by Stephen Rodgers

Hey everyone! Welcome to a special edition of the weekly links. Since I’m travelling this week (volcano permitting), I thought you might like a week to catch up a little, but add a few really good resources to your Christian bookmarks.

This week, I’m going to focus on something you might not be terribly familiar with: Christian journals. Basically, these are like magazines on the internet. There’s a number of articles, usually centered around a theme, that come out on a scheduled basis. This week, we’ll look at a few that you might enjoy.

• First up is 9Marks eJournal. As you know, 9Marks is an organization that mostly revolves around Mark Dever and his folk. Every two months or so, they put out a new collection of articles on a particular topic. Right now the topic is “Deacons,” but previous issues include topics like “Missions,” “Young Pastors,” and others. There’s also an archive where you can browse past issues.
• Next up is Ligonier Ministries’ Tabletalk. Ligonier Ministries is the ministry of RC Sproul and friends, so you’ll see articles from other notable folks like Joel Beeke, Tim Challies, and John MacArthur. For example, April’s edition dealt with the topic of changes in culture and technology. They also have an archive where you can check out past issues. They make a number of articles available for free, but to get access to everything, they’d like you to subscribe for a nominal fee.
• Next up is TGC’s Themelios Journal, which has been running strong since 1975! DA Carson is the editor, so expect good stuff. It can be a little hard to navigate, but very useful for finding gems. If you’re not sure where to start, here’s the latest issue, a list of some of the highlights, and a sample book review by Kevin DeYoung.

Anyhow, those are definitely the top recommendations I have for you. If that’s still not enough for you, then you might want to check out the following as well:

• TCG’s Christ on Campus Initiative is new but promising. They don’t have a lot of articles up yet, but some are quite good.
• ICR’s Acts & Facts is an online journal dealing with scientific issues pertaining to the doctrine of creation.
• CREDENDAagenda is the journal of Douglas Wilson and friends. They have several new articles each week, along with an archive of past printed issues.

And remember, not every author shares all of the particular theological views that we do here at LBC (some might be old-earth creationists, some might be paedo-baptists, and so forth), but you can still read their articles, sharpen your thinking, and enjoy their contribution as you grow closer to God.

And if you know of any other great online journals that I didn’t mention, shoot me an email or find me at church and maybe we can do part two sometime!

Pro Rege