Notables (5/27/2013)

I know I’ve been really behind in posting lately. I’ve been working on several projects and haven’t quite figured out the balancing act. As a result I’m also a bit backlogged in collecting interesting and helpful links around the web. These are a few of my favorite over the past few weeks.

• Infanticide: The Coming Battle- Michael Bird
• Pro-Life Activism Is Not a Mission of the church: It Is THE Mission of the Church- Rolley Haggard
• Some Thoughts on Gay Rights- William Edgar
• And Some Were Persuaded- James Anderson
• The Trouble with Violence in the Old Testament- Philip Bethancourt
• The Ultimate Apologetics MP3 Audio Page- Apologetics 315
• R.C. Sproul’s Crucial Questions eBooks Now Free Forever- Ligonier
• The Top 60 Online Resources for Battling Porn- HeadHeartHand
• 5 Lies that Kill Obedience- Brad Watson

Notables (3/3/2013)

Here are this week’s noteworthy articles and blogs:

• A Gracious Defense: How Do You Do It?- Sarah Flashing
• Thought Thinking Itself?: Christianity and Logic- K. Scott Oliphint
• Should Reformed People Read N.T. Wright?- Uri Brito
• Atheists are Unable to Answers the Tough Questions of Philosophy: Greg Bahnsen
• No Compromise Ever, Episode 2 (below)

Notables (1/12/2013)

Here are this weeks noteworthy articles and blogs:

• Twelve good arguments atheists advance against Christianity- Peter Saunders
• John Piper Interviews Jerry Bridges (Video)
• The Lost Art of Apologetics- K. Scott Oliphint
• The Eternal, Inextricable Link- K. Scott Oliphint
• Chapter Outlines and Summaries on Greg Beale’s “A New Testament Biblical Theology”
• Law and Les Miserables, Revisited- Matthew Lee Anderson
• Grace, Law, and the Gospel of Grace according to Les Miserable- Michael. F. Bird
• 12 Primary Ways the New Testament Uses the Old Testament- Andy Naselli
• What is God’s Global Urban Mission?- Tim Keller (below)

Notables (1/7/2013)

Here are this weeks noteworthy articles and blogs:

• Is the Pro-Life Cause Winning?- Russell Moore
• Bill Maher Led a Promiscuous, Cocaine-Dealing Atheist to Christ- Owen Strachan
• Paul and Justification by Faith: The Real Jewish Evidence- Daniel B. Wallace
• The Church and the Digital Age: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Magazine

Top 5 Posts of 2012

It’s alway interesting to see what blog entries generate the most traffic. They’re usually not the ones I expect, and this year is no different. Here are the top 5 Kingdomview blog entries of 2012:

1 What’s the Difference Between Philosophy and Theology? August 2007
2 Marriage = (A Response)  May 2012
3 D. A. Carson Lectures on The Book of Revelation August 2012
4 The Marriage of Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibly August 2012
5 Inerrancy and Problem Passages July 2012

Notables (12/15/2012)

Here are some of my favorite links over the past 2 weeks:

• When is a Gospel not a Gospel?- Michael F. Bird
• Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes
• Hermeneutic Humility- Tony Reinke. Here Reinke quotes one of my favorite passages from Jonathan Pennington’s latest book Reading the Gospels Wisely.
• Like a Blind Man Trying to Understand Color- Justin Taylor
• Top 12 Books of 2012- Tony Reinke
• An Interview with Bruce Ware on the Humanity of Christ- Justin Taylor (above)

Notables (11/3/2012)

The past few weeks have been chock full of great online articles. Here are my favorites:

• Seven Cautions for Eager Polemicists- Kevin DeYoung
• Porn-Free Church: Sex, God, and the Gospel- Tim Chester
• Tracing the Logic of Liberalism- David Koyzis
• You Are Not A Sinful Wretch- Jake Belder
• What if the Latter Day Saints Took a Red Pen to the Creed- This Side of Glory
• A Review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood- Kathy Keller (see also Sarah Flashing’s review)

Notables (9/15/2012)

Here are this week’s noteworthy articles and blogs:

• Grace as Big as Creation- James K. A. Smith
• Why Little Kids Need Big Biblical Words- Trevin Wax
• Gospel Definitions - Trevin Wax

For almost two years now, I have been steadily gathering a number of definitions of “the gospel” in an ongoing series entitled “Gospel Definitions.” As far as I know, this is the largest grouping of gospel definitions on the internet today.

