Albert Mohler’s commentary on the gay Rutgers student who took his own life is worth your attention. In short, Christian churces have a special obligation to be a safe place for people like this student. Download here or listen below. [audio:http://albertmohler.com/media/audio/totl/Podcast/The_Briefing_October_1_2010.mp3]
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DGNC
I’ll be at the @DesiringGod National Conference this weekend. If you’re there, I’d love to meet you at the @BoyceCollege booth. Hope to see you in Minneapolis. #DGNC
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Interview with Wayne Grudem
The Alliance Defense Fund has an interview with Wayne Grudem about his new book Politics – According to the Bible (see below). In the interview, Grudem explains the genesis of the book and why he wrote it. Grudem also explains in the book itself why he wrote it. He writes: “I wrote this book because I was convinced that God intended the Bible to give guidance to every area of life—including how governments should function!
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The Perspicuity of Scripture
Timothy George gave an outstanding address today in Southern Seminary’s chapel on the perspicuity of scripture. His text was the encounter between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8. It is here that Philip asks the quintessential hermeneutical question: “Do you understand what you are reading” (Acts 8:30). George runs the gamut of church history focusing particularly on the reformers and their contribution to this doctrine. This is worth your time to listen to. Watch it above, listen below, or download here. [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/fall2010/20100928george.mp3]
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Stuart Scott’s New Book
I was grateful to receive a copy of Stuart Scott’s new book The Faithful Parent: A Biblical Guide to Raising a Family (co-authored with Martha Peace). Boyce College‘s own Heath Lambert will be using it as textbook in his counseling courses next semester, and Lambert has this to say about the book.
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Keller and McLaren on Inerrancy
Tim Keller, Brian McLaren and Alistair McGrath recently sat together for a panel discussion about the Bible. I listened to the whole conversation last week and thought it would be worth passing on to you. On the topic of inerrancy, Keller expressed his clear support for the doctrine while McLaren voiced opposition. Alistair McGrath said he thought the term “inerrancy” was unhelpful. I can hardly improve upon Kevin DeYoung’s commentary about this video. You can read it here. Nevertheless, I would like to offer a couple reflections of my own.
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WSJ on Adoption
The Wall Street Journal has a story on evangelicals and adoption that features Russell Moore. The article traces the growing emphasis on orphan care among evangelical Christians.
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Are you a 4th Man?
Professor Kevin Smith brought the thunder today in Southern Seminary’s chapel with a message from Ezekiel 37. He’s looking for some guys who want to be a “fourth man.” You’ll have to listen to the sermon to find out what a “fourth man” is, but you’ll want to be one after hearing this message. Professor Smith will learn you a thing or two about whether or not you’re really called. Don’t miss this one. Watch the video above, or download the audio here.
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New Book on SBC Missions
I was grateful to receive a copy of Dr. Bruce Carlton’s new book Strategy Coordinator: Changing the Course of Southern Baptist Missions (Regnum, 2010). Carlton is a missions professor at Boyce College, and in this book he takes a critical look a dominant paradigm within Southern Baptist missions. From the introduction: “The overall objective [of this book] is to seek to answer the primary research questions, ‘What is the extent of the impact and influence of the non-residential missionary/strategy coordinator paradigm on Southern Baptist missiology over the past twenty years?'” Readers interesting in specialized, missological scholarship will want to take a look at this work. Get it here.
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Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy
We all knew this was coming, but it’s still astonishing to witness. With RedBox and NetFlix, Blockbuster just isn’t the ubiquitous part of American life that it used to be. When is the last time you went into a Blockbuster? I can’t remember the last time I went into one. Read the LA Times report here.