Is Anyone Reading….

Mike Leake

….The God I Don’t Understand by Christopher Wright?

I am currently reading this book and it is really stretching me. If you are reading it too and you happen to visit this blog let me know what you think. Even if you are not reading that book I want to encourage you to check out these links and consider buying the book:

http://www.koinoniablog.net/the-god-i-dont-understand/
Here is a sample:

“To me it is a profoundly moving thought that the word that introduces our most tormenting questions–“Why…?”–was uttered by Jesus on the very cross that was God’s answer to the question that the whole creation poses.” (Wright, 21)

This Week in Blogworld 3/20

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This could get ugly: Mark Dever makes comments about infant baptism….Michael Bird responds, calling his statements out of line. R. Scott Clark returns the favor; although saying not offended he says NOT practicing infant baptism is a sin. This has the potential to get really ugly because it calls into question the sincerity of Together for the Gospel. There are others that have responded as well. One of those responding is Rick Phillips. I think he helps us to see with clarity the real issue. Stay tuned. I also must mention that Dever has responded with a clarification.

There are more blog posts from Stetzer interviewing Andy Stanley on Communication. I will only link to part 5 you can do the rest of the work.

Another solid article from Finn and Reid on Calvinism and the SBC.

James McDonald writes a letter to a dying church.

Part 2 and Part 3 of CJ’s interivew with David Powlison.

Timmy Brister offers 20 books that promote life-change. Can’t believe he left off How People Change.

Last week I linked to the Time magazine article on The New Calvinism being #3 in new ideas changing the world. Thabiti is not nearly as optimistic as some. I should also mention that in a few places Driscoll got drilled for his take on the movement. But what else is new.

Trevin Wax offers advice on reading when you’re broke.

John Piper tells us to Never Let the Gospel Get Smaller.

The new 9marks E-Journal is now online. JT summarizes it.

Dan Wallace corrects a common misunderstanding on textual variants. Pastors and those often involved with apologetics read this.

That will do for now….have to watch some March Madness.

Hump Day Humor: 3G Eternity Edition

Mike Leake

A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.
The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room. He decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, he sent the email.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband’s funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from family and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow’s son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor passed out. He looked at the computer which read:

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I’ve Arrived
Date: March 2, 2009

I know you’re surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I’ve seen that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then!!!! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.

P.S. Sure is freaking hot down here!!!!

(HT: Guy Muse via. Frank Viola)

Need Your Help: Discovering "That Guy"

Mike Leake 2 Comments

I need your help. I am working on something and I need a few funny “that guy” illustrations. In case you do not know who “that guy” is let me fill you in. First of all you do not want to be “that guy”. Nobody wants to be “that guy”. “That guy” is the guy with a comb-over that fools nobody. “That guy” is the dude decked out in eye black, $125 cleats, pinstripes, and wrist bands for church-league softball. He’s “that guy” that yells at the umpire, screams at his team, and shouts a churchy expletive when he pops up. (I think I’ve been “that guy” a couple times). I need your help. Be funny. I need more “that guy” illustrations.