4.29.2013

Imitating the Wrong Thing

Imitating the Wrong Thing from Imitating the Wrong Thing See it at: http://www.dougwils.com/Who-Is-Sufficient/imitating-the-wrong-thing.html

Home away from Home

Home away from Home 1. On this earth Last fall, Facebook released its first television advertisement. The ad was titled “The Things That Connect Us.” It was intended, Mark Zuckerberg announced, with characteristic humility, “to express what our place is on this earth.” It opened with a shot of a red chair levitating in a [...]

It Shouldn’t Rinse Off

It Shouldn’t Rinse Off “Helping is not effeminate. If a man’s masculinity washes off in dishwater, then it was a pretty superficial masculinity” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 73). from Blog and Mablog See it at: http://www.dougwils.com/Chrestomathy/it-shouldnt-rinse-off.html

Imitating the Wrong Thing

Imitating the Wrong Thing “Young ministers often help to make doctrinal subjects unpopular, by the fact that their sermons too closely resemble the treatises they have been studying, or the lectures they have heard” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 91). from Blog and Mablog See it at: http://www.dougwils.com/Who-Is-Sufficient/imitating-the-wrong-thing.html

4.26.2013

New & Notable Book Reviews

New & Notable Book Reviews I love reading books, but I also love reading reviews of books. Reviews allow me to discover books I haven’t heard of, they teach me to think wisely, they allow me to better prioritize the books I am considering reading, and they sometimes provide a helpful second opinion on books [...]

4.25.2013

Just Plain Vanilla Difficult

Just Plain Vanilla Difficult “Many men think that they are being forthright and decisive when they are really just difficult to live with” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 72). from Blog and Mablog See it at: http://www.dougwils.com/Chrestomathy/just-plain-vanilla-difficult.html

4.23.2013

Scripture in Worship — JOETHORN.net

See it at: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s216/sh/bc3406fb-3be7-41d9-bf5a-b6286c95526e/80d06d342d402653c8934b5d6c005604

A La Carte (4/23)

A La Carte (4/23) The Power of His Rising – The Power of His Rising is episode 6 of the amazing Dispatches from the Front series of DVDs. Westminster Books has it on sale for just $5 (or the whole series for $40). Seriously, buy it, watch it with your family, church or small group, [...]

4.15.2013

Triablogue: Chess or Dominos?

Chess or Dominos? According to a common Arminian analogy, God is like a Grand Master chess player while we are mere novices. We can make our moves, but God is going to win the game no matter what we choose to move. There are two problems with this analogy. The first has been discussed here [...]

4.13.2013

Father Hires In-Game “Hitmen” To Deter Son From Playing

Genius See it at: http://kotaku.com/5972406/father-hires-in+game-hitmen-to-deter-son-from-playing

4.12.2013

I don’t wait anymore.

“A lot of girls were sold on a deal and not on a Savior.” See it at: http://gracefortheroad.com/2012/02/03/idontwait/

4.01.2013

Amazon set to launch prior-day delivery

Amazon set to launch prior-day delivery Who can get the goods to the customer the quickest? The answer to that question may well determine the future of online retailing. This past week, Google announced its first public test of Google Shopping Express, which promises same-day delivery of merchandise ordered through the search giant’s online store. [...]