The Biggest Announcement the Martyn-Lloyd Jones Trust Will Ever Make

More free stuff online: The Biggest Announcement the Martyn-Lloyd Jones Trust Will Ever Make – Justin Taylor:

"Starting from tomorrow, April 12th, all 1,600 recorded sermons by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones will be available to download, at no cost, to anyone who wants to listen to them! "

Audio : Together for the Gospel

Free audio from a very good conference. These will be worth listening to: Audio : Together for the Gospel:

Twystematics - The whole of Christian doctrine, 140 characters at a time

This site is worth checking out (and following on twitter): Twystematics

Is Your Church Interested in Becoming a Part of Mars Hill?

The Mars Hill church brand is growing, your church could be one. I'm not sure I am a fan. I am a fan of renewing churches, but not ones that have to be a set brand with the preacher beamed for their sermons: Is Your Church Interested in Becoming a Part of Mars Hill? | Mars Hill Church

Did Jesus Spend Saturday in Hell?

Piper on Jesus in Hell after the cross and before the resurrection, he agrees with Wayne Grudem: Did Jesus Spend Saturday in Hell? - Desiring God:

"I would say, therefore, that there is no textual basis in the New Testament for claiming that between Good Friday and Easter Christ was preaching to souls imprisoned in hell or Hades. There is textual basis for saying that he would be with the repentant thief in Paradise “today” (Luke 23:43), and one does not get the impression that he means a defective place from which the thief must then be delivered by more preaching."

An apology for the “New Atheism”

An academic journal article defending the New Atheists: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Online First™ - SpringerLink:

"In recent years, a series of bestselling atheist manifestos by Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens has thrust the topic of the rationality of religion into the public discourse. Christian moderates of an intellectual bent and even some agnostics and atheists have taken umbrage and lashed back. In this paper I defend the New Atheists against three common charges: that their critiques of religion commit basic logical fallacies (such as straw man, false dichotomy, or hasty generalization), that their own atheism is just as “faith-based” as the religious beliefs they criticize, and that their expressed disrespect for religious belief is immoral."

Questions without answers in the Kingdom of Whatever

The ABC religion page takes a shot at the ABC Q&A law night: Questions without answers in the Kingdom of Whatever – Blog – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Given the choice of panellists, last night's Q & A was destined to be what it was: the vacillation of opposing monologues, interspersed by tediously predictable questions, and smattered with a derisive and frankly disgusting twitter-feed. It is hard to shake the impression that, instead of genuinely informing and contributing to our public conversation, Q & A brazenly went after ratings. If that was the object, then as a stunt it worked magnificently.

Atheist Convert

All Dad's elaborate atheist religion, with its sacred texts, its martyrs, its church militant; all his ostentatious tough- mindedness; all his intellectual machinery; all these things turned to dust. Convinced for decades of his stoicism, he now unwittingly demonstrated the truth of Clive James's cruel remark: "we would like to think we are stoic...but would prefer a version that didn't hurt."

Already an alcoholic, he now made a regular practice of threatening violence to himself and others. In hospital he wept like a child (I had never before seen him weep). He denounced the nurses for their insufficient knowledge of Socrates and Descartes. From time to time he wandered around the ward naked, in the pit of confused despair. The last time I visited him I found him, to my complete amazement, reading a small bedside Gideon Bible. I voiced surprise at this. He fixed on me the largest, most protuberant, most frightened, and most frightening pair of eyes I have ever seen: "I'll try anything now."

Atheist Convert: R.J. Stove

John Piper on How to Stay Christian in Seminary

Three simple points: John Piper on How to Stay Christian in Seminary - Desiring God:

John Piper gives three answers to how to stay Christian in seminary

Rid of My Disgrace- Free Download

A free book for two days (one now): The Resurgence Store — Rid of My Disgrace- Free Download:

NSW's first female Anglican bishop appointed

Sydney Anglicans will not be pleased and will still see Canberra as liberal: NSW's first female Anglican bishop appointed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

It is a contentious issue for the church; the long list of fellow Anglican leaders at today's ceremony did not include any of the key Sydney bishops.

The Historical Evidence of the Existence of Jesus of Nazareth

Bart Ehman sounds a lot like John Dickson in the Christ Files: The Historical Evidence of the Existence of Jesus of Nazareth – Justin Taylor:

I should say at the outset that none of this literature is written by scholars trained in New Testament or early Christian studies teaching at the major, or even the minor, accredited theological seminaries, divinity schools, universities, or colleges of North America or Europe (or anywhere else in the world). Of the thousands of scholars of early Christianity who do teach at such schools, none of them, to my knowledge, has any doubts that Jesus existed. But a whole body of literature out there, some of it highly intelligent and well informed, makes this case.

30 Things to Remember in Seminary

Not a bad list: 30 Things to Remember in Seminary by Burk Parsons | Ligonier Ministries Blog:

I offer the following thoughts, in no particular order, to the end that my brothers in seminary and all believers training for ministry at whatever level and for whatever ministry purpose might find some of my comments helpful and reflect on these points and pray that the Holy Spirit would grant them wisdom and humility and that he would guard their souls and instill within them a mind for truth and a heart for God.

Selling Boxing Day: Humans As Units Of Production

Not a bad article. What is more important, family time or wealth? Articles | Selling Boxing Day: Humans As Units Of Production | Phillip Jensen:

To argue that we need to open shops on a public holiday to retain jobs is to indicate how brittle our Triple A economy is. We must be in a dire state on the verge of economic collapse! One wonders how we ever survived those years when shops were closed every weekend of the year - from Saturday at noon till Monday morning. We must have been starving!

Noah's Blog

Quite amusing: Noah's Blog | Wittenburg Door