This little reflection, which I wrote yesterday while researching my book, seemed appropriate to post this morning, one day after the 199th anniversary of the birth of Luddism and the very day that the next great technology, the iPad, goes on sale.*****Luddites have gotten a bad rap. Synonymous with irrational suspicion toward technology, Luddites were, in reality, not nearly as concerned with te
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Of Luddites and iPads
Posted by infinite 10 hours ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)Weakness
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I woke up this morning feeling just a bit discouraged. I guess there's a fair bit of uncertainty in certain parts of life right now, the kind of uncertainty that tends to be on my mind late at night or early in the morning (or, worst of all, smack dab between the two). I'm facing a day in which I need to be sharp and creative; a day in which I've got to make some good progress on my book. That de
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Scandalous
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Reviewed 03/08/2010 by John Bird.Recommended. Do you want to see the greatest evidence of the love of God? Go to the cross. Do you want to see the greatest evidence of the justice of God? Go to the cross. It is where wrath and mercy meet. Holiness and peace kiss each other. The climax of redemptive history is the cross. So says D.A. Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangel
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The Next Story: Introducing the Team (Agent)
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I have been introducing you to the team who will help make my next book a reality. First you met Ryan the Editor and then Chris Fann the Marketing Man. Today I want to introduce you to Agent Andrew (known to some as Andrew Wolgemuth). He is, as you may have guessed, my agent. His job is to represent me before the publisher (first to help find one who would like to publish my work, then to negotia
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When Helping Hurts
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In 2006 Americans spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.6 billion on short-term missions. Some 2.2 million Americans were involved in one of these trips, up from just 120,000 two decades before. Such misson work has very nearly become a rite of passage for young American Christians. Many years ago I spoke to a missionary who was often asked if teams could come and visit his work in South Amer
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John Bunyan
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Reviewed 03/03/2010 by John Bird.Not Recommended. Who was the man who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, and what shaped him? Those are the questions that Kevin Belmonte seeks to answer in his new biography of John Bunyan. This book is one of many in Thomas Nelson's "Christian Encounters" series.John Bunyan is known as having been an uneducated tinker, or mender of pots, pans, and kettles. But his lac
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A La Carte (3/8)
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Brothers, We Are Not Figure Skaters - A good moment from Phil Johnson at last week's Shepherds' Conference.C.H. Spurgeon: The People's Preacher - A few days ago I watched this docu-drama on the life of Charles Spurgeon. It is quite well done and provides a solid, hour-long overview of the life of the Prince of Preachers. It's a great item to add to your church library.Hologram Preachers - It is s
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Real Guilt and Sinfulness
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As anyone knows who has studied the life of Jonathan Edwards, he dedicated a large portion of his ministry to thinking, writing and teaching about the freedom of the will. And, of course, he eventually published a classic work dealing with the subject. In writing the book he thought back to the days when revival had swept his church, his community and the area around it. And as he reflected on th
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