said that he didn’t think Buchanan’s book “should be part of the national dialogue, much less part of the dialogue on MSNBC.” So they cut him loose. Read the rest here.
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The Look of Lust Is in Your Eyes
Hershael York is a preaching professor at Southern Seminary, and he delivered a message in chapel yesterday that is worth your time to listen to. The text is Matthew 5:27-30, and the message is titled “The Look of Lust Is in Your Eyes.” Dr. York argues, among other things, that gouging out eyes and cutting off hands may not be figural. If it comes down to it, he says that it would be better to lose the body parts than to be enslaved to sin. To put it in his terms, “Sin never can survive a cost-benefit analysis.” [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/spring2012/20120214-york.mp3] You can listen to the message above, download the audio here,…