John Piper preached a powerful sermon this past Sunday.  He talked about how our overabundance of money and posessions here in the United States may be the biggest stumbling block in the way of missions.  Read, Listen to , or Watch the sermon here:  LINK.

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Much to my surprise, the mailman dropped a new book off at my house this afternoon.  I’d like to express my thanks to Adrianna Wright of InterVarsity Press for sending me a review copy of We Become What We Worship:  A Biblical Theology of Idolatry by Dr. G. K. Beale.  Dr. Beale and I crossed [...]

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Author: Charles Foster Format: Paperback Page Count:  256 Publisher: Monarch Books Publication Date:  2007 Language: English ISBN-13: 9780825461521 I wanted to extend my sincerest thanks to Leslie Paladino at Kregel Publications for furnishing me with a review copy of Charles Foster’s Tracking the Ark of the Covenant:  By camel, foot and ancient Ford in search [...]

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It’s been almost a year since my last vacation, so I’m very much looking forward to taking a break from the normal hustle and bustle of life over the next 9 days.  I’ll be getting our home ready for winter and catching up on some reading and book reviews.

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Author: Dandi Daley Mackall Illustrator:  John Walker Format: Hardback with Jacket Page Count:  32 Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Publication Date:  2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 0758615000 ISBN-13: 9780758615008 I wanted to extend a wordof thanks to Rosemary Parkinson at Concordia Publishing House for providing me with a review copy of Dandi Daley Mackall’s Thank You for [...]

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The Peasant Princess Part 5: My Beloved, My Friend Song of Songs 5:2- 6:1 Pastor Mark Driscoll | October 19, 2008 | 01hr:06mn We are fundamentally selfish. The question is do you want to change and to what degree? Will you continue in selfishness, or be more like Jesus and have a servant’s heart?

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Thanks to Andy Kerr from Eisenbrauns for pointing out that the link in my previous post about the AAR/SBL/ASOR Virtual Booth took readers on a short trip to nowhere.  I have since updated the link in the previous post and have included it below: www.eisenbrauns.com/sbl Be sure to pay them a visit and take advantage [...]

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Mark Driscoll is several weeks into his current sermon series on the Song of Solomon.  I’ve come away from each sermon feeling like I was given some very practical counsel that will improve my own marriage relationship.  This is definitely one of the most unique expositions on the Song of Solomon that I’ve ever listed [...]

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Thanks are in order to my friends at P & R Publishing for furnishing me with the following review titles: Keep Going:  Overcoming Doubts About Your Faith by Neil Martin Table of Contents:  Sample Chapters: “Keep Going offers practical help to Christians struggling with their beliefs. It deals frankly, thoroughly, sympathetically and biblically with questions [...]

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I wanted to express my gratitude to Greg Baily of Reformation Trust for furnishing me with a review copy of Sinclair Ferguson’s In Christ Alone:  Living the Gospel Centered Life. This is one of several Sinclair Ferguson books recommended by John Piper before Sinclair Ferguson’s talk at the recent Desiring God Conference in Minneapolis, MN.  [...]

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