Assorted Blog Stuff

I’ve been away from the blog the past few weeks, so here’s a roundup of interesting posts and news from around the web:

Denny Burk has posted his top 10 You Tube’s of 2007.

Dr. Al Mohler has a new book due out January 15th: Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth (Today’s Critical Concerns)

Jeff Brewer passes along suggested daily devotional readings from Eric Liddell’s The Disciplines of the Christian Life (which is out of print). Also, Ligon Duncan has some great wisdom on family worship times. {HT:JT}

Lance of The Scrawney Pulpit fame is starting up a new blog for 2008: Solid Food for Fellow Pilgrims. Here’s what he has to say:

“In November, 2007, I started to wonder how intriguing it might be if there were a daily devotional where each day’s verse corresponded to the date, and if each book of the Bible were featured at least once.

So I got to work compiling 366 verses.

In choosing the best possible verses, I tried to focus on those that could take us deep—-the “solid food” of Scripture, if you will. Therefore, I think you’ll find that most themes are off the beaten path of the usual, over-the-counter devotional. They are not meant to give us instant, warm feelings inside, but to “train us for godliness” (1 Tim. 4:7-8), stretching and toning our spiritual muscles.

My prayer is that our daily journey will satisfy and nourish our souls for some solid growth as the year unfolds.

I invite your comments, especially when you pick up something I may have missed, and/or when the day’s discussion has helped you to see God and/or humanity in a clearer light.”

Be sure to check it out!

John MacArthur weighs in on “Hebrews 6 and the Loss of Salvation“.

The Westminster Bookstore is still offering their English Standard Version Bibles {ESV} for 45% off! This is the version that I use to preach from, in case some of you in the congregation at CBC were wondering. I highly recommend the ESV!

I found this great quote at the Buzzard Blog:
“Basically I am convinced that men who do not make praying their first priority in life and ministry should not preach or pastor. As preachers they will be confusing models of a Christian man, and as shepherds they will not show willingness to die for the sheep…As we seek faith and pray together, the power will be in the preaching, and other matters such as style will begin to take their own course.”
-Jack Miller