{"id":1277,"date":"2010-02-26T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2014-11-18T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T00:14:34","slug":"weekly-links-22610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2010\/02\/26\/weekly-links-22610\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (2\/26\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alright, insincere apologies in advance and all that, but this is going to be a rather lengthy version.  Normally I aim for 8-10 links, but since you got a break last week, I&#8217;m allowing myself 15-20.  Hey, you&#8217;ve got all weekend to read them right?  Now you know what I do when I&#8217;m jetlagged and wide awake at 3am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re thinking you&#8217;ll never make it through those, trust me, there&#8217;s a picture near the very end that you <em>don&#8217;t want to miss<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First up, Wayne Grudem&#8217;s son Elliot has put together an FOF-esque study program using his father&#8217;s <em>Systematic Theology<\/em>.  If you&#8217;re interested in checking it out, you can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acts29network.org\/acts-29-blog\/free-resource--theological-clarity-and-application-equipping-leaders-in-biblical-doctrine\/\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>. (Website, with PDF downloads)<\/li>\n<li>Next, the folks over at Mars Hill had a very interesting series entitled &#8220;What Do You Live For?&#8221;  They explore a number of problems not according to their symptoms, but rather according to their root cause as &#8220;worship disorders.&#8221;  I thought it was quite interesting and thought-provoking, and you can check out parts <a href=\"http:\/\/marshill.com\/2010\/01\/06\/what-do-you-live-for-part-one\/\" class=\"broken_link\">one<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/marshill.com\/2010\/02\/16\/what-do-you-live-for-part-two\/\" class=\"broken_link\">two<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/marshill.com\/2010\/02\/18\/what-do-you-live-for-part-three\/\" class=\"broken_link\">three<\/a>. (Website) <\/li>\n<li>Continuing our whirlwind tour of the offices and studies of several pastors, this week <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/groups\/27420\/videos\/9643298\" class=\"broken_link\">we get a sneak peek into the study of RC Sproul<\/a>. (Video)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Naselli offers his notes and the audio from a Q&#038;A session where John MacArthur answered the question, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/andynaselli.com\/john-macarthur-on-how-to-serve-christians-who-are-needlessly-restrictive\">How would you approach a congregation trapped in years of legalistic tradition?<\/a>&#8221;  The answer may surprise you. (Website and MP3 download)<\/li>\n<li>The more I read David Powlison, the more I really like the man.  He recently offered a critique of the popular book &#8220;The Five Love Languages&#8221; which can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/mattadair.typepad.com\/communitas\/files\/five_love_languages_critique.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>. (PDF)  Additionally, there&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/index.php?permalink=blogs&amp;blog=firstthoughts&amp;year=2010&amp;month=02&amp;entry_permalink=the-lordship-of-the-five-love-languages\">introduction to the article<\/a> as well as a response from Powlison to people who were not happy with his analysis.  (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Back in the spotlight again, Brian McLaren has a new book.  The review have, well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justintaylor\/2010\/02\/18\/christianity-and-mclarenism\/\">not been kind<\/a>.  In particular, Kevin DeYoung offers a compassionate, but absolutely <em>devastating<\/em> review.  The folks over at STR <a href=\"http:\/\/str.typepad.com\/weblog\/2010\/02\/mclarens-new-kind-of-christianity-is-old-and-false.html\" class=\"broken_link\">chime in as well<\/a>. And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justintaylor\/2010\/02\/26\/losing-mcknight-mclarens-new-kind-of-christianity-is-old-but-not-old-enough\/\">hits just keep on coming<\/a>. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Jared Wilson has a message for Christians everywhere, but particularly for those in or pursuing ministry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/take-your-ego-to-woodshed.html\">He culminates in a rather violent but Biblically-sound image<\/a>. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>DA Carson has a short article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/tgc-documents\/carson\/1996_accept_no_substitutes.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">benefits of expository preaching<\/a>.  It&#8217;s only two pages, and you get to see DA Carson with a mustache, so read it! (PDF)<\/li>\n<li>The folks over at CREDENDAagenda have a great article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.credenda.org\/index.php\/Culture\/delivering-jesus.html\">what it means to live out the Christian life in it&#8217;s totality, including your knowledge<\/a>.  If you struggle with the idea of being a Christian in ALL areas of your life, this article will challenge and inform you. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Over at Randy Alcorn&#8217;s blog, he has an account regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/randyalcorn.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/spurgeons-worst-sermon.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Spurgeon&#8217;s worst sermon<\/a>.  Whether the account is apocryphal or true, the principle is valid. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Same blog, different article.  And I think I&#8217;ve posted this before, but it&#8217;s just too good.  In a debate with a liberal theologian, anti-theist Christopher Hitchens <a href=\"http:\/\/randyalcorn.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/atheist-christopher-hitchens-knows-what.html\" class=\"broken_link\">defines a Christian in astoundingly clear terms<\/a>. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Pastor James Macdonald has an article with the intriguing title of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmacdonald.com\/blog\/holy-indifference-learning-to-say-i-dont-care\/\">Holy Indifference: Learning to Say &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Care<\/a>.&#8221; (Website)<\/li>\n<li>And over at TeamPyro, Frank Turk has a fantastic article on the sovereignty of God.  Or has he puts it, <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/ordinary-means.html\">the biggest problem with Calvinism is Calvinists<\/a>.  Your going to need to read the article to find out exactly what that means. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of TeamPyro, <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/unquestioning-christians-and-atheistic.html\">I saw this and started drooling<\/a>.  I&#8217;m looking forward to this <em>big time<\/em>. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>On a more hilarious note, I&#8217;ve wanted an excuse to post this for a long time.  I still don&#8217;t have one, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshharris.com\/piper%20gang%20signs%20.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\">but I&#8217;m going to post it anyways<\/a>. (Image)<\/li>\n<li>Yes, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshharris.com\/2008\/07\/no_john_piper_hasnt_joined_a_g_1.php\" class=\"broken_link\">good explanation<\/a>. (Website)<\/li>\n<li>And finally, on a more serious note, RC Sproul has two very short articles dealing with Calvin&#8217;s rules of prayer, which you can find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/examining-calvins-rules-prayer-part-1\/\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/examining-calvins-rules-prayer-part-2\/\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Pro Rege<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Stephen Rodgers Alright, insincere apologies in advance and all that, but this is going to be a rather lengthy version. Normally I aim for 8-10 links, but since you got a break last week, I&#8217;m allowing myself 15-20. Hey, you&#8217;ve got all weekend to read them right? Now you know what I do when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9886,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions\/9886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}