I’m preparing to minister to college students on the topic of sexual purity. If you were me, (a) what biblical principles would you prioritize (especially realizing that only so much can be said during a limited amount of time), and (b) what miscellaneous advice (in addition to full sermons) would you pass on to them—perhaps [...]

Several months ago Joe Tyrpak and I made several posts here in a series we called “Help for Fighting Lust.” We’ve wanted to conclude that series—or at least advance it—by providing a bibliography of helpful resources that address the issue. Joe compiled the following list for a pastor’s fellowship in Northeast Ohio in March of [...]

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1. Tell me the absolute best way to watch a movie.
At home with my family with my feet up and something to drink close by.
2. Do you ever think about your own funeral? If so, do you have specific [...]

If “language is the dress of thoughts” ( Johnson), then idioms must the wardrobe.
Jientje at Heaven Is In Belgium hosts A  Thousand Words In Idioms on Wednesdays wherein she asks participants to illustrate an idiom or two with a photo.

Cold, hard cash.
If you pay for something on cold, hard cash, you are using actual bills [...]

Last week I greatly enjoyed this message from John Piper on John 1:1-18. It’s about Christ’s incarnation, but it contains a compelling call to arms and an explanation about the necessity of contending for the faith—adding disputation to education and exaltation, to use his words. Beginning at about 23:30, Dr. Piper says:
“I could wish—oh how [...]

I am in the midst of writing a chapter that is due on Monday (1200 words written today, 11,000 to go), which is why I haven’t posted in a while. But, this quote from a New York Times article gave me obscene pleasure. “Patricia Bostelman, vice president of marketing at Barnes & Noble, said that “The Lost Symbol” had sold more books in its first week on sale than any other adult title, ever. Books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer still outsold Mr. Brown, Ms. Bostelman said, but “The Lost…

I have biblical/theological reasons why I don’t believe in Transubstantiation or Paedobaptism. Based on the following video, I’ve added a few pragmatic ones, as well. Classic line from Ken Endean: “Ethical dilemma— what do you do when your theology and propriety collide?”

Ken, I’m thinking the priest made the wrong choice!! (HT: Dan G)
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Stumbled across this pretty sweet software product today while doing some research. CamStudio is a free, open-source (GPL licensed) screen capture application for Windows PCs. It can capture both audio and video simultaneously, allowing the user to record voice annotations along with the current action on the screen.
While CamStudio records everything in a proprietary codec, [...]