• Tim Keller Critiques Two Kingdoms Theology- Justin Borger
• Avoiding Logical Fallacies in Theology- Justin Taylor
• Christian Values Cannot Save Anyone- Albert Mohler

Notables (8/8/2012)

Here are this week’s note-worthy links:

• When are we going to stop talking about being missional? - Michael Wallenmeyer
• Paul: A Reformed Reading (an interview with Thomas Schreiner)
• Sandra Fluke’s War on Womanhood- Peter Baklinski
• F. F. Bruce on the Gospel
• How Jesus Changed the Way I Study- Will LIttle
• An overview of Romans by Craig Keener- Seven Minute Seminary (below)

Notables 8/23/2012

• Sarah Flashing asks Are there Boundaries between Evangelicalism and the Theological Progressives?
• Jake Belder shares Things I’ve Learned from a Year of Preaching
• Jesus as Messiah: An Interview with Michael Bird 
• Foreshadowing: Why Literature Helps Us Understand the Scriptures- Gene Fant
• God’s Word to You: A Summary of the Bible in 311 Words- Trevin Wax
• Kingdom through Covenant, Baptism and Circumcision, and Other Discussions Worth Having- An interview regarding what may very well be a game-changing book on the themes of the kingdom of God and the covenants of Scriptures.
• Jesus and the Genre of the Gospels- Michael Pahl

Notables (8/11/12)

The Gospel is More Than a Story: A Conversation with Leslie Leyland Fields

10 Ways to Ensure I’ll Never Revisit your Church

LIving Between Creation and Consummation by Jake Belder

Greg Willson’s Album’s Old & New (volumes I & II) are available for free. From his description of volume I, “Old words and new music come together in this first volume of Old & New. As a pastor and worship leader as well as a singer/songwriter, I am constantly running across older texts that inspire me. This is an attempt to make available some of my interactions with those texts, hopefully shedding new light on the past.”

In Heaven, Will We Know Our Family and Friends? 

The Apollo 8 Genesis Reading

Notables (7/23/12)

Here are some noteworthy links I’ve run across over the last week. Enjoy!

• Greg Willson has written a great article over at Gospel-Centered Discipleship on ‘The Harmony of Community.”
• Grace restores nature – Matthew Mason quotes John Bolt on Herman Bavinck’s discussion on what the gospel means for creation.(HT: Jake Belder)
• Being a “Simple-Minded Jesus Lover” Is No Excuse for Really Bad Theology

Bible Verses for Kids

Here is an excellent list of Bible verses for children to memorize (complied by Tim Challies). Each is a monster amount of truth contained in a small package.

Also, here’s a smattering of some other verses Challies provides:

• Proverbs 14:5 A honest witness does not lie, a false witness breaths lies

• Genesis 16:13 You are the God who sees.

• Numbers 6:24 The Lord bless you and keep you

• Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

• Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly

• 1 John 5:3 This is love for God: to obey his commands

• Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit

• Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

HT: Brightlight Books Blog

Closer to Truth

This is a website I plan to visit often. Check it out: www.closertotruth.com

A Gospel-Centered Reader

From timmybrister.com:

One of the things I learned to do while in seminary is create “readers” for myself on research topics.  Basically, a “reader” is a compilation of shorter works (articles, essays, sermons) that is put together in a Table of Contents and bound together.  Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a Reader on the subject of “Gospel-Centered.”  I thought I’d share the contents with you.  If there are others out there that I could add, please let me know!

1.  Gospel Coalition Foundation Documents
2.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ: An Evangelical Celebration
3.  Together for the Gospel Statement (PDF)
4.  The Centrality of the Gospel by Tim Keller (PDF)
5.  The Biblical Gospel by D.A. Carson (PDF)
6.  Gospel-Driven Sanctification by Jerry Bridges (PDF)
7.  The Transforming Power of the Gospel – Steve Childers (PDF)
8.  The Gospel and the Poor by Tim Keller (PDF)
9.  Fight Clubs: Gospel-Centered Discipleship by Jonathan Dodson (PDF)
10. The Gospel Centered Life by Bob Thune (study)
11.  Gospel-Centered Ministry by Tim Keller (PDF)
12.  How to Preach the Gospel to Yourself by David Fairchild (Sermon MSS)
13.  The Gospel: Key to Change by Tim Keller (PDF)
14.  God Strengthens Us by the Gospel by John Piper
15.  Advancing the Gospel in the 21st Century Part 2 by Tim Keller
16.  Gospel-Centered Preaching by Steve Childers (not online)
17.  Gospel Christianity (1.0) (2.0) (3.0) by Tim Keller (studies)
18.  The Gospel in Its Many Forms by Tim Keller
19.  How Does the Gospel Save Believers? (Part 2) (Part 3) by John Piper
20.  Gospel-Centered by Joe Thorn
21.  Being the Church in Our Culture by Tim Keller (PDF)
22.  Preach the Gospel to Yourself by Tim Challies
23.  What Do I Mean by a Gospel-Driven Life? (Part 2 | Part 3) by John Fonville
24.  The Gospel-Driven Life by Harry Reeder III