{"id":1427,"date":"2010-04-02T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2017-09-05T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:06:09","slug":"weekly-links-422010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2010\/04\/02\/weekly-links-422010\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (4\/2\/2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alright, it&#8217;s Friday again, and that means another batch of links. However, I&#8217;d like to take just a moment and remind you that it&#8217;s Good Friday. And because of that, I&#8217;d like to share a few links specifically to that end. I know that the &#8220;fun&#8221; stuff is farther down, but let&#8217;s just take a moment to really reflect on the cross:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.credenda.org\/index.php\/Church\/god-is-mocked.html\">God Is Mocked<\/a> (WEB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmacdonald.com\/blog\/christ-on-the-cross\/\">Christ on the Cross<\/a> (WEB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/5293162\">The Scream of the Damned<\/a> (VIDEO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, before you panic because there&#8217;s so many other links, don&#8217;t worry: a lot of them are very brief. So without further ado&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Know Your Heretics&#8221; series over at the Resurgence continues with an article about <a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/2010\/03\/30\/apollinarius-know-your-heretics\">Apollinarius<\/a>. (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>And the interview series with Michael Horton continues, this time with the question of <a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/2010\/03\/29\/why-is-the-resurgence-of-reformed-theology-encouraging\">&#8220;Why is the Resurgence of Reformed Theology Encouraging?&#8221;<\/a> (VIDEO)<\/li>\n<li>So the big news in the blogosphere this week is the Christian Science Monitor article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Society\/2010\/0327\/Christian-faith-Calvinism-is-back\">on the return of Calvinism<\/a>. Personally, I never got the memo that it went away, but I do like their reference to the popularization of &#8220;Home Depot theology.&#8221; I&#8217;m going to have to use that one. (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>Ok, people are going to start thinking that I get a kickback for each Resurgence link I post, but really I don&#8217;t. One of the Mars Hill Church bands <a href=\"http:\/\/resound.org\/redletter\/\" class=\"broken_link\">is offering a free album<\/a>. (MP3)<\/li>\n<li>So John Piper is again the name on everyone&#8217;s tongue, this time due to the announcement that <a href=\"http:\/\/mytwocents.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/31\/rick-warren-to-speak-at-desiring-god-conference\/\">he has invited Rick Warren to speak at the Desiring God conference<\/a>. I&#8217;m not sure why everyone is noticing this now, <a href=\"http:\/\/benterry.com\/apple-macbook-air-for-sale\/screen-shot-2012-06-15-at-5-39-38-pm\/\">since this is actually old news<\/a>. Recently, Piper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justintaylor\/2010\/04\/01\/piper-on-warren-the-think-conference-and-the-other-speakers\/\">explained his choice<\/a>, but needless to say, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinarypastor.com\/?p=4134\" class=\"broken_link\">opinions vary quite a bit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And the other big news involving John Piper is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/john-pipers-upcoming-leave\" class=\"broken_link\">he will be taking an extended leave of absence<\/a>. Christianity Today already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2010\/marchweb-only\/23-21.0.html?start=1\" class=\"broken_link\">weighed in on the issue<\/a>, as did <a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/2010\/04\/01\/8-godly-precedents-set-by-john-piper-taking-a-sabbatical\">Mark Driscoll&#8217;s wife<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Switching gears to eschatology (as everyone glares at me for giving them topical whiplash)&#8230;over at the Head Heart Hand blog, David Murray <a href=\"http:\/\/headhearthand.org\/?s=endtimes\">has made a free e-book available dealing with the four major eschatalogical positions<\/a> (WEB), which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/28689653\/null\">you can download here<\/a> (PDF). He&#8217;s also made videos for three of them: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/10374513\">amillennialism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/10394147\">post-millennialism<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/10428633\">pre-millennialism<\/a>. (VIDEO) He acknowledges his own bias in the book, but does fair job of representing each position for the most part. Plus, he has a fun Scottish accent.<\/li>\n<li>Switching gears again to the subject of missions, I thought you might enjoy these comments from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/i-never-made-a-sacrifice\" class=\"broken_link\">David Livingstone<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9marks.org\/blog\/holding-rope\" class=\"broken_link\">William Carey\/Andrew Fuller<\/a>. (WEB) Also, it seems that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/resources-for-training-short-term-mission-teams\/\">it&#8217;s getting easier than ever to get a handle on the logistical end of a short-term missions team<\/a>. (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>Switching gears <em>again<\/em> to apologetics&#8230;Douglas Wilson <a href=\"http:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/talk-about-a-fixed-given.html\">reminds us all what I&#8217;ve been telling the apologetics class since day one<\/a>. (WEB) Also, did you know that a lot of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labri-ideas-library.org\/index.asp\">l&#8217;Abri materials were online for free<\/a>? Personally, I&#8217;m especially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labri-ideas-library.org\/lecture-list.asp?s=5\">excited about the Francis Schaeffer section<\/a>. (MP3)<\/li>\n<li>Closing in on the end here, if you&#8217;re looking for something to read on the subject of pastoral ministry, I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/briancroft.wordpress.com\/\">found Brian Croft&#8217;s blog to be consistently good<\/a>. (WEB) And if you just want to see how one father struggles with living it, you really should check out <a href=\"http:\/\/sheepdogger.blogspot.com\/\">Wrestling with an Angel<\/a>. (WEB) Both will do a wonderful job of making you complain less and pray more&#8230;or at least that&#8217;s what happened to me.<\/li>\n<li>And last but certainly least, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1258365\/Jedi-believer-wins-apology-Jobcentre-kicked-wearing-hood.html\">don&#8217;t think this is what people had in mind on the subject of religious freedom<\/a>. (WEB) And I say that as a man who has admitted that he spends more time than he should thinking about lightsabers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you Sunday!<\/p>\n<p><em>Pro Rege<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Stephen Rodgers Alright, it&#8217;s Friday again, and that means another batch of links. However, I&#8217;d like to take just a moment and remind you that it&#8217;s Good Friday. And because of that, I&#8217;d like to share a few links specifically to that end. 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