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It's the Christmas season. Time for all that tinsel and joy, lights and carols, and... yes, scrooge. It's that time of year where ...

From The National Post : The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that sets anti-discrimination principles against religious fre...

“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Now you love yourself suitably when you love God better than yourself. What, then, you aim at in ...

A sister in the church sent this to me; thought I'd share.

At least it makes you say crazy stuff. Three cases in point: Rush Limbaugh: ".. Limbaugh said, “Black unemployment is terrible. The bl...

Well, first, the good news. Our brother Al Mohler reviews an interesting piece from Jennifer Senior in New York magazine entitled " T...

Yesterday I linked to a video from Mark Dever commending The Trellis and the Vine as "the best book on the nature of church ministry...

C. J. Mahaney - Recap from T4G 2008 from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo . Lig Duncan - Recap from T4G 2008 from Together for the ...

I just saw a rooster vertically jump and flap about 9 feet into a tree. Did you know roosters could jump? That's a better vertical tha...

"Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, 'My wife sha...

Deepak Reju at Church Matters offered this very helpful post: One of the new practices on our elder board is that we take 30 minutes at the...

Tim Challies gives his top 9 books of 2009 and his overall favorite. Good stuff on the list . What were your favorites?

I remember a couple months back sitting in Mark Dever's study as he was reading the manuscript for a new book, The Trellis and the Vine ...

with a little help from Daryl Coley, "To Live Is Christ." Titus, my 3-year-old son, walked in and asked, "What's that son...

If you've been following the posts on "The Costs of Following Jesus" ( here and here ), you've read about a fictional man...

I loved this cartoon found at an atheist site . It's interesting to consider how an atheist and a Christian might read these remarks wit...

JT posts a great video conversation between Bob Kauflin and David Powlison on the intersection between counseling and worship .

What do you think? I think the kid has a future.

Thoughtful post/question from iMonk: I believe in grace, but I wonder what what must happen in my life before I have the appetite for the g...

A couple days back, we began a new series of posts on " The Cost of Following Jesus ". Thanks to all those who shared wisdom and ...