In this video, Richard from AbeBooks.com explains why old books smell. If you’re a bibliophile like me, I’m sure you’ll find this extremely interesting. (HT: Mason Slater)

While I might normally pass up an opportunity to watch a video on different millennial views in eschatology, earlier this week I started reading It Could Happen Tomorrow: Future Events that Will Shake the World by Gary Frazier (Master Books 2012), so this is a topic I’ve been thinking about over the past few days. HT: Bob Hayton for alerting me to this helpful video. In the video, David P. Murray (Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary) explains each of the four major views on the millennium.

If  you haven’t had a chance to pick  up a copy of Can We Trust the Text of the New Testament: A Debate Between Daniel B. Wallace & Bart D. Ehrman from CSNTM,  you can get some immediate gratification for your Ehrman debate desires with these two videos. The title for the debate is Does the New Testament Present a Reliable Portrait of the Historical Jesus: A Debate / dialogue between Bart D. Ehrman and Craig A. Evans.
HT: Brian LePort

The full companion video to John Piper’s new book ‘Bloodlines’ is now available online.

Bloodlines Documentary with John Piper from Crossway on Vimeo.

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Ben Witherington mentioned that the BBC docudrama ‘The Story of Jesus’ will be coming to PBS this fall. Dr. Witherington, N.T. Wright and others are featured in the film. This definitely looks like a show that could be worth watching.

I caught this little bit from Jonathan Acuff talking about Christian counseling yesterday on the Stuff Christians Like blog. Enjoy!

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As you look on the church landscape, youth are leaving the faith in droves. The modern church, overall, is struggling to reach the next generation with the gospel. What has happened? Whether for good or bad, men, for many years, have been inventing solutions or brainstorming ideas without fully relying upon the foundation of God’s Word. God, however, is greater than man, and as the heavens are above the earth, so are His ways higher than ours and His thoughts than our thoughts (Is. 55:8-9). We have substituted the greater for the lesser – God’s wisdom for man’s ideas. Jesus said that he who hears His Word and does it, is like a man that built his house upon a rock, and when the storm came, it stood firm. On the other hand, he who rejects His Word, is like a man who built on the sand and when the storm came, the house fell (Matt. 7:24-25). Shouldn’t the church, as a whole, abandon the sandy ideas of man and shamelessly return to the firm rock of the Word of God? God’s Word sufficiently identifies how youth are to be reached. For more information on this issue, please see the film Divided, which is a documentary on age-segregated youth ministry in America. Watch it for free (for a limited time) at www.dividedthemovie.com. For an in-depth study, the book A Weed in the Church delves into the topic and more thoroughly handles the Scripture passages that address ministry to young people. For other details or to help spread the message, visit www.dividedthemovie.com.

The film raises some important questions about the effectiveness of modern youth ministry.  When you consider the staggering statistics about the number of Christian youth group kids who drop out of church in their 20s and 30s, it seems that the fruit of modern day youth ministry may be rather rotten.  Dispersed throughout the video are interviews and commentary from a number of influencers in the Christian Home Education movement including Ken Ham, Scott Brown, Doug Phillips, Voddie Baucham and others. I would highly recommend this film to parents, pastors and others who are concerned about the spiritual formation of youth and children. NCFIC has made Divided available free online through September 1, 2011.  You can watch it below.

Official Divided the Movie (HD Version) from NCFIC on Vimeo.

Earlier this week Credo House Ministries announced their new Theology app for iPhone and iPad. This app makes their entire Theology Program available in a single app! You can learn all about The Theology Program at www.theologyprogram.org. The app includes:

1. All 60 Video sessions covering our 6 courses (Introduction to Theology; Bibliology & Hermeneutics; Trinitarianism; Soteriology; Humanity & Sin; Ecclesiology & Eschatology)
2. More than 2,000 powerpoint slides that can be flipped through while watching the videos.
3. All 6 Workbooks. More than 1,200 pages of workbooks that can be flipped through while also watching the videos and slides.
4. A “More” section with updating articles that add to your learning experience.

Considering that the full theology program goes for more than $699, this is a stellar deal. It’s like having a seminary classroom inside your iPhone or iPad 24 hours a day.  I can’t wait to get started. You can learn more about the new Theology app here:  LINK.