Robbie Sagers’ pithy point about McLaren’s Voting Advice

Here it is,

Brian McLaren gives the various factors he considers when deciding how to cast his vote. “And my understanding of environmental stewardship obligates me to ask what’s best for birds of the air, flowers of the field, and fish of the sea too. Since they don’t have a vote, I need to try to speak on their behalf,” McLaren says. Perhaps someone should alert Mr. McLaren–a supporter of Barack Obama for president–that unborn children don’t exactly have a vote, either. (Robert E. Sagers)

New Website for the Andrew Fuller Center

This site is for the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist studies and houses the blog of Michael Haykin.

Here is the link

Ben Witherington Reviews The Shack

Here is the review.

The Power of Words

Our words have the power to heal and the power to destroy.  It takes much skill to be able to maintain a good balance in one’s speech of truth and grace.  As creatures who are made in the image of God, it is not suprising that our words have such great power.  God spoke the world into being, but many times we speak and tear it apart.  It is vital that we see our speech as a part of God’s redemptive plan to restore the entire cosmos and especially something so powerful as speech.

Here is a video of Paul Tripp dicussing the power of Words (Rated PG-13)

Here is a link to the Desiring God National Conference entitled “The Power of Words and the Wonder of God.”

Myths Christians Believe about Wealth and Poverty

J. W. Richards lectures on Myths Christians Believe About Wealthy and Poverty 

[HT: Justin Taylor]

Newspaper Prints Obama’s Prayer

Here is the link to the story

Here is the prayer.

“Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will,”

Quote from Tim Keller

Here is a quote from The Reason for God, pg 192.

“God did not inflict pain on someone else, but rather on the Cross absorbed the pain, violence, and evil of the world into himself.  Therefore the God of the Bible is not like the primitive deities who demanded our blood for their wrath to be appeased.  Rather, this is a God who becomes human and offers his own lifeblood in order to honor moral justice and merciful love so that someday he can destory all evil without destroying us.”

Michael Horton to Speak at John Owen Today Conference

Michael Horton will be delivering a paper entitled “Sinai and Zion: The Mosaic Economy in Owen’s Federal Theology.” For more information, see the conference blog

Obama-Rama in London

Check out what Gerard Baker of The London Times has to say about Barack Obama.

ETS Registration Now Open

The Evangelical Theological Society’s annual conference will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center this year, and from the looks of it, will be one worth attending. This years theme is “Text and Canon.” The Tentative Program Schedule can be found HERE.

The four plenary sessions are as follows:

“Old Testament Text” – Peter J. Gentry

“Old Testament Canon” – Stephen G. Dempster

“New Testament Text” – Daniel B. Wallace

“New Testament Canon” – Charles E. Hill

Registration and hotel information can be found HERE

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