2011 National Conference

Another conference this year that will be worth downloading: 2011 National Conference - The Gospel Coalition

ESV Economy Bible (Paperback) [Pack of 240 Bibles]

240 ESV bibles for $240, thats not a bad price: Westminster Bookstore - Reformed Books - Low Prices - Flat Fee UPS Shipping - ESV Economy Bible (Paperback) [Pack of 240 Bibles] ESV, English Standard Version 9781433528460

Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app

iPhone confession app: BBC News - Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app:

The Confession program has gone on sale through iTunes for £1.19 ($1.99).

Described as 'the perfect aid for every penitent', it offers users tips and guidelines to help them with the sacrament.

Summary of the 2011 Conference for Pastors

More free stuff online. I'll download this soon (when i finish the other audio I am listening to): Summary of the 2011 Conference for Pastors - Desiring God:

Notes and full audio and video from each session are now available.

Get Off the Island!

The downside of individualism: Get Off the Island!:

Christianity is so often just a fake, plastic world that millions of people live in—not being real, not being honest—pretending that everything is “just fine!” They give everyone around them the impression that they are “just great!” It’s baloney! The bible says we should confess our faults one to another. We need to shine the light on this stuff, but we’re not doing it. We hide and pretend that everything is wonderful and have to keep up this false front, where no one can know what is really going on. It’s just between you, the devil and the dark and it keeps getting worse and worse. It’s exactly what the enemy wants.

Three Ways with Families

Interesting point by Keller on the family: Three Ways with Families – The Gospel Coalition Blog:

Nearly all religions and cultures made an absolute value of the family and of the bearing of children. There was no honor without family honor, and there was no real lasting significance or “legacy” without leaving heirs. By contrast, the early church not only did not pressure women to marry but it institutionally supported poor widows so they were not forced to remarry as they were out in the culture at large.

Why? The Christian gospel and hope of the kingdom-future de-idolized marriage.

How does the gospel conquer the sin of pornography?

Piper, Keller and Carson on porn: YouTube - How does the gospel conquer the sin of pornography?

One Third of Americans Affiliate with Evangelical Churches

30% is massive, if it is accurate. Lots of people say on forms that they are part of a church when really they don't attend. But that is mostly in the mainline ones: One Third of Americans Affiliate with Evangelical Churches - Desiring God:

Those who argue that a new American landscape is emerging—one in which the conservative evangelicalism of the past few decades is losing numbers and influence—are simply ignoring the data.

Membership in the mainline denominations declined 49 percent from 1960 to 2000; membership in evangelical denominations increased 156 percent in the same period.

Fully one-third of Americans (approximately 100 million) affiliate with an evangelical Protestant congregation. Indeed, evangelicals remain the numerically dominant religious tradition in the United States.

The New Atheism and the Dogma of Darwinism

Or should the last bit be "never underestimate the power of an idea stretched beyond what it can prove": AlbertMohler.com – The New Atheism and the Dogma of Darwinism:

The New Atheists would have no coherent worldview without the Dogma of Darwinism. With it, they intend to malign belief in God and to marginalize Christians and Christian arguments. Thus, we can draw a straight line from the emergence of evolutionary theory to the resurgence of atheism in our times. Never underestimate the power of a bad idea.

Christians Protecting Muslims in Egypt During Prayers

In Egypt: Christians Protecting Muslims in Egypt During Prayers | The Islamic Workplace

Global Awakening: Korea in the 1910s

I didn't know this: Global Awakening: Korea in the 1910s | The Resurgence:

Today, Korea sends more cross-cultural missionaries than any other nation except the United States.

Turning Conversations to Christ

A little bit of a J.I. Packer quote on evangelism: Turning Conversations to Christ | 9Marks:

first, that personal evangelism, like all our dealings with our fellow-men, should be courteous. And they remind us, second, that personal evangelism needs normally to be founded on friendship

Like a Slide Rule in a Salvador Dali Painting

Doug Wilson knocking the arts: Like a Slide Rule in a Salvador Dali Painting:

There was a time when the humanities were a demanding course of study (which they still frequently are at the graduate level). But now relativism has rotted out the core curriculum in a way that relativism has not rotted out mechanical engineering.

Theses for a new reformation in the Anglican Communion

12 points for the Anglican church to think about: Theses for a new reformation in the Anglican Communion : Anglican Church League, Sydney, Australia:

So here is a shot at my top twelve (it is presumptuous enough to do this without attempting to get anywhere near ninety-five, and anyway each of mine is a little more long-winded than Luther’s and so should by rights be called ‘paragraphs’ rather than ‘theses’. However, they are like Luther’s in one respect: they are by no means comprehensive and by no means present an outline of a complete systematic theology.

EPIC FAIL Pastors’ Conference: an event for Christian failures » Attempting to behold the miracle long enough without falling asleep

Interesting, I hope the audio is free: J.R. Briggs » EPIC FAIL Pastors’ Conference: an event for Christian failures » Attempting to behold the miracle long enough without falling asleep:

The EPIC FAIL Pastors’ Conference will be held April 14-16, 2011 in Lansdale, PA (Greater Philadelphia Area).