You all know Jim Hamilton from his blockbuster book God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment. What you may not know is that Jim is an outstanding athlete who once played baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He’s a competitor, and he loves Christ. That is why I love this personal reflection from Jim about honoring God in sports. It’s a good word for a day when some people are questioning the compatibility of sports and Christianity. Here’s a snippet, but you should really read the whole thing.
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Hunting Bambi
The inimitable Mark Coppenger on the HHS mandate: I once heard Frederica Mathewes-Green say that every child born after 1973 was a “survivor.” That was the year that Roe v. Wade declared “open season” on the contents of the womb. But it appears the license to hunt Bambi was not enough. Now the government is making sure you have a rifle. Read the rest here.
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Sex, Lies, and Rick Santorum
Bill McGurn’s column in WSJ knocks it out of the park. He hammers one of the most glaring double standards in politics: When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he declared that marriage is between a man and a woman. For the most part, his position was treated as a nonissue. Now Rick Santorum is campaigning for president. He too says that marriage is between a man and a woman. What a different reaction he gets. There’s no mystery why. Mr. Santorum is attacked because everyone understands that he means what he says. President Obama, by contrast, gets a pass because everyone understands—nudge nudge, wink wink—that he’s not…
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Swallowing the Feminist Narrative Hook, Line, and Sinker
How many of you saw the news last week about outraged congresswomen who stormed out of the congressional hearing on the contraceptive mandate? I did. I also saw Nancy Pelosi and a host of others angrily denouncing the fact that there were no women represented on the panel. So they decried the panel as a sham and as a threat to women’s rights. Essentially, they were saying this: This hubbub about the HHR mandate is just a bunch of men trying to deprive women of their contraceptives. Women beware! They’re coming for your contraceptives too! Nevermind that the claim was untrue. These pro-choice politicians found willing partners in the mainstream…
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D. A. Carson Goes To Liberty University
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.