I ran into a few good deals as I was catching up on some of my blog reading today. Tim Challies mentioned a free John MacArthur book offer from Grace to You.  (LINK) Andy Naselli filling in for Justin Taylor mentioned that Rejoice Christian Software has the IVP Essential Reference Collection, Volume 2 for $79.95.  [...]

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Author: Thomas C. Oden Binding: Hardcover Page Count:  204 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Publication year: 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 0830828753 ISBN-13: 978-0830828753 I wanted to extend a word of thanks to the kind folks at InterVarsity Press for furnishing me with a review copy of Thomas C. Oden’s How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind:  Rediscovering the [...]

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The folks over at Desiring God blog just made John Piper’s latest sermon for July 27th available. I had some sick kids over the weekend, so I missed this sermon and will have to listen to it on my ipod. This completes John’s 3-part series on Baptism and Church Membership.  You can watch or listen [...]

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In this sermon Mark hits home on the idea of praying to God as Abba / Father.  He touches on the challenges faced by a society who has largely grown up with either absent or distant fathers and how that may skew our picture of God.  Growing up without a Dad, this is something I’ve [...]

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This morning for my devotions I read Mark 6:14-29.  This portion of Mark’s gospel tells us about the death of John the Baptist.  While it may be difficult to find a direct personal application from this text, it does reveal much about the character of King Herod, Herodias (Herod’s niece, former sister-in-law, and wife), and [...]

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This passage resounded with me as I finished reading Our Bible. Every heart is a pantheon:  idol stands by the side of idol, and in each heart is an altar on which is inscribed, “To an unknown God.”  The idols, pride, ambition, lust, stand side by side.  These must be thrown down. Father, I pray [...]

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Good Morning to all of the Bible Geek Gone Wild listeners out there in cyberspace.  I wanted to ask for prayer.  Over the last several years, I’ve gone through a lot of personal change (i.e. moves, job changes, life changes, etc.).  In the midst of it all, I’ve had the overwhelming sense of being at [...]

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The folks over at GoingToSeminary.Com recently did an interview with Dr. John Frame.  Please take a few minutes to watch the video.  Also, be sure to visit the GoingToSeminary Blog at www.goingtoseminary.com. Dr. John Frame Interview from GoingtoSeminary.com on Vimeo.

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Mark Driscoll just started a new sermon series on prayer.  I was both inspired and challenged by this message. Happy viewing.

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Every now and then I get the itch to work through some of the books I acquired back in the day from the library of my wife’s late grandfather.  He was a pastor in the Baptist General Conference for more than 40 years and had amassed quite a collection in his time.  The latest of [...]

